Red | This is Now

Red walls

16th October 2009 by Violette

I don’t know if I ever told you but I’m a big fan of the color red, so when it’s displayed in a picture such as this one, I can’t resist. Maybe it’s the mix of the green and the shadows that attracted me to it, but I think it’s a great building.

If you want to have a look for yourself, the This is Now Flickr group has quite a fantastic collection of “red” pictures.

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The magic wheel

14th August 2009 by Violette

all rirghts reserved (c) Alain Wibert

This picture was taken at the Foire du Midi, a funfair which takes place every year in August in Brussels.

I’m going to Belgium tomorrow, maybe I’ll get to experience the same thing?

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Driving home

20th December 2008 by Kai Chan Vong

Whilst driving home one night, Antti Lehtinen took this heaven made bokeh paradise, the two different types (red & orange) are just the most sumptuous of colours and shapes. You almost feel as though the red bokeh is either in a filter funnel or erupting from a distant volcano.

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Angels

18th December 2008 by Kai Chan Vong

somethingintheair / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Looking up at the shiny exterior, this little angel sees some happily sprayed hearts.

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Where Are You, Now?

15th December 2008 by Denise Grayson

I think of ‘Now’ as a state of being, a constant. Going about our lives as individuals, common elements between us converging here and there but otherwise leading our own lives and going about things as usual.

But now it’s different. Economies are on the verge of recession, and we’re all united in a common struggle to get by with what we have, and in the worst cases, with losing what we had. We don’t know what the future holds for us as individuals and for our country. We’re seeing a relative leveling of the playing field amongst the classes. The concept of ‘now’ has been changed. Can we have a ‘now’ when we don’t know what the future holds? It’s a fragile state of powerlessness so we look for comfort in the simple things. Take-away at home with friends and a bottle of wine replaces the nights out, making home-made gifts for Christmas, rediscovering the power of a good book.

Out of uncertainty comes an awakening, redefining our comfort zones when we’re forced to think differently. And for that, I think it’s for the better. The world moves too fast, yet it always finds a way of slowing itself down. And in that is our opportunity to rediscover ourselves.

The photo here was taken in Amsterdam a few years ago when I was visiting a modern art museum in the city. It was undergoing renovations so the collection was moved to a temporary location. The curator took advantage of the move to use the wide hallway into the gallery as an exhibit space, and it became a captivating installation with the addition of red lights – an enveloping sensation that is somewhat ominous and scary, yet exciting. A perfect metaphor for today’s now.

Denise Grayson writes a fashion blog called The Swelle Life, a collection of inspired, vibrant images, with a bit of humourous reading – something we could all use.

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Red is…

10th December 2008 by Kai Chan Vong

This photo was taken by Raffaello Franiuk’s titled ‘Red is…’ made me wonder what is the colour red is portraying in this sequence. I’ll leave it to your imagination. Like milk swirling and mixing into your coffee this photo has that same type of tranquility.

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Singled out

21st November 2008 by Kai Chan Vong

I adore this total destruction of colour. Purple and red is such an unusual and bizarre, yet super combination of colours. Magnificant.

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Where would we be… without controversy

21st November 2008 by Kai Chan Vong

I’ve always been a huge fan of self portraits and interesting faces. Lips and tongues are also interesting. Yet I felt the urge to post this because controversy in today’s media and entertainment is never far away. We should celebrate it because it keeps life from being dull. Not that my life right now is dull.

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