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Isaac
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« on: January 11, 2013, 12:22:21 PM » |
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It’s easy to imagine these photos of Earth hanging in a modern art exhibition. Taken via satellite, these images are part of a series called Earth As Art from the U.S. Geological Survey and offer “fresh and inspiring glimpses of different parts of our planet’s complex surface.” |
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Eric Myrvaagnes
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 07:02:07 PM » |
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I'd pay more for any of these than I would for "Rhine II."
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Isaac
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2013, 09:41:38 AM » |
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Gursky has already been there and done that... Been there appropriated that :-) |
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2013, 09:51:27 AM » |
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True, he didn't build a rocket and launch himself into space to take those pictures.
(Not sure why you guys are so down on Andreas Gursky.)
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Isaac
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2013, 12:02:20 PM » |
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True, he didn't build a rocket and launch himself into space to take those pictures. Or take pictures at-all -- "Digital painting collage" ;-) (Not sure why you guys are so down on Andreas Gursky.) Not sure why you think I'm "down on Andreas Gursky"? |
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2013, 06:00:00 AM » |
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Beautiful imagery. Mother Earth really is a great artist! Thank you very much for the link.
As for Andreas Gursky... I'm far more critical of the person who paid $4m for Rhein II than I am of Gursky. He may have sold his soul, but I bet it's a comfortable life, and given half the chance I'd do the same. Now if only anyone would pay that kind of money for my amateurish creations...
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Isaac
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2013, 12:11:37 PM » |
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As for Andreas Gursky... He may have sold his soul, ... Presumably you mean that Andreas Gursky must have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for artistic genius? |
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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2013, 12:21:33 PM » |
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Presumably you mean that Andreas Gursky must have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for artistic genius?
Close. But no cigar. |
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Isaac
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2013, 02:09:32 PM » |
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So what do you mean?
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kencameron
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2013, 03:24:58 PM » |
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As a private recreation, "appropriation" of screenshots from Google Earth can be fun. I used to have a couple on a wall. Central Australia is particularly rich in amazing graphics . A dry landscape manifestly shaped by water.
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Isaac
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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2013, 03:43:36 PM » |
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Did you try digitally painting in a deeper bluer larger Lake Eyre to ease the anxiety of the Big Dry?
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kencameron
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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2013, 04:34:50 PM » |
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I don't think I had discovered Google Earth before the rains came in 2009. They have a good collection of historical images, so you can go back and see the changes. Here is how it looks now, from above and at an angle. Who needs a camera?
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Isaac
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« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2013, 12:02:18 PM » |
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Who needs a camera? Sometimes, where the lens points, where the frame cuts, does make a difference ;-) |
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« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2013, 02:22:01 PM » |
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Absolutely and my comment was not wholly serious. But on Google Earth you can point the "lens" , which is a very wide range zoom, anywhere you want, from any distance and pretty much any angle as long as it is some way above. |
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