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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: dreed on January 21, 2015, 10:25:54 am

Title: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: dreed on January 21, 2015, 10:25:54 am

A different perspective on city/street shooting...

http://www.marcuslyon.com/artworks/brics/ (http://www.marcuslyon.com/artworks/brics/)
http://www.marcuslyon.com/artworks/exodus/ (http://www.marcuslyon.com/artworks/exodus/)
http://www.marcuslyon.com/artworks/timeout/ (http://www.marcuslyon.com/artworks/timeout/)

... and, I might add, I look at each one of these series and can easily relate them individually and as a group to various "Vision" essays from Alain Briot.

Title: Re: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 21, 2015, 11:03:12 am

Superb! Thanks.

Title: Re: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: RSL on January 21, 2015, 11:43:31 am

Terrifying!

Title: Re: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2015, 12:15:18 pm

Quote from: RSL on January 21, 2015, 11:43:31 am

Terrifying!

+1.

Title: Re: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: mbaginy on January 21, 2015, 03:10:32 pm

Quote from: RSL on January 21, 2015, 11:43:31 am

Terrifying!

+2 !!

Title: Re: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 21, 2015, 03:32:16 pm

Some of the patterns are montages, however, they do get the message across. Some of it reminds me of one of my own, from New York (though not a montage):

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2866/10031486806_1e5743db7e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ghrZx5)
New York Windows (https://flic.kr/p/ghrZx5) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/people/20843597@N05/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: Gulag on January 22, 2015, 01:06:31 am

Yeah,  humans have fucked this place good and hard.

Title: Re: Marcus Lyon - cityscapes
Post by: BobDavid on January 22, 2015, 08:47:08 am

Interesting and arresting photo, Slobodan ... a nightmarish image, to be sure.