Four windows
They started out the same, these four windows. The same size, and age, and all that. But look at them now, all weathering in a different way. I’ve mentioned before that I am not a fan of symmetry: it was asymmetry of this that caught my eye. I like it, and I like the way it seems to defy the original, symmetrical window installation.
Tahoka, Texas
photographed 10.6.2013
Posted on October 26, 2013, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, architecture, black and white photography, melinda green harvey, one day one image, photo a day, photography, tahoka, tahoka texas, texas. Bookmark the permalink. 15 Comments.
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These windows are amazing, what a great find. I can imagine your delight. I also like the tuft of grass and the pairs of nails with their shadows along the beam above the windows, and that the beam has a step in it.
What is that stuff in the two right windows? It has a concrete-like texture which is unusual in this context.
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The stuff in the two right windows was some kind of concrete, and I assume the windows had been filled in to accommodate whatever used to go on in the building. the brick just to the right of the windows is ragged, too, like it was modified at some point as well.
There is a very slight possibility that I was trespassing a tiny bit to get this shot, so I didn’t stick around to investigate as much as I should have.
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A tiny bit of trespassing is fine, isn’t it?
Really, it means the guard dogs only take tiny bites, and the fines are a tiny fraction of the maximum and the owner would only be foaming at the mouth, a tiny bit. I think you could have stuck around longer, given my risk assessment. Next time.
Great shot for being in a rush though!
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It was a Sunday afternoon, and everyone was probably home watching football anyway. So, that fact, along with your risk assessment make me realize that I need to go back and stick around a little bit longer!
(Are you wanting to include Risk Management in your duties here at One Day | One Image? If so, can you give our Human Resources a call on Monday? I think that position may be open at the current time.)
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My RA of the RA vacancy is that (a) it is not a very highly valued position if HR won’t take calls about it on a weekend and (b) it likely involves a lot of weekend work and thus there is a high risk of being undervalued by the employer, possibly to the point that they forget about paychecks, not to mention unpaid days off. I think I will skip this opportunity, but thanks for thinking of me.
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It sounds like you’ve carefully considered it, and made your choice. But I am still planning on endorsing you for risk management on LinkedIn.
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The windows are no match for the beautifully laid bricks in perfectly straight lines that can withstand the (coming soon, if you’re to believe the media) zombie apocalypse. Seriously, though, this is a great composition.
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There’s some evidence (this photo, for example) that the zombie apocalypse may have already occurred in Tahoka…
(Seriously, though, thanks.)
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And of course, there are countless rectangles here. But no chair. Bye for now…
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While you’re gone, maybe I can find some more chairs….
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A great composition and I’m immediately drawn to the symmetrical upper sections of that pair of central windows. No overall symmetry, but that is what my eye is drawn to.
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Thanks, Andy. Those middle windows were what caught my eye initially – the symmetry that’s not symmetrical, I guess.
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They look like friends to me: holding each other up.
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They do, don’t they? And they are in it for the long term, too, just the way friends should be!
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Aye!
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