Weekly photo challenge – Wall

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What do walls reveal?

That’s an interesting question because a key function of walls is to divide, contain and hide.  The question was raised in this week’s Daily Press photo challenge.

In my wanderings with a camera, the beauty and texture of walls regularly capture my attention.  They seem to be neither still life nor landscape, yet seem to be both at the same time.

Photographing a wall seems the opposite of photographing the horizon.  But …

… if you ever get the chance to see an original Rothko artwork, to stand in front of one of his multiform paintings … try stepping back a bit and then slowly walk towards it, look directly at the centre of the painting, don’t blink.  I’ve tried that a few times with the “1957#20” piece at the National Gallery of Australia.  I came away believing that horizons can exist within a two-dimensional piece, not just drawn on, but exist within.

Rothko is quoted as saying “A painting is not a picture of an experience; it is an experience”.

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I don’t claim such lofty ambitions for these photos.

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Australian National University Billboard

Melbourne Laneway

Melbourne from the Upperdeck

Mt Stromlo Observatory

Iandra NSW

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Click on any image to open the Gallery.

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