Sunday, December 20, 2020

Blue

 


What a pity the placenamers of old didn't have access to Photoshop filters. Black Brook in West Vale could have been Gauguin Blue Brook and North Dean Mills could have been renamed Munchian Orange Mills. The world would have been a more colourful place.

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1 comment:

  1. Roger Burnett6:15 PM

    Jan Saudek's masterly hand coloured photographs were there before photoshop. His "Tell me Mirror" being a good example. https://www.google.com/search?q=jan+saudek+mirror+tell+me&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiVvKzfkd3tAhXR41MKHSG-A2EQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=

    For an excellent introduction to Jan Saudek's life and work go to: https://artnorth-magazine.com/news/2019/3/4/consuming-pleasures-the-art-and-life-of-jan-saudek

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