When I first started looking for pictures, I was going to pick a painting. Then when I saw this web site, I thought, “why not an image we all pass by every now & then without thinking about”. The first image I saw was the statue of a face with a cube shaped head. I clicked it because it was something I’d never seen before. It ended up being a slide show of 62 photos. It could’ve been more or it could’ve been less. They are only so many hours in a day & only so much room a camera can hold, but the photographer picked out the best 62. How long do you think it would take to pick out the best 10 out of 100 pictures you took? Same applies to choosing what music you to put on a MP3 player (ipod to be exact).
The images reminded me of a thought I had recently. It was that just about all the pictures taken in the world are different even if you take it in the same place. There are many factors that may have changed it: the angle, zoom, time of day, season, way the image comes out (b&w or color), people, camera itself (something stuck on the lense), & more. The same thing applies to drawing or painting an image. Sure, you can set a camera still or copy the image more than once, but taking it one day and going back to it is like looking at the sky. The weather is always changing as the clouds float by.
I didn’t just look at the images though. I was also able to click on them & read some information on each individual image. I found out that the images were taken in a massive, privately-funded Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1882 and is not expected to be complete until at least 2026. A portion of the building’s interior is scheduled to open for public worship and tours by September of 2010. Next year from now, right.
Considered the master-work of know to be renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), the project’s vast scale and idiosyncratic design have made it one of Barcelona’s (and Spain’s) top tourist attractions for many years. If I knew how much he got paid, I’d considered doing it too. Nowadays, there’s alot of better ways to make money, but I’ll still put it on my list of things to consider. Do you think Antoni planned for his creation to become a tourist attraction? In my opinion, a church doesn’t really need to be decorated, especially for so long. I’m guess Spain must have a lot of patient Catholics to be waiting for over 100 years to see (most of which have died).
Most of these issues are not thought of & there are a lot more where that came from. These can inculed: how much will the end result will cost, why the particular statue was made (such as the snails), where did the pattern ideas come from, why was it built so high, is it considered safe, why was it give the it has, etc..? If you’ve seen all the images, you wouldn’t be surprised that it took over 100 years to make. Last question: if you had a life time job, what would it be? It would seem architect Antoni Gaudi found his & must’ve enjoyed doing it even if the pay was low in my opinion, not that I would suspect that to be the case.
By the way, the full name of the temple is Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia meaning ”Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family” in English.