Thursday, October 13, 2011

"Another Place"


This is one of those cases where the camera can not possibly capture what the eyes can see. Just north of Liverpool along Crosby Beach, an installation titled "Another Place" by Antony Gormley has been installed in the Irish Sea since 2005. This work consists of 100 of these life-size cast iron sculptures spread along 3 km of the beach and stretching almost 1 km out to sea! I was there at low tide (as you can tell from by the man in the pic) and can't put into words the impact of these figures all staring in one direction out to sea. I can only imagine what it might be like to spend the day watching them disappear and reappear as the tides change. If you ever get the chance - go there to see them!
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18 comments:

  1. PerthDailyPhotoOctober 13, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    I've seen these before in a picture Red, I can only imagine what it must be like to see them in situ, and as you say, with the tides coming in and out. Awesome I should think.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    You got me tricked here :)

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  3. EG CameraGirlOctober 13, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    I have only seen them in photos. Maybe someday I'll see them in person. :)

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  4. LúciaOctober 13, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    I've never seen something similar, it's fantastic!
    I like the reflection too. ;-)

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  5. Sallie (FullTime-Lifie)October 13, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    Those are statues? Incredible!! I would LOVE to go there. (Do you have a magic carpet I can borrow?)

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  6. Madge Bloom @ The View From Right HereOctober 13, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    Really unusual ..reminds me of those statues on Easter Island..

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  7. ArtandArchitecture-SF.comOctober 13, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Wow, that is absolutely amazing, how incredibly moving they must be to behold. Lucky you.

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  8. LowellOctober 13, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    That is absolutely amazing. I would love to see it in person! The statue looks a little bigger than "life-size" though. :-)

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  9. Regina KOctober 13, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    Was that a sculpture a couple of days ago beach from a distance with a dog. It would be scary if you didn't know they were sculptures and high tide. These are very interesting. I like the composition of this shot with the shadows in the wet sand.

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  10. Kay L. DaviesOctober 13, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    Incredible.

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie’s Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  11. RandyOctober 13, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    That is amazing. I really like this shot.

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  12. HalcyonOctober 14, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    From this photo it looks fantastic!

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  13. SharonOctober 14, 2011 at 10:06 AM

    This sounds like a fantastic art installation and an equally fantastic experience to watch them as the tides change. You made me think of the time I visited Portmeirion Wales. The village sits on an estuary and when I arrived it was low tide. I looked out of my hotel window and I could see this one lone little boat sitting on the sand of the beach. I remember wondering what that boat was doing there all by itself. In the morning when I woke up, the tide had come in and the beach was much, much smaller and the little boat was happily bobbing in the water.

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  14. UnknownOctober 14, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    Love to find sculptures on the beach. Wonderful reflection shot!

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  15. jennyfrecklesOctober 14, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    I keep meaning to go see them - haven't made it yet. That's a terrible admission when you've come all the way from Toronto!

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  16. VioletSkyOctober 15, 2011 at 5:35 AM

    These would be wonderful to see. I would have to walk the entire length to get a shot of of all of them!

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  17. maryOctober 15, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    These must be fantastic to see!

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  18. Paul in Powell RiverOctober 15, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    That is so neat! I goggled it to learn more.

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