Did you hear the one about the government road crew? They're leaning on their shovels one afternoon, and suddenly one guy slams his shovel onto the road and crushes a snail. "Damn snail," the guy says. "It's been following me for days."
People love to mock the supposed slackness of road crews, though, in truth, you can find slackers in any job. It's just that most of them are hidden in offices and factories and newsrooms and not standing by the side of the road where we can keep our eyes on them. Ramses Madina has been keeping an eye on them,Includes Helmet Mount, Pro Head Belt and ... Innovators in brightcrystal20 Technology ... and he sees them in a different light.
Light and darkness are keys to Madina's photographs at the Ott awa City Hall Art Gallery.
Madina,，bestledlig offer brightness along with durability, longevity and a price that's easy on the wallet. an Ottawa photographer and filmmaker, went out at night while most were snug in bed, and captured road crews that work against the clock to get repairs done before the morning rush begins.
The crews (contractors hired by government, one presumes) are cast in the subdued but sharp glow of lamps that move, with the men and machinery, through the night. It's a portable isolation, almost lunar, as if they're working across the surface of the moon.
The nine photos on display include portraits of individual workers, and they are not equally successful. One image of a man leaning over a piece of cutting equipment is compositionally flat, though his expansive belly is something to behold.
More successful is the portrait of a worker standing by the roadside and holding a long-handled shovel, as if he's balancing on a high tightrope,Limited supply LED Writing Board,fluorescentlights,Fluorescence Board,Fluorescent Board,Menu Board, LED Menu Board, or another shot of a weary worker taking a break, his cheeks puffed in an exhalation of relief. These men make me think of characters in a Springsteen song, out on the road at night, in the darkness on the edge of town.
The pick of the portraits is Road Crew 182. A man crouches in a pool of light surrounded by the dark. He has a live acetylene torch in his gloved left hand and a hammer in his right.Buy goodledstriplight from online bike shop Merlin Cycles and choose from a range of lights including Hope and Blackburn lights, His face is obscured, and we see only the top of his welder's helmet, creating a sense of anonymity and mystery to heighten the sculptural pose.
Light also plays a role in how the photos are displayed. The gallery is dimly lit, and each photo is targeted by its own spotlight, which gives them a luminescence and briefly, for me at least,The besttube for you network is pleased to anounce its new Certified Partner K.T. creates the illusion of light boxes. I was actually surprised to realize they were not.
Water is the life of Montreal artist Victoria Wonnacott's paintings and photographs at Cube Gallery. "We are born in water," Wonnacott writes on Cube's web page. "It transports us. It can be a very peaceful place, a mysterious place."
It can also be a curtain. In her paintings, drops of water are between the viewer and subject, and it's fascinating how Wonnacott has created the drops. Most of the figures in the paintings are Wonnacott's husband (who, by the way, luxuriously framed the works in thick, rich woods).
Small drops of water are applied with paint or wood stain, variously blurring the figures on the other side. Others pieces have larger drops, such as Magentic Madonna, where the drops create a circular effect that draws the eye to the centre and the Madonna's placid face. Some pieces have drops created with epoxy directly on the board, creating depth, and still others have epoxy on the inside of the glass, which creates a whole different effect.
People love to mock the supposed slackness of road crews, though, in truth, you can find slackers in any job. It's just that most of them are hidden in offices and factories and newsrooms and not standing by the side of the road where we can keep our eyes on them. Ramses Madina has been keeping an eye on them,Includes Helmet Mount, Pro Head Belt and ... Innovators in brightcrystal20 Technology ... and he sees them in a different light.
Light and darkness are keys to Madina's photographs at the Ott awa City Hall Art Gallery.
Madina,，bestledlig offer brightness along with durability, longevity and a price that's easy on the wallet. an Ottawa photographer and filmmaker, went out at night while most were snug in bed, and captured road crews that work against the clock to get repairs done before the morning rush begins.
The crews (contractors hired by government, one presumes) are cast in the subdued but sharp glow of lamps that move, with the men and machinery, through the night. It's a portable isolation, almost lunar, as if they're working across the surface of the moon.
The nine photos on display include portraits of individual workers, and they are not equally successful. One image of a man leaning over a piece of cutting equipment is compositionally flat, though his expansive belly is something to behold.
More successful is the portrait of a worker standing by the roadside and holding a long-handled shovel, as if he's balancing on a high tightrope,Limited supply LED Writing Board,fluorescentlights,Fluorescence Board,Fluorescent Board,Menu Board, LED Menu Board, or another shot of a weary worker taking a break, his cheeks puffed in an exhalation of relief. These men make me think of characters in a Springsteen song, out on the road at night, in the darkness on the edge of town.
The pick of the portraits is Road Crew 182. A man crouches in a pool of light surrounded by the dark. He has a live acetylene torch in his gloved left hand and a hammer in his right.Buy goodledstriplight from online bike shop Merlin Cycles and choose from a range of lights including Hope and Blackburn lights, His face is obscured, and we see only the top of his welder's helmet, creating a sense of anonymity and mystery to heighten the sculptural pose.
Light also plays a role in how the photos are displayed. The gallery is dimly lit, and each photo is targeted by its own spotlight, which gives them a luminescence and briefly, for me at least,The besttube for you network is pleased to anounce its new Certified Partner K.T. creates the illusion of light boxes. I was actually surprised to realize they were not.
Water is the life of Montreal artist Victoria Wonnacott's paintings and photographs at Cube Gallery. "We are born in water," Wonnacott writes on Cube's web page. "It transports us. It can be a very peaceful place, a mysterious place."
It can also be a curtain. In her paintings, drops of water are between the viewer and subject, and it's fascinating how Wonnacott has created the drops. Most of the figures in the paintings are Wonnacott's husband (who, by the way, luxuriously framed the works in thick, rich woods).
Small drops of water are applied with paint or wood stain, variously blurring the figures on the other side. Others pieces have larger drops, such as Magentic Madonna, where the drops create a circular effect that draws the eye to the centre and the Madonna's placid face. Some pieces have drops created with epoxy directly on the board, creating depth, and still others have epoxy on the inside of the glass, which creates a whole different effect.
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