Color usually conveys a lot of information. In most cases, that’s true. But sometimes, like in cityscapes, color is just part of the symbolism. That’s why I prefer monochrome photography. Some information may be lost, but rather, information such as shapes that you don’t notice in color may be added, and the photo may be found to be fail. This photo was taken with an iPhone. I had my camera with me, but I needed mobility, so I left the camera in the car and took the photo with my iPhone. If you can’t look through the viewfinder, you may actually take more interesting photos by a smartphone.
(日本語は下に) I haven’t have any opportunity to take out my camera to take pictures this week. Above picture is from my stock.
In fact, I took this picture for my memorandum to learn foreign languages at first. As you may know, my mother language is Japanese and the second language is English. Interestingly, around for 20 years, I was working with French colleague and the common language was English, not in French. However, obviously, I have had a lot of opportunities to communicate in French. On above picture, it says ‘Attention Bulbes, Collection’ and it confused me. Those words seem to have no big differences from English but clearly to be written in French. ‘Bulbes’ includes ‘e’. Perhaps it can start with ‘Caution’. It interested me.
After thinking about languages, I found that another interesting point. A notice board had a green pillar probably to blend in with the surroundings. On the other hand, the protected area was surrounded by red tape, complementary color. It looked inconsistent. Eventually, I decided to keep a picture for my future blogging.
This week, strictly speaking, my post is not a part of ‘Photo’ challenge but hopefully you could be interested in.
Everything I loved has been lost: the chestnut farm, the small woods, the birds singing. Instead, a big building for the elderly is going to be built. Obviously, it is understandable that such infrastructure needs to be prepared for an ageing society. The open question is whether a place can really withstand an ageing society when it has lost its natural environment. Nobody knows the answer.
The city where I was born and raised is about four hours away from the city where I live now. In a sense, it is on the very outer edge of Tokyo’s residential area, and is also a part that has been urbanized without exception. Since leaving the city when I was 18, I have visited there many times, and the city has really changed in the last 20 years. Interestingly, I get lost several times in the city I should know.
Even though, I’m not pessimistic. Still nature I know is here and there. I miss a lot of thing and it would be necessary process to change. Our society and nature is resilient, I believe.
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