Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared
by Norman Gabitzsch
Title
Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared
Artist
Norman Gabitzsch
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
The Large Spindle Piece was created in 1969 and was given to the City of Houston by the Knox Foundation in 1979. Originally intended for Tranquillity Park, Henry Moore, the sculptor, came to Houston to oversee its installation and deemed the space inappropriate due to the tight space and extremely angular verticality of the park’s architecture. The huge grassy expanse of Buffalo Bayou Park, with its distant view of downtown, was considered to be a much preferable spot.
The abstract piece, cast in bronze, is mounted on a circular concrete base painted matte brown. The curves, points, and edges were inspired by Michelangelo’s famous depiction of God’s and Adam’s fingers almost touching across an empty space.
The surrealistic photograph is a false (faux) color infrared image taken in Tinsley Park along Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas. The camera is an 655 nm infrared converted Nikon Z6.
Copyright (c) 2020 Norman Gabitzsch. All Rights Reserved.
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January 14th, 2020
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Comments (6)
Denise Harty
Congratulations on the feature of your amazing image in the No Place Like Home group! L/F
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Denise ... thank you so much for the support of the false color infrared photo, "Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared".
Eddie Barron
brilliant work
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Eddie ... thank you so very much for your wonderful comment on the faux color infrared IR photog, "Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared".
Kim Lessel
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Symbolism in Photography". L/F Featured images are regularly changed. So in order for them to remain visible for potential buyers to view, please post your featured images in Post your featured images here. in Discussions on home page Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Symbolism in Photography". L/F Featured images are regularly changed. So in order for them to remain visible for potential buyers to view, please post your featured images in Post your featured images here. in Discussions on home page
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Kim ... thank you for featuring the false colour infrared image, "Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared", in the Fine Art America group, "Symbolism in Photography".
Jurgen Lorenzen
This is a great image, Norman!
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Jurgen ... thank you so much for your comment on the false color infrared IR photo, "Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared".
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
John ... thank you for featuring the false color infrared photog, "Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared", in the Fine Art America group, "Images That Excite You!"
Sharon Mayhak
Beautiful and interesting capture of The Large Spindle Piece, Norman! Love the infrared image.
Norman Gabitzsch replied:
Sharon ... thank you so very much for your comment on the false color infrared photograph, "Houston and Large Spindle Piece in Infrared".