From Vice’s mini documentary on the Suicide Forest in Japan x
Ascendancy by Taylor Franta
A flat tire on a mountain road, a gnarly sunburn, lost sunglasses, and a bad case of altitude sickness later I at least have this to show for it.
What I like most about this picture is that fact that is shows action over a large period of time. I kept my camera stable for about 2 hours and shot the crawler coming up the road, a car driving down the road in the valley, the faint flashlight of a hiker off on the right, and a campfire up from the road in the valley. All of these were ultimately unplanned but I was fortunate enough that they all happened close enough together on this evening to shoot them. Finally, the moon was just out of frame and initially I hated the flare coming into the frame and tried my best to minimize it but in the end I think it adds its own unique effect to the image. It was one of those nights where despite the hardships everything ended up alright.
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Eladio Dieste
“I studied engineering because I am interested physics astronomy - I am fascinated by the posibility of understanding reality through the physical mathematical language.” Eladio Dieste
“In an industry so often enamored by media-coddled superstars with trendy clients, Eladio Dieste stands out as a refreshing and inspiring figure. Born in Uruguay, Dieste spent most of his long and productive career creating industrial and agrarian works, public infrastructure, commercial buildings, and small churches in his native country. Dieste’s unique and innovative method of design, a melding of architecture and engineering, elevated these often humble buildings to masterworks of art. Capitalizing on his revolutionary approach to building with reinforced masonry, Dieste built aesthetically stunning structures economically. If he often worked outside the architectural mainstream, he never lost sight of the modest people for whom his structures were built.” Eladio Dieste: Innovation in Structural Art by Stanford Anderson
Images found here.
Thanks Sam for reminding me of Dieste!
View of Taurito from Puerto de Mògan, Gran Canaria (by j0sh (www.pixael.com))
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