Urban Growth in Abstraction

By Ahmer Inam

On 19 June 2008

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Urban Growth in Abstraction

This multi-exposure abstract photo-art was created as part of my experimentation on taking photography into different realms. This abstract composition is made up of nine different photographs of many facets of the street art sculpture "Il Grande Disco" by Arnaldo Pomodoro.

Arnaldo's sculpture is displayed in, literally, the heart of Charlotte, NC. It is an ode to industrialism. I interpreted his sculpture to reflect the heart of the city and the haphazard urban growth and development it is seeing. The original sculpture's copper-feel gave me the idea to give this image a grungy-patina. This color to me reflects money. The bricks & gear-teeth depict the infrastructure and engineering. The intersecting of these bricks and gear-teeth depict the haphazardness of this growth and development. I further pixaleted the image to depict technology (this slight pixelation is not visible in the small preview here). This way, I tried to convey the forces of money, engineering and technology that fuel this growth.

This abstract photo-art was printed in 18x24 size and is currently on display at "The Light Factory" in Charlotte, NC and will be there till September 12th. This image has also been selected by the gallery among the very few pieces that they'd like to use in their annual auction (of course with my permission). The proceeds from this auction go towards supporting their photography and film educational and outreach programs.

11 Responses

  • Christopher Miles

    On 19 June 2008 Christopher Miles gave props:

    Very cool. Keep experimenting...

  • Jim Hall

    On 19 June 2008 Jim Hall said:

    It's fascinating. Unique.

  • Paulo Rojas

    On 19 June 2008 Paulo Rojas said:

    ABSTRACT ! BRAVO !

  • jessica wright

    On 22 June 2008 jessica wright gave props:

    so gorgeous. totally love it.

  • Dave Waddell

    On 18 July 2008 Dave Waddell said:

    cool as ice man!

  • Joli B

    On 18 July 2008 Joli B gave props:

    Congratulations to you, wonderfully composed here! Keep up the experiementation, well done

  • Amelia (amy) Quicke

    On 21 July 2008 Amelia (amy) Quicke gave props:

    Very cool and Congrats ♥

  • Nicole Gesmondi

    On 21 July 2008 Nicole Gesmondi gave props:

    Hey! I saw this in the blog. Really cool!

  • Wiktor Figiel

    On 21 July 2008 Wiktor Figiel gave props:

    fabulous. congratulations!!!

  • *Peggy.Sue* Harrington

    On 21 July 2008 *Peggy.Sue* Harrington gave props:

    i used to live in Charlotte. congrats .. very nice photo.

  • Chad Galloway

    On 1 September 2008 Chad Galloway gave props:

    Just awesome

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