Comments on: 20th Century Castle by Hay Procesion

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:26:02 +0000

Nice!

By: planet lover

planet lover — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:21:15 +0000

I just got back from a UK visit and the feeling I got from this picture was exactly what I felt upon seeing and entering those cold stone castles. They housed many under poor conditions and the owners usually lived elsewhere.

By: PajoNate

PajoNate — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:01:29 +0000

I like the comments and different ideas people are getting by looking at the image. It’s definitely up side down, but I was not sure why the text was left. To deceive, maybe? Rotate the pic and you get the perspective, even the light in the hallways are lining nicely. Maybe some pranksters put the metro sign up side down and our photographer decided to fix it by flipping the picture.
This way the light is not beneath the photographer as stated in one of the previous posts.

By: Katherine Lee Strassburg

Katherine Lee Strassburg — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:39:48 +0000

Each man’s home is his castle–and no two are alike. I was also confused at first, especially when I couldn’t find Waldo–I mean the elephant. Like it or not, this photo got a great discussion started. I’ve always noticed that some of the smallest, most decrepit houses are always decorated for Christmas or other holidays, and most have flowers planted and tended. My own castle is modest, but we are happy here, and that is what counts! I much prefer my immobile mobile home with our lovely garden to living in the castle depicted. And I definitely love sarcasm–must be my English roots showing.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:04:33 +0000

could this have been taken at night? I’m not familiar with this area, but if there are enough street lights, they would allow for the shadows from the balconies to be cast upward instead of down. It might also explain why the image gets gradually darker as the eye moves toward the bottom.

By: julie

julie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:53:49 +0000

i love it, no i would not hang it on my wall but i would choose the photos like abyss, or border, or williamsburg baby….those are very cool…don’t stop pushing the bounderies of the ordinary mind…if you stop then normal looks just like everything else nothing that stops and makes you think.

By: Carlo

Carlo — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:45:42 +0000

Was this taken in Japan?? You know limited housing space

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:36:07 +0000

Isn’t the whole point of art to get people to think, and engage in dialogue? In this case, Hay has accomplished a great deal as evidenced by the type of comments here. I love photos that challenge everyday perspective… lord knows we have enough pretty snapshots available to “see” London. This picture helps me “feel” London, instead.

By: Mesquite

Mesquite — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:16:54 +0000

I also thought my computer was messed up at first, then I also thought of a prison or ghetto apartments. Well, any way it made me think for a minute!

By: Kirk Jordan

Kirk Jordan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:28:36 +0000

Given the limited space on my wall, I can think of all kinds of things I wouldn’t hang there… but still I am glad to have seen and interacted with them.