Persian King
Private Backyard
Posted by Amir (Tehran, Iran) on 24 October 2007 in Cityscape & Urban.
Fort Worth, TX
These are not very private backyards of few apartment/condo units. They all share this land between their balconies and this wooden wall.
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Rags from Plano, United States
lovely composition. Dallas also has places that look like this. Most of these houses all look the same.
24 Oct 2007 5:09am
@Rags: If you travel across US, you will see much of the same thing every where you go. This country was built on an idea of mass production, let it be cars or homes.
e. from Washington DC, United States
Wow, the blue of the sky is gorgeous. Great photo!
24 Oct 2007 5:57am
@e.: It's an HDR alright
Mandy from South Africa
It's so interesting to see how people in other countries live. Thans so much for sharing Amir - great composition!
24 Oct 2007 6:40am
@Mandy: The cheapest way to see the world, through images of others. Thanks a lot
ColNed Pictures from Amersfoort, Netherlands
Cool processing work, very nice contrasts in thsi shot, nice work !
24 Oct 2007 7:01am
@ColNed Pictures: The sky you mean! Thanks a lot my friend
Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany
Great perspective and the tones are stunning.
24 Oct 2007 7:45am
@Manuela Photography: I accidentally stumbled between the fence and balconies. I had nothing but a "bean bag" (using it as tripod).
Thomas from Germany
HDR ? great photo and very interesting, in, how lives other people. # Thomas
24 Oct 2007 8:40am
@Thomas: Bingo, HDR that is. Welcome to specious American life, lol
Sriram from Chennai, India
Striking tones indeed! Loved the textures of the fence too.... Very good work, Amir!
24 Oct 2007 8:40am
@Sriram: Thanks a my friend, it's a combination tone mapped of 5 bracketed images
@Wolfgang Prigge: Thanks dear
@Dimitrios: Thanks my dear
@Makoto: Thanks
Quintino from Joane, Portugal
Is that your backyard? Or are you trespassing? Anyhow, it´s a cool photo.
24 Oct 2007 1:47pm
@Quintino: No, it was not mine, and I was not trespassing, I was behind the fence
@lissa: Thanks a lot
@Twelvebit: Most Americans can't live with little privacy, That's why everything is very spacious here
@jelb: Merci dear friend
adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain
A wonderful shot... It´s amazing the strength of colour the grass achieved and the tones on the fence.
24 Oct 2007 5:33pm
@adalove: It's HDR and its usual range
Brian from West Lafayette, United States
Love the title! Super HDR treatment--very appropriate for your subject.
24 Oct 2007 5:37pm
@Brian: IMHO one of the most important aspect of a photo is a name chosen for it, thanks for bringing it up
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
Wow, my friend, love the irony in the title you’ve chosen here. It is apt indeed! This is a stunning depiction of the tragedy of ‘modern’ living. This neighbourhood in your picture does come across as almost soul-less, heart-less, character-less, which is grievous indeed. Your work is outstanding as always, your proficiency at HDR ever awesome; astounding colours, contrast, composition. But I think what really speaks to me in this piece is the sense of almost blind mindless existence evoked here. I certainly hope this is not truly the case for the residents of this place, that they will each be able to take time to smell the flowers of reality and really live. The tragedy is that more and more of our modern world seems to be heading in such a direction. Did you know that my home country, Singapore, is also very into mass housing, and does pride itself on building high into the sky to house the ‘masses’? 80% of Singaporeans live in high-rise buildings which have as little privacy as this, sometimes less. It is no wonder that a perennial complaint is that such a way of living spawns narrow-minded, superficial lives. But then again, the filthy rich who sprawl in masses of land just for their own selfish "pleasure", some of whom own multiple massive mansions or even whole islands, whilst such a big part of our world can’t even find sufficient space to breathe in peace, is the real outrage, I feel. Wow, your picture has drawn out a lot today. Thank you once again for encouraging us to think deeper with yet another of these, your first-class images, my dear friend.
24 Oct 2007 8:11pm
@Rebecca: You are absolutely right when you mentioned those few that have so much and many who have little. The world of ours was not constructed on justice, or at least the socioeconomic structures of human societies are flawed. As you mentioned in Singapore people even have less and in fact Texas has one of the most spacious apartments in the States, and of course for a bargain price. There are places in this world where me, you and many fellow Animus3 users can't even image to live, let alone reside. We are few blessed ones, those that can sit in the comfort of our rooms and post these comments with no immediate fear of tomorrow.
Look at these apartments, they are not bad, they are not dirty, they are not deprived from utilities and sanitations, but as you can see a lot of people simply refuse to live in them because they know/have better. Nevertheless these apartments are considered by many around the world as dream houses. The standard is different and the gap is huge.
Thanks a lot Rebecca
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Great perspective, and an interesting take on a strange kind of communal living. At least they can all share the barbQ without jumping over a fence......
24 Oct 2007 8:31pm
@Richard_Irwin: BBQ is not allowed in most apartment complexes here in Texas, and that certainly a deal breaker
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
A great shot, love the HDR, I've yet to learn this technique, but it looks stunning!
24 Oct 2007 9:16pm
@MaryB: It's very simple once you try you hand at it, thanks
Lost Valley View from Kamloops, Canada
You know these backyards remind me of the condos I used to live in with my Dad in Winnipeg, Canada. Very little room for privacy!!
24 Oct 2007 9:55pm
@Lost Valley View: Lol, that's right, at least in your backyard you have zero privacy
HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States
Wonderful use of colors!...very nice shot!
24 Oct 2007 9:59pm
@HorseRotorVator: Thanks dear
Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan
Wonderful colors in this photo Amir, great one!
25 Oct 2007 3:38pm
@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Thanks for looking
eddie from United States
Hey amir,
I've posted a number of photos of this conception on my flickr blog. One response I had was drawing to my attention a pop/folk song from yhe 60's called 'Little Boxes' by Malvina Reynolds. in fact I've since titled the series 'ticky tacky' in homage.
by Malvina Reynolds
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of tickytacky
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same
There's a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses all went to the university
Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and there's lawyers, and business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp and then to the university
Where they are put in boxes and they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
26 Oct 2007 4:15am
@eddie: Very meaningful lyrics, I have gotta look into this. Thanks for sharing
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