Polluted Landscapes
Pal Szilagyi Palko

Polluted Landscapes

December 2021

The work is an excellent example of a creative approach to the proposed topic. The photo would look even more impressive if it could be part of a series. I would like to see the result of the author's reflections on the plastic problem in different ways. Keep experimenting!

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With such a delicate topic as pollution, the question always arises of how to solve a visual problem: look for beauty in the ugly or manifest ugliness in its nature. In my view, you have done an excellent job with the task. The photograph looks like the work of a contemporary artist. There is a feeling of paint spilled onto the canvas, combined with the installation objects. The picture looks both provocative and aesthetically pleasing. Brilliant work.

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I love the perspective and the overall color tone of the photograph. I don't quite understand how all these things ended up together in this way, but, in the end, this structure resembles some kind of an object from the field of contemporary art.

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The photograph is reminiscent of the works of Asian calligraphy masters. The brevity and expressiveness of the approach transform documentary photography into the field of art. I lack a movement in the frame for a higher position in the contest.

A bold shot plus a black background that favorably sets off the main subjects make a proper impression on the viewer. There is nothing distracting in the frame and there is everything to reveal the proposed topic. Sometimes part of the picture works stronger than the whole image.

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The classic frame solution always works. It is not necessary to invent something unusual to get a good photo. I enjoy the overall graphics of the shot and the many small details that are fun to watch. Not unique, but high quality work.

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Excellent long exposure work combines direct light sources with haze to create an intriguing environment. I would also like to note the variability with the color scheme of the frame. It is not always easy to show a unique place uniquely. The author succeeded with the task.

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I am always pleased with photographs that should not work but work for some reason. A glance, satiated with landscapes of the same type, begins to look for something original. Unusual angle of view or non-standard framing, working with shadows and lighting, everything can work unexpectedly. This photo is one of those. Good work.

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612 Images entered

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Your visual presentation of the series reminded me of the famous Typologies project by Bernd and Hilla Becher. I love that the geographic location allowed you to separate objects from the background. The series makes a very pleasant aesthetic impression.

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I am always in favor of creative rethinking of the proposed topic. This solution to the topic looks even more urgent due to the pandemic. I lack a textual accompaniment from the author for a higher position in the contest.

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Landscape photography is increasingly embracing a more honest representation of the world we live in, where very little is untouched by man, and often with poor consequences. This contest invites images of landscapes that might be described as ‘polluted’. They might be more literal, as in the images of Burtynsky (<a href="https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/tailings" target="_blank">https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/tailings</a>) or of litter-strewn beaches, or could be of some other way in which the natural landscape has had a harmful or poisonous substance introduced into it.

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Something caught my eye in this photo. The harmonious combination of horizontal and diagonal lines, the remote point of the shooting, brings calmness to the picture. At the same time, the plot of the photograph causes anxiety. The photo is an example of a modern landscape, literally and figuratively.

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There are so many layers in the photo, which makes it interesting. I love that you include the vehicle with the painted faces in the frame. Somehow that poster with the faces echoes with the foam under the bridge to me.

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