Scratches

[Rob MacKillop]

On the wall of the Crown Court, Edinburgh...

Scratches by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

Konica Hexar AF, Fuji Reala 200, ten years old...Nik Silver

 

[Beth Carter]

i like the repeating blocks throughout the comp. the scratches break it up just enough.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

That's what I was thinking, Beth. Glad you noticed it.

 

[Pete Askew]

Indeed. And it has a slightly haunted look too. Love the split in the composition.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Fanciful, maybe, but I was thinking that as this is a court, the barred room could be a cell, and the scratches are attempts to get out of a situation, cries for help...

 

[Pete Askew]

Or a slightly crazed record of the days in incarceration!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes! It could be!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Great vision Rob - really tells a story

So, not getting much milage out of the Konica then!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Na. It's a dud...

 

[Paul Lange]

Great PP on this Rob, really nice and brings out the scratches. I like the whole idea as well.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Paul.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Fanciful, maybe, but I was thinking that as this is a court, the barred room could be a cell, and the scratches are attempts to get out of a situation, cries for help...

I am sorry Rob, coming from where I am, but I scratched my head until you explained it to me. You see we never treated inmates this way over here. Inmates want to stay inmates here.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ivar, those could be scratches from people trying to get IN

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Never thought of that mate, you could be right!