Dimitrios's Photo-world
swimmer in Stockholm, Sverige
Posted by Dimitrios (ATHENS, Greece) on 23 January 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
If you ever visit the city of Stockholm, which I strongly recomend, look for the statues. They are everywhere. This impresive part of a face is submerged in one of the canals in the centre of the city.
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Eeeek!
I was rivetted by this photo beore i read your comment.
I was really disturbed, because the nose was structurally too long for a normal human face and it freaked me out for a while.
Whew!
Great emotional effect with this one!
23 Jan 2007 9:50am
@Helen: oh, sorry about this, glad you liked it at the end. The nose ia about a meter in height.
Mike Cash from Kiryu, Japan
I had the same reaction as Helen. My first thought on viewing the thumbnail in the "Community" page was, "What a cooperative subject he had!" Very nice photo.
23 Jan 2007 10:10am
@Mike Cash: glad you liked it
@Yvon: you are absolutly wright
Prashanth from Bengalooru, India
interesting sculpture... me too had same reaction as Helen & Mike :)
23 Jan 2007 12:03pm
@Prashanth: oh my goodness, I shall put a warning light! regards D
Anne-Marie Pilon from Montréal, Canada
WHat an unexpected image... even more that there is no image manipulation. Good Capture!
23 Jan 2007 1:48pm
@Anne-Marie Pilon: no-no just zoom and clik
Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium
really cool statue and photo - that would make a good experiment with a model too although as Helen pointed out their nose may not be as long
23 Jan 2007 5:09pm
@Jason Kravitz: the model must be a good swimmer!
Martine Lapointe from Québec, Canada
Everybody had the same reactions of Helen. Me too! Nice picture.
23 Jan 2007 5:35pm
Fred from Easton PA, United States
An old friend of mine once made a joke about this gent who had a rather large shnaz.
He said " If we had that nose full of nickles ( an American coin ) we'd be rich ! "
I think his comment applies here more then anyplace I've ever seen before .
Great shot !
23 Jan 2007 5:47pm
@Fred: well to paraphrase if this nose was full of nicels the USA could be all rich, ha ha
adalove from Alcala de Guadaira, Spain
It´s a great sculpture, funny artist I have to say...
Thanks for sharing! :)
23 Jan 2007 7:08pm
@adalove: thank you for looking, regards D
Zach Siebert from Bologna, Italy
thanks for sharing with us that artist's work. stockholm rules!
23 Jan 2007 8:21pm
@Zach Siebert: it is a fantastic city, marvelous palce to walk around for days
Alexandra from Hungary
Interesting statue. I've never seen a statue like that one. Nice shot!
23 Jan 2007 10:02pm
@Alexandra: you are going to love the city if you go, thank you
Anne from White Rock, Canada
I got sucked in too! Thought you had a great subject floating on her back. They say the camera never lies, but it is not true. Great photo!
23 Jan 2007 11:03pm
@Anne: it is kind of you, regards D
spots from singapore, Singapore
oh my! this is indeed a great statue! great shot too!
23 Jan 2007 11:43pm
Ahraht from Loures, Portugal
hi Dimitrios. This is really freaky. Nice shot, as usual.
23 Jan 2007 11:51pm
@Damon Schreiber: yes imediately
Lyndsey Le from Houston, TX, United States
Freaked me out at first, but reading your description helped to calm me down :) Actually, I wish you had included some other objects in addition to the face, just to show the sense of scale of how big/small this statue is. Other than that, nicely done!
26 Jan 2007 4:40am
@Lyndsey Le: ok I shall post one more photo in the next few days with this statue but with some buildings on the background, thank you
vitomartin.com from Olivos, Vicente Pelotes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juaaujauja! Amazing! ;-)
24 Apr 2007 12:21pm
@vitomartin.com: happy that you liked it, thank you
@«miguel.peixeiro»: thanks
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