johnloguk > 6.5.09 - Watcher on the Wall

You've seen this guy before, but not like this. On a sunny day he looks quite friendly, but today this reflection caught my eye as I walked past and I thought he looked pretty menacing. I thought there was an Orwellian quality to this, and the B&W adds to the bleakness. And like those old wartime recruitment posters his eyes seem to follow you around, very "Big Brother", have a nice day :)

Late edit; the face is on the wall of an Art Centre
johnloguk > 4.6.08 - You've heard of the Man in the Moon, well this is the Man in the Planet :) Some of you will remember him from my DP a few weeks ago. This kind of puts him in context a bit.

But if you want the proper context the original is here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4222541_LCXPH#307147623_2baok-A-LB

With a watercolour version of a slightly different original shot here;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4518270_XDZuH#307149156_WEg7v-A-LB
johnloguk > Free School Lane. The Drill Hall is on the left with the face. St. Swithins Church is on the right, with the Central Library sandwiched inbetween.
johnloguk > Free School Lane. The Drill Hall Arts Centre is on the left with the face. The Central Library is the building with the dome, with St. Swithins Church on the right.
johnloguk > The face sculpture on the wall outside The Drill Hall Arts Centre
johnloguk > 26.4.08 - Jeez, this guy must have been doing some speed when he hit that wall :)

This is a sculpture on the wall outside an Arts Centre in town. I was prompted to photograph it after someone posted a stags head as their DP the other day. Cheers Jeff :)

I recently found this time lapse video of the face being erected;  http://www.lincolndrillhall.com/sculpture_timelapse/index.html 

I was tempted to post these nice watercolours of cherry blossom which is all over town at the moment, but I thought the face was just begging to be a DP;  http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4518270_XDZuH#285227794_JqtLo-A-LB

If you want to see what I was up to last Saturday I have a gallery of shots here that I took for the Day in the Life of Dgrin challenge;   http://johnloguk.smugmug.com/gallery/4800928_4ZWLM#285201415_CYMuJ
6.5.09 - Watcher on the Wall

You've seen this guy before, but not like this. On a sunny day he looks quite friendly, but today this reflection caught my eye as I walked past and I thought he looked pretty menacing. I thought there was an Orwellian quality to this, and the B&W adds to the bleakness. And like those old wartime recruitment posters his eyes seem to follow you around, very "Big Brother", have a nice day :)

Late edit; the face is on the wall of an Art Centre
johnloguk > 6.5.09 - Watcher on the Wall

You've seen this guy before, but not like this. On a sunny day he looks quite friendly, but today this reflection caught my eye as I walked past and I thought he looked pretty menacing. I thought there was an Orwellian quality to this, and the B&W adds to the bleakness. And like those old wartime recruitment posters his eyes seem to follow you around, very "Big Brother", have a nice day :)

Late edit; the face is on the wall of an Art Centre
6.5.09 - Watcher on the Wall

You've seen this guy before, but not like this. On a sunny day he looks quite friendly, but today this reflection caught my eye as I walked past and I thought he looked pretty menacing. I thought there was an Orwellian quality to this, and the B&W adds to the bleakness. And like those old wartime recruitment posters his eyes seem to follow you around, very "Big Brother", have a nice day :)

Late edit; the face is on the wall of an Art Centre
See photo in original gallery.

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