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Bright Lights, Big City


Bright Lights, Big City
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Copyright: Sylvie Fondacci Monteiro (SylFondacci) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2000 W: 307 N: 1512] (14127)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-11-29
Categories: Architecture, Nocturnal, Mood
Camera: Canon Digital Ixus 500
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: A journey to 2046
Theme(s): A travel to Hong Kong - November 2004 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-12-22 19:07
Viewed: 1383
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Same place, same night, same insomnia, different colour ... an insomnia has different colours !

It is an opportunity to remind the American writer, Jay Mc Inerney I like very much and his first and splendid novel "Bright Lights, Big City" (in French "Journal d'un Oiseau de Nuit").

Instead of Hong Kong, "Bright Lights, Big City "is set in New York City. The protagonist, a 24-year-old aspiring writer who remains nameless throughout the novel, finds himself in a crisis. He is bored with his job at a prestigious New York magazine, his wife has left him and he suffers from writer's block. To distract himself from his problems he spends every night out in the bars and clubs of New York. Throughout the novel we travel with the protagonist on the subway, in cabs, in buses and limosines, to and from work and nightclubs and we see the city of New York through his eyes.

The novel "Bright Lights, Big City" was published in New York in 1984.

The novel was named after the song "Bright Lights, Big City", originally sung by Jimmy Reed.

In Hong Kong, too, the lights are bright and the city is big ...
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To fooeleen: Hi !SylFondacci 1 01-03 18:07
To eleparc: Hello Eric !SylFondacci 2 12-26 06:59
To jmdaoudal: Bonsoir !SylFondacci 2 12-23 17:34
To Dingo: Hello !SylFondacci 1 12-23 15:43
To Neige: !!!SylFondacci 3 12-23 09:54
To purplelights: Hi !SylFondacci 1 12-23 09:38
To agelaste: back ?SylFondacci 1 12-23 08:27
To pridel: ça phosphore !!!SylFondacci 3 12-23 08:06
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  • Neige Gold Star Critiquer [C: 610 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-12-22 19:35]
  • [2] [+]

Allo Sylvie. La neige n'est pas encore fondue. Même qu'il s'en ajoute. Et j'aime beaucoup cette photo. On te reconnait parmi milles.

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  • Saiz Gold Star Critiquer [C: 909 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-12-23 3:13]
  • [2] [+]

J. Tati à tous les étages ... le bruit du silence sur les lumières de la ville ... bravo !

C'est pas un peu penché, faudrait redresser la ligne d'horizon ragnagnagna? LOL
Superbe, j'aime beaucoup, en plus il y a même du bruit sur l'image (c'est flou) qui caractérise bien cet aspect insomniaque. les couleurs sont bien phosphorescentes comme seules les lumières de la nuit savent le faire.
ton propos est magistralement tenu.
bravo
Pascal

great Note Sylvie! this shot has ryhtm in it! maybe because of the staircase repetitions... and the tilt works wonderfully!

Bravo!

always takes a tilted line,cheers for the original composition,Sylvie~!
no matter how grand the number of population is,no matter how crowded the streets are,and no matter how high the buildings becoming,everyone could finally find his home....
blue tone,but warm light~!
xu

Belle image, comme la précédente toute en lumières et en lignes.
Je me suis interrogé dans les lignes pour le cadrage, incontestablement il n'y a pas d'autre départ que l'angle droit en bas.
Jean Michel

nice angle Sylvie, as some writers has peculiar mind, i love the blue and green tone to it, and you have your own signature photo, the 'tilted' look and it's always beautiful...I love your note too! the song was revive by Filipino singer too...tfs! Cheerio, Flo

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  • Dingo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2743 W: 370 N: 2624] (11948)
  • [2004-12-23 15:24]
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A tilted picture, this must be a Sylvie ;o). It works very well here! Beautiful colours, and I like the grain on it as well. TFS

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  • Peeotr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 391 W: 148 N: 322] (2307)
  • [2004-12-27 15:26]

You showed exactly as much as needed! I'm lost in this labyrinth and this is great.

i don't know how you did this, but makes me feel like i'm in the 60's...the colours are warm yet not dull...everything responds well in the photo...great work!

bonjour sylvie
cadrage pas normal :-), tout en oblique, c'est vrai que la terre bouge dans ces régions. avec toi il ne faut pas avoir le vertige et avoir un bon équilibre. A mon grand âge comment veux tu que je monte ces escaliers. Voila qq mots pour la petite histoire pour la grande pas grand chose à dire, je retrouve dans toutes tes photos des cadrages excellents qui quittent un peu les sentiers battus
Très beau travail
JP

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