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This is The Teaching, by David Edwick. It stands outside Ponteland Parish Church, and I suspect that it is intended to show the serenity of the Bible class. Somehow it looks sinister to me though, it's those bright blank eyes.
Processed to fit my mood...
Thanks for looking,
Moira
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D90  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 16.0-85.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 12 Oct 2012 - 11:50 AM |
| Focal Length: | 35mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/4.6 |
| Aperture: | f/4.8 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/400sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1/3 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Shutter speed priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| White Balance: | As Shot |
| Title: | The Teaching |
| Username: | 
mrswoolybill |
| Uploaded: | 4 Dec 2012 - 8:20 AM |
| Tags: | Black & white, Photo journalism, Sculpture, Specialist / abstract |
| Votes: | 56 |
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an incredibly moving image ... I can see all sorts to be honest
Thanks everyone. I removed the You Tube link from the Description bit because I didn't want to distract attention from the image, but it was this scene from Cabaret , the Hitler Youth singing Tomorrow belongs to me. I was educated by remarkably independent-minded Irish nuns and was taught to be deeply suspicious of anything that smacked of indoctrination.
Moira
When viewing on the thumbnail it they could almost have been "real"! I love the conglomeration of heads, giving an intensity to the feeling within the sculpture. Another great mono, Moira!
Maggie
Quite a compelling sculpture the intense staring ahead of them!, what do they see! or are they listening with their eyes! a very evocative shot well processed which I sort of like, well done Moira, regards Leon.
I have put an addition after your comments hope you find it interesting
Quote: but it was this scene from Cabaret , the Hitler Youth singing Tomorrow belongs to me. I was educated by remarkably independent-minded Irish nuns and was taught to be deeply suspicious of anything that smacked of indoctrination.
Moira
certainly adds another dimension to the shot 
It's the innocence of the children being taught by the adult that makes this intriguing, worrying, sinister or completely innocent. So many interpretations could be given to this.
It really is a fantastic image which I feel the intimacy of the group would have been lost had you stood back.
Andy
Ghostly was my first feeling, I'm still holding onto that feeling after viewing the link, now that is scary and was in reality too.
Lets hope we never see the likes again.
Dougie
I wonder how the liberated nuns would view your work now my friend?
Some very interesting responses this morning, I won't quote a long string of them I'm glad I'm not alone in seeing something dark in this.
Quote: It's the innocence of the children being taught by the adult that makes this intriguing, worrying, sinister or completely innocent.
'Give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man', said St Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits.
Dougie, I got on very well with my nuns. I think I would still do so today. I remember the head mistress, Sister Imelda Marie, storming out of a meeting with the Bishop of Portsmouth (concerning her plans to provide contraception advice, as I recall) yelling 'Girls, never vow obedience to a man, all men are fools...' at the top of her voice.
Chers everyone,
Moira
I find it so unusual that people find this sinister. I see it as they are seeing something special happen. Like maybe a butterfly emerging and they are entranced by it. They all have a slight smile as if they are entranced. Maybe if I'd just watched a horror movie I'd have a different feel about it. Wonderful processing and the light on their faces is perfect..........Sandy
I see it for what it is, it could mean many things to many people, I like the pose the light the locked on intensity , good capture Moira, got many people thinking and that's a good thing.
John
Daisymaye-- and myself--- I suspect Americans are seeing this differently due to some cultural differences-- What i can't figure is why this is even interesting-- tho it is certainly well done as an image / conversion. You are taking something to this image --- and I think I understand why-- that is --essentially out of our ken (my ignorance). ???
It does have a rather sinister look, but it makes an excellent mono image, Moira
Trev
The eyes are almost staring blindly - I can see what you see, and undoubtedly the mono conversion has enhanced this sense of evil.
Anne
Well, I'm back, after an afternoon photographing our local Aged People's Treat and working on the files.
More thought-provoking comments...
Quote: Daisymaye-- and myself--- I suspect Americans are seeing this differently due to some cultural differences-
Interesting. I think we are a more secular culture - not in the sense of the French legal principle of laïcité, but in our suspicion of private beliefs crossing over into public life. I recall that all the contenders for the Republican presidential nomination accepted creationism - I just cannot imagine that happening in the UK. I find a fervent belief in one's own righteousness frankly terrifying...
David, thanks for noticing the darker face at the back, that's a detail that I was pleased with. This was taken close to midday, on a sunny day - we were passing by on a non-photographic errand and I spotted the sculpture. Not ideal conditions.
Moira
The perfect view point for this shot Moira, very nicely done.
John
I like the way you have filled the frame with just the heads, Moira, and each has a slight smile, nothing sinister there for me, mono works well.
Hmmm -- I have to weigh in on this. I too don't see this as sinister. So -- we have a couple of Yanks and a Canadian not seeing this as sinister. Maybe it is the cultural difference. I'm wondering if this grouping had a different name and wasn't associated with a church if it would be perceived differently.
-=\Walter
A very chilling image, especially with the Cabaret connotations. Your image portrais this perfectly. Don
These boys do look possessed in this slightly sinister mono image
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