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| Detail, Quilt of Origins Sculpture, Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, Georgia © Doug Hickok All Rights Reserved To honor the ancient origins of the Olympic Games, a stylized sculpture of a Greek Olympian was created for Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. His arm shadow falls on one of the quilt motifs which recur throughout Centennial Park. The quilt was used as a symbol of harmony and union during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. During the opening ceremonies the participating nations gathered in "patches" to form a large quilt. |
Friday, February 22, 2013
An Original Olympian
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It's a superb sculpture and i love the quilt motif used as a symbol of harmony Doug... i like the angle that you framed this wonderful image....peter:)
ReplyDeletegreat play with the shadow
ReplyDeleteThat would be important to have more harmony and unity among peoples, must be a nice park, thanks for reminding such important values.
ReplyDeleteGreetings. I am in Loon NH, you have great country.
a very fine capture, doug.
ReplyDeleteCleverly composed to tell the story, but also to create a rather unusual and slightly surreal image. I also like the simple palette of greens and blues. Cunning vision!
ReplyDeletevery interesting statue!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your take on this sculpture, Doug, which we saw just this past August while we were in Atlanta. BRAVO for the creative crop.
ReplyDeletePerfect photo!
ReplyDeleteQuilts must be very American.
ReplyDeleteI saw a lot of them at the American Museum in Britain, in Somerset.
Strangely, no Coca Cola, McDonald's or Starbucks in the museum. ;o)
exquisite
ReplyDeleteGorgeous image, caught at just the perfect time of day.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good picture, I really like the composition and textures that look good. Great !
ReplyDeleteAn intriguing image Doug.
ReplyDeleteI just love to visit your blog, enjoying your fantasic photos! Your work is really inspiring!
ReplyDeletethat's a fine slice of the sculpture captured here, very nice shot.
ReplyDeleteNicely composed image of a subject close to my heart!
ReplyDeletethis is art in more sense than one! a unique and very appealing monument, and a first rate photo! that you saw and captured the shadow of the arm the way it is speaks for itself. i wonder how long you had to wait for to be exactly so ...
ReplyDeleteGReat eye to catch this scene: you play cleverly with the shadow of its arm to create an impossible movement!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day.