Architecture: Industrial (AMATEUR) - HONORABLE MENTION
Dream #1906
Photo © Pawel Pilch
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Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington located on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company plant. It contains remnants of the sole remaining coal gasification plant in the United States. It operated from 1906 to 1956. Today this unusual park incorporates numerous pieces of the old plant. Some stand as ruins, while others have been reconditioned.
I took these photographs inside The Boiler House. It's a closeup detail of one of the massive boilers that provided steam for the steam compressors and engines.
An impressive display of seldom-seen industrial technology. Exuberant in shapes and unapologetic in it's size.
"As a kid growing up in Poland in the 80's with the Iron Curtain still firmly in place, I vividly remember typical small town's visual palette. Heavy with history and grounded in tradition, restricted by guidelines, solid and never changing. Running through the streets I always thought the scene needed some tension. At the time Polish School of Poster Art became prominent creative outlet for graphic designers and painters across Central and Eastern Europe. Commissioned by the government posters were regularly printed and distributed across the country. Delivering the intended official message with sharp precision, were also (with just few lines and strong colors) creating optical focus and visually disrupting the status quo. I remember various walls of my town littered with large print playbills and posters. From socialist propaganda to latest movies and everything else in-between. Blurring the lines between design and art, very graphic in style with clear linear quality and bold colors, trying to convey information in the most basic way. They always got my attention and asked to be decoded, and I always took the challenge. Maybe that's way to this day I continue to look 'out there' for the simplest lines and primary shades, trying to focus my perception, eliminate peripheral distraction and reduce what I see to it's most basic visual elements. Hoping I can play my childhood game once more and see clearly again."
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Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington located on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company plant. It contains remnants of the sole remaining coal gasification plant in the United States. It operated from 1906 to 1956. Today this unusual park incorporates numerous pieces of the old plant. Some stand as ruins, while others have been reconditioned.
I took these photographs inside The Boiler House. It's a closeup detail of one of the massive boilers that provided steam for the steam compressors and engines.
An impressive display of seldom-seen industrial technology. Exuberant in shapes and unapologetic in it's size.
About author:
Pawel was born in Southern Poland and lives in New York City. He studied English at Hunter College and trained at the International Center of Photography. He travels across the United States actively perusing photography with the intension to use his images as a creative form of expression. You can find his images at http://www.pilchphotography.com"As a kid growing up in Poland in the 80's with the Iron Curtain still firmly in place, I vividly remember typical small town's visual palette. Heavy with history and grounded in tradition, restricted by guidelines, solid and never changing. Running through the streets I always thought the scene needed some tension. At the time Polish School of Poster Art became prominent creative outlet for graphic designers and painters across Central and Eastern Europe. Commissioned by the government posters were regularly printed and distributed across the country. Delivering the intended official message with sharp precision, were also (with just few lines and strong colors) creating optical focus and visually disrupting the status quo. I remember various walls of my town littered with large print playbills and posters. From socialist propaganda to latest movies and everything else in-between. Blurring the lines between design and art, very graphic in style with clear linear quality and bold colors, trying to convey information in the most basic way. They always got my attention and asked to be decoded, and I always took the challenge. Maybe that's way to this day I continue to look 'out there' for the simplest lines and primary shades, trying to focus my perception, eliminate peripheral distraction and reduce what I see to it's most basic visual elements. Hoping I can play my childhood game once more and see clearly again."
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