January 2017

POTD: Tower of Power

Tower of Power
Beijing, China
2016

These towers are part of the remnants of an industrial complex in Beijing that has been re-purposed into the 798 Art District, a community of art galleries, studios, and artists’ residences. Whether or not these are actually exhaust stacks from a power plant I don’t know, but I chose to think of them that way as it makes this image title quite appropriate.

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POTD: The Perception of Beauty

The Perception of Beauty
Huanghuacheng, China
2016

It’s not just what you see but also what you know that determines whether a scene appears attractive or not. If I told you this was a photo of fog in the mountains, you might say “how beautiful.” If I told you the truth, that it is smog, you’d likely have a much more negative reaction. Context is everything.

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