a sense of place?

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can you photograph a sense of place?
i think you can...


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please post yours...
 
Can this be anywhere other than southern Europe? (specifically France)
 

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I think you need something more than a unique landmark/feature to evoke a sense of place. Place is imbued with memory and tradition, things that aren't readily available visually. I could post a photo from Vancouver with the famous North Shore mountains in the background, but I don't think that would give you a very accurate 'sense' of place.

To pick on Sparrow's post, would that photo still evoke a sense of place if it was shot when no people were around and all the businesses were closed for the day?

Capturing the sense, or a suppose essence of a place, is very difficult and I would argue that you'd have to be very familiar with the area to succeed.
 
Interesting. As a city, town and regional planner, I have spent many years designing Master Plans that create a "sense of place". Hundreds of projects later, I can honestly say that I understand what it is and it is different for every location as every place is unique in itself.

Photographing it after we built it? Photographing an existing location? Sure. Can do. Actually have done.

Now I gotta dig through all my files...:(

Great thread topic!:)
 
Yes, but to really show it takes a long term committment to getting to know the place and documenting it. Not a single image, but a story.
 
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Yes, but to really show it takes a long term committment to getting to know the place and documenting it. Not a single image, but a story.
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Nope. It's subjective ("A sense of place"), by definition. So the way you tell the story is all yours.

Death Valley (re-post):

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Roland.
 
FRancis,


I live the tank with the graffiti "All day all we do is smoke weed." LOLOLOL I know a lot of people where I live who might be guilty of painting that.
 
Well, for sure there are numerous ways to define "sense of place" whether it be the essence of the town you are in, the character of a community, the image conveying where you are (Death Valley, Paris, Washington D.C., etc.) or even a specific location or thing within a location (toilet in a bathroom).

It is a rather broad term IMO... so everyone is probably correct in their own interpretation and the images they show.:angel:
 
zenza said:
I think you need something more than a unique landmark/feature to evoke a sense of place. Place is imbued with memory and tradition, things that aren't readily available visually. I could post a photo from Vancouver with the famous North Shore mountains in the background, but I don't think that would give you a very accurate 'sense' of place.

To pick on Sparrow's post, would that photo still evoke a sense of place if it was shot when no people were around and all the businesses were closed for the day?

Capturing the sense, or a suppose essence of a place, is very difficult and I would argue that you'd have to be very familiar with the area to succeed.
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OK ... so I got the timing right too? ... clever old me :D
 
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