Boat graveyard, Aralsea, Uzbekistan

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  JohnArs

• Nov 13, 2005

Love it would like to see it a bit larger!

 

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  Imke

• Nov 13, 2005

Sure thing!

 

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  joeyk49

• Nov 13, 2005

Very nice.

Is this a true representstion of the scene colors? I like the Portra films, but this is showing cyan quite heavy in the sky....is it me, my monitor or the photo???

I love the composition...very eerie. Why is the water receeding so much?

 

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  Imke

• Nov 13, 2005

I think the cyan is in the scan, the real print is well balanced.
The water is receeding because the two rivers that (used to) feed the sea don't reach it anymore, due to high water demand of Uzbekistans cotton industry.
It's an environmental disaster of historic proportion, yet not much talked about. I didn't know about it before I went there.

 

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  Will S

• Nov 13, 2005

This was in Lenswork about 2 or 3 issues back right?

 

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  Nicole

• Nov 13, 2005

Very nice again Imke. I like the colours and a very interesting story.

 

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  Imke

• Nov 13, 2005

Hey Will, that must have been somebody elses work, the place has been photographed by quite a few photographers. I'm interested, though, I'll try to find the issue you're talking about.
And: thanks, Nicole!