#39 - Take One Photo Every Day For A Month

One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen was a Queenslander style house in the process of being deconstructed, presumably for the purpose of being moved off site.  I spotted it as I was parking in West End a couple of years ago.  Cautionary signs on the temporary fencing warned of the danger within the construction site.  Some of the walls had been stripped of, well, walls and all that was remaining was roof and frame.  

Why was such an unlikely subject considered beautiful?

As I gazed at the house, I imagined it as a home for various families through its 100-odd year history.  I could see some of the old grey, white and pink speckled linoleum, mustard coloured stained shagpile carpet and green ceramic bathroom basin beyond the stripped walls.  I pictured the families, their dynamics, the comings and goings, the children's laughter, the arguments, the dad coming home from his exhausting work being greeted by an apron-donning wife, the renovations though not pretty but necessary for new additions to the family, the black and white photo taken of the family on the steps, the hard times, the children leaving home and the inevitable selling up, moving on or death and transformation of the home into a boarding house for single men, transients and drunks.  That is the beauty.  The history.  

History, in its imperfection is beauty as it captures human spirit, error, ideas, pain, grace.  Photographs capture and make you think about history.  A 'good' photo uses elements such as clever use of light and shade, composition and the rule of thirds to name a few, and in doing so will provoke thoughts for the viewer.  Good photos make you 'feel'.

The point of taking one photo every day for a month was simply to open one's eyes and look around.  There were two days when I didn't take a photo, some days where I found it difficult to find new subjects and a few days where I took more than one.  The photos can be viewed on flickr.com.  Simply visit this page by clicking here. 

Thank you for viewing my photos.