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Found from the vaults. Picture taken in 2016.

Great deal of photography is about exclusion. It is a magic of leaving things out from the picture, things the person who views the image does not necessary know about.

If you haven't ever visited Tampere Finland, and seen this building, you can not know what is around this view. You can't know how tall the building is, if it continues far to the left or right, or what is below. But you can use your imagination!

So, the picture is like a fictional book. You can complete the story with everything you have experienced before. Fill in the empty spaces not told. Build the rest with your dreams and nightmares. See the chimneys that reach the sky. Smell the smoke and hear the sounds of machines.

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23 comments

Pam J said:

Superb commentary !
5 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Pam J:

Thank you, Pam. That is something I once wrote on 'Shoot and Tell' blog I tried to get started with two of my online friends. It never succeeded.

I suppose I should now republish some of those articles of mine here at ipernity.
5 years ago

Diane Putnam said:

I hear pshhhhh-clank-clank-clank! I heard it immediately, before I read your comment. Quite an intimidating place, until I look at the lovely brick details.
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Diane Putnam:

Thank you, Diane.

It is surprisingly noiseless factory. Good sound proofing I guess. It is a paper mill in the middle of the city.

Two more shots:
Factory Factory in autumn colours
5 years ago

aNNa schramm said:

eine Fabrik aus schönem Backstein und danke für deine Geschichte ...
5 years ago ( translate )

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to aNNa schramm:

Danke schön, aNNa.
5 years ago ( translate )

Ulrich John said:

Toll ! And nice words ! Like them very much together !
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Ulrich John:

Thank you very much, Ulrich.
5 years ago

Gudrun said:

Restricting your compostion to just a part of the factory does indeed inspire the viewers' imagination!
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Gudrun:

Thank you, Gudrun. It is something I started to consider explicitly when having discussions concerning the aspect ratio. Image always lies! Because of the limitations of the space where the image gets represented, the image never can't show the whole context. One can of course try for example those 360 images, but even then there are several variables that remains "hidden".
5 years ago

Boarischa Krautmo said:

good shot!
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to Boarischa Krautmo:

Thank you, Boarischa.
5 years ago

John FitzGerald said:

I agree completely. ANd I just realized there's a statistical explanation here -- a photograph is a non-random sample, so we cannot know the accuracy with which it depicts the surroundings.
5 years ago

Sami Serola (inactiv… replied to John FitzGerald:

I had to search and read to understand that, but I think I understood the point =D

It is for example fun to try capture "nature photographs" in the middle of the urban area. With careful composition one can find details that looks like taken somewhere in wilderness.
5 years ago ( translate )

Sylvain Wiart said:

avec ce cadrage serré, ça pourrait être à New-York !
5 years ago ( translate )