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Guest Photo Challenge: Time
Debbie:
In a Rush, Mr Walker?
“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”
–Nathaniel Hawthorne
As Paula’s guest blogger this Thursday, I’m challenging you to show us a snippet of time. Time is one of the most valuable things we possess, and certainly one I never have enough of.
As I rushed through Stockholm to catch a train to the airport, this seven metre tall statue and its equally striking statue made me pause and smile; if I had a tartan coat and a fedora, this could be me!
Who is Mr Walker, 2014, Jan Håfström
The area around Stockholm Central Station is a nightmare for pedestrians, with a spaghetti of roads turning the walking route to the station into a seemingly insoluble puzzle. So this fun statue in an otherwise uninspiring garden is a welcome sight.
It is the work of Swedish artist, Jan Håfström, member of the Academy of Arts since 1978. winner of a number of awards and Sweden’s representative at the Venice Biennale four times.
This 2014 work is of simple construction. Four pieces of aluminium, each placed at right angles to its neighbour, gives a sense of movement and urgency. Looked at from one angle the man seems to jump towards you whilst, from the side, he has no time to waste as he rushes towards the station.
“Time and tide wait for no man.”
–Geoffrey Chaucer
Over to you now – I’m looking forward to seeing your interpretation of time.
Participants in this challenge have come up with the following:
- http://daffodilhillphotography.com/2015/08/12/thursdays-special-time
- https://restlessjo.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/the-time-of-my-life/
- https://sonyavdg.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/guest-photo-challenge-time
- https://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/time-piece
- http://suejudd.com/2015/08/13/thursdays-special-time-or-rather-the-passage-of/
- https://artishorseshit.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/the-best-antiques/
- http://irenewaters19.com/2015/08/13/thursdays-special-time
- http://tishfarrell.com/2015/08/13/walking-through-time-on-lincolns-steep-hill/
- http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.com/2015/08/thursday-special-time.html
- https://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/time
- http://empireoflights.com/2015/08/14/zeitfenster
- http://empireoflights.com/2015/08/15/right-time-right-place
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This Thursday I am delighted to be guest blogging over at Paula’s brilliant Lost in Translation blog as part of her Thursday Special challenge.
Do join us with your interpretation of the time theme and take a little bit of time out to have a look around Paula’s blog if you don’t know it already
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A snippet of time? That’s a thought-provoker. Although in a way, that’s what every photo is – the unrecoverable instant. So I need to whip up to the headland to see the migrating whales!
Your images capture the urgency of time beautifully, and I’m always delighted by background info – yours, and the sculptor’s.
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Migrating whales?? Both Debbie and I would love to see that :). Thank you for commenting Meg. I knew you would like Debbie’s thought-provoking post 🙂
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No photos – just a faint misty blow, fairly close to the coast.
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A snippet of time
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They say never work with animals or children! Still, you’ve time to get back there another day
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So happy to be back here Paula
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🙂 It makes me happy to hear that Debbie. Thank you for coming up with this theme that at first might seem “ordinary”, but is prone to many interpretations. I knew that you would come up with something less obvious than photos of clocks.
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Fabulous! Debbie doesn’t know how to disappoint! 🙂
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Absolutely right. She is my favourite blogger.
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Thank you Jo!
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Oh now this is a really interesting challenge, Debbie.
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And you gave us a great response Tish
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🙂
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I think this statue is so clever and love all the angles you have captured it. What a great theme you have given us Debbie this week. After all photography is all about time as it captures that moment in time that would otherwise be lost forever. I have cheated a bit this week as I am “saving time” by re-blogging a post from my Jack… https://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/time-piece/
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I reblog too – sometimes it’s the only solution.
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And it was most definitely worth a reblog – great piece!
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Great prompt, Debbie! Here’s my effort: http://suejudd.com/2015/08/13/thursdays-special-time-or-rather-the-passage-of/
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I enjoyed your post Sue
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Great! Thanks 🙂
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What a fun piece of artwork. In the eighties I can remember that frozen moments were popular pieces of art to have such as milk pouring out of the bottle. Thanks for a challenging challenge. I couldn’t find any frozen moments so resorted to a clock.
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Love the fun sculpture. It’s an interesting challenge. 🙂
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Thank you for reading the guest post, Sylvia. Time is a great theme, isn’t it, and can be interpreted in so many ways.
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HI Debbie, Paula, thi is a great idea – with great pictures to accompany it. Here’s the second idea I came up with. It’s kind of related to yesterday’s post, but I did not think the two pictures went well together, so … two posts to pick from: http://empireoflights.com/2015/08/15/right-time-right-place/
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I pick both 😀 Thank you, Tobias.
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I enjoyed both too – I’m glad you felt so inspired
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This made me smile and reminded me of the moment, as I was rushing into the local post office muttering to myself, when a neighbour paused and said I looked like the White Rabbit (out of Alice in wonderland)
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