| Written by Shantideva | | Monday, 01 August 2011 09:04 | I recently decided to add some historical pictures into the galleries to show the places I have photographed in their original state. Most probably I will add more technical information about some of the machines, but always keeping in mind not to reveal too much information about the locations themselves because these times decay photography has become too much trendy and therefore it is hazardous to tell too much details. And most of the young explorers don't give a damn about what they see or visit. I have visited some new untouched locations recently but the pictures will not be published here (even not in the restricted area). It is not important anymore for me to show my pictures publicly. I think a lot of us, longtime explorers have learned a lot about the mistakes we did in the past. The new explorations I have done recently will be shown in about 2 years. I think this is a good time frame. Meanwhile I'll show these pictures only on local exhibitions but not on the Internet. Here is an example of pictures I have received recently from a gas machine I have photographed several times. This machine has a very interesting history and it would be sad to loose the details about it. I am currently working on a description of the history, the functionality and the use of this machine. Today
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| Written by Shantideva | | Monday, 04 July 2011 00:00 | 
The fifth edition of the exhibition "Konscht am Minett" will happen this year, as always in the Paul Wurth Workshop in Fond-de-Gras (Differdange), organized by "Ville the Differdange". The exhibition can be visited between the 9th and 17th of July every day. The vernissage is scheduled for the 8th July at 8 PM. It will be a wonderful mixture of several types of art and, as always, every visitor will be able to find something that suits his taste. The opening hours will be 3 PM until 7 PM. I'll be happy to meet you there for the Blues Express Festival 2011. This festival is happening on the same place. So, don't miss this wonderful opportunity to listen to great music the whole night and enjoy a nice exhibition of more than 25 artists!!! |
| Journey to the Center of Earth |
| Written by Shantideva | | Sunday, 08 May 2011 13:12 | | Thanks to your great guides, Tycha and Danny, we could organize a wonderful journey to the center of Earth yesterday. I was the third time that I went to the same quarries in Belgium. We were a group of 6 underground explorers doing a 8 hours underground walk taking pictures and enjoying the great underground landscapes and the "almost" serene, peaceful and quiet world that only got disturbed by our own chattering and the countless bats that kept us company. Although I have seen these quarries 2 times before I have found some really nice new spots and took some pictures you can find in the industrial speleology gallery (last 6 pictures). This was also a great opportunity to correctly measure the height of these amazingly high galleries, I could only estimate until yesterday. |
| Salon de la photo Villers-la-Montagne |
| Written by Shantideva | | Sunday, 03 April 2011 09:40 | With the assistance of the Cultural Committee of Villers-la-Montagne, the Collective Image presents his finest achievements of the year. Free entry from 14.00 to 18.30 for the exhibition including studio animation and photographic projection. I am very happy to announce that I'll hold a lecture about expressive language in photography and image composition in architecture photography for this event and I have kindly been invited to exhibit some pictures as a guest. So, don't miss this nice exhibition that is held in the "Salle Polyvalente de Villers-la-Montagne" (36, rue Gaston Dupuis F-54920 Villers-la-Montagne) First day schedule:
11:30 - Vernissage
20:00 - Lecture and debate about the philosophy of photography |
| Written by Shantideva | | Thursday, 09 December 2010 17:35 | Due to the latest evolution in urban exploration photography, as a trend, and the fact that a lot of newbies in this type of photography only seem to be interested in copying the work of other photographers, I have decided to close the Decay Gallery. This gallery is now password protected and only members have access to the pictures of the latest locations visited. I hope this will encourage some photographers to be creative and to develop their own style instead of doing plagiarism of other photographers work. I would like to thank all the people that have contacted me recently after my last post on this subject matter. I really appreciated your feedback and as a compromise of all suggestions you have made, I have chosen to limit the access to the whole gallery only to registered members. I am not sure yet if I'll post updates here on the frontpage and the members will have to log in to the system to see the pictures and the description or if I send a newsletter regularly. Every membership request from people I do not know personally has to be fulfilled over the contact form with a link to their photography. Thanks a lot for your comprehension and I hope you'll continue to enjoy the pictures I'll post regularly. |
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