Persian King
The Wall
Posted by Amir (Tehran, Iran) on 12 September 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.
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This picture reminds me of Pick Floyd's 1979 album, The Wall. This is my birth year as well.
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Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Whoa, this is really emotive, my friend! There’s quite a story behind that wall. Once again, superb one, Amir.
12 Sep 2007 6:39pm
@Rebecca: Thanks Rebecca.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
And that's a great album. One of the greatest rock albums of all time. The Wall video is pretty good too, btw. There's another association in this image that I can't quite place. Oh yeah, and my apologies for asking if you were originally from "Lebanon." Your blog is titled "The Persian King." Duh. Believe it or not, I just now picked up on that.
12 Sep 2007 6:57pm
@Twelvebit: I am Persian and Persia is another name for Iran. The other countries in the Middle East, beside Israel, Turkey and Iran are all Arabic nations and that includes country of Lebanon. Thanks for your comments and no harsh feelings.
Quintino from Joane, Portugal
It could be called the peeling wall, no? All that paint trying to escape...
Well remembered about "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, perharps their last great album as a band.
By the way, when you chose "thepersianking" were you thinking about that great ruler Xerxes? Darius?
12 Sep 2007 7:29pm
@Quintino: That was the funny question! I really don't think I am even allowed to compare myself with those great men that formed a nation, plus that was never my intention. But if I have to, I will chose neither but Cyrus the Great, the founder and unifier of Persian empire (ruled 590-576 BC).
Thanks for your visit.
Rebel Szczesny from Big Apple - NYC, United States
Find 'em. Snap 'em. And post 'em. A good one Amir.
12 Sep 2007 9:19pm
@Rebel Szczesny: Thanks.
Bahar from Toronto, Canada
nice capture! I like the way the paintings are coming off showing the bare wall.
12 Sep 2007 9:25pm
@Bahar: Yea that in fact inspired my to take this photo.
Navid from Ahwaz, Iran
stunning!
alan daram ahange Wall ro tuye hardam search mikonam....daramesh!
12 Sep 2007 10:32pm
@Navid: خوب شد پس من گفتم. ممنونم که اومدی
Navid from Ahwaz, Iran
Mr amir mibinam shoma online hastin ,goftam 1 soal alalhesab beporsam!
inja mesle Flickr ya baghie Photo hosting'ha emkane ijad Friends List nadare?
12 Sep 2007 10:38pm
@Navid: نه فکر نمیکنم چنین چیزی اینجا هنوز باشه
@Navid: U R welcome.
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Wow, thats a great image, full of texture and intensly bright colour. A superb find, and I agree you do think 'Pink Floyd' with this image
12 Sep 2007 10:54pm
@Richard_Irwin: Glad you made the connection. Thanks for dropping by.
Takiyah from Snellville, United States
Whoa! That's a neat shot. I love the crisp colors:)
13 Sep 2007 3:36am
@Takiyah: Thanks.
Mandy from Johannesburg, South Africa
Very interesting Amir, I like the way the blue pulls your eye!!
13 Sep 2007 7:59am
@Mandy: Thanks Mandy.
@Soodabeh: Thanks Soodabeh.
@alla: Thank you.
Lost Valley Views from Canada
Very cool Amir!!! What deep rich textures and perfectly centered to grab the full attention to what the wall is saying.
13 Sep 2007 2:16pm
@Lost Valley Views: I sharpened it a little.
@Brian: Thanks Brian.
@ChaCha: Thanks.
Stan Pulsar from Strasbourg, France
I love the colors here.
It's funny because I realize I don't really care about what the painted picture was, but much more about what the wall's history could be...
13 Sep 2007 7:37pm
@Stan Pulsar: Thanks for your view.
@lissa: Thanks.
miu* from GA, United States
These apples have wings?!
Well....these are apple angels!!
Where did they wanted to fly....
I felt a little bit sad.
14 Sep 2007 12:54am
@miu*: Yea, they are apples with wings, good observation. Thanks for coming.
Olaide from Fort Collins, United States
like a unique art work. This is splendid. Good eye pal.
14 Sep 2007 5:36am
@Olaide: Thanks for your visit.
@Silvia: Thanks.
@Pedram: Thanks.
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
I understand the connection between Persia and Iran. I work with a guy from Iran --a PhD engineer-- as a matter of fact. I actually had not noticed the title of your blog before my comment on this photo. I glanced at the symbol on your bio page and ignorantly took it as Lebanese. I watch a lot of foreign movies, and the best movies coming out of the Middle East, like "Crimson Gold," are coming out of Iran. I only hope that the current gang of criminals running my country doesn't bring our country into further disrepute by some new criminal act in Iran.
15 Sep 2007 6:38pm
@Twelvebit: Thanks a lot for your very kind and heart warming comment on my blog. It's not only US that is run by criminals, we can say the same for Iran as well. Unfortunately this world is a very bad place with bad people holding all of us as hostages. If people like me and you were in charge things of that sort would never happen. But to run as a politician you need to have zero respect toward people's lives and well being and be on constant path toward deception and lies.
aggie from Singapore, Singapore
It's it uncanny how the surface of a wall, morphs into art?
16 Sep 2007 6:39am
@aggie: Yea, I guess it was an artwork once upon a time.
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