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Copyright: Alex Shainshein (s_a_s_h_a) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 294 W: 74 N: 417] (2954)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-22
Categories: Artwork
Camera: FujiFinePix S 7000, 55mm uv filter
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/56 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Netherlands
Theme(s): Shoes from Around the World [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-08-31 14:20
Viewed: 995
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The photo was taken during our visit to Zaanse Schans. The Zaanse Schans is a delightful old hamlet on the banks of the river Zaan with characteristic green wooden houses, charming styalised gardens, small hump-backed bridges, tradesmen's workshops, historic windmills and engaging little shops. This enchanting hamlet gives an excellent impression of how a typical Zaanse village must have looked like in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Clogs or wooden shoes have a long social history. The Klompen or Dutch clog was traditionally a work shoe worn in the Industrial Revolution. The style was also popular in northern France, England, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Clogs were cheap and durable made from alder, birch, sycamore, willow or beech. When worn barefoot, thick straw was used to pad the rigidity of the wood. The upturned toe made the shoes easier to walk. The French, Sabot; the German, Klomp, and the Dutch, clog were made from a single block of wood whereas the Spanish pantofle and later US and UK clogs were constructed like shoes with a separate wooden upper from the leather upper. Although clogs and wooden soled shoes have had brief moments in fashion they were the traditional footwear of the poor and those work necessitated heavy-duty shoes.
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I like, I like..
Great composition
Good frame too
Well done
Matt

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  • Eline Silver Star Critiquer [C: 34 W: 0 N: 1] (106)
  • [2006-08-31 14:38]

Holland !! =D =D

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1320 W: 31 N: 1634] (9994)
  • [2006-08-31 14:56]

Nice composition, almost pop art. Wonderful bright colours

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  • Lionel Gold Star Critiquer [C: 838 W: 1 N: 289] (3737)
  • [2006-08-31 17:18]

Bonsoir.
Bravo pour cette belle image très colorée et bien composée !

Kind of a classical shot, but well done. The symmetry works fine here. Even the "wood" frame adds some context. Nice one!

Hi Alex,
What pretty colors for this collection of pretty painted shoes. I like the details and the motifs repetition and the alternation of the colors. For my pleasure, I tried a different presentation. But it is only my personal interpretation. Yours is really excellent. Bravo! Annie

excellent presentation here alex :)
good mass object compo
i love the details captured here
nice work, points later :)

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  • Tintin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2198 W: 267 N: 345] (1982)
  • [2006-09-02 10:34]

Very nicely done, Alex. I like the repeated motifs of the shoes with some very nice light. Nicely composed with the 6 different rows of different shoes. Well done!

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  • Josine Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 922 W: 21 N: 652] (4069)
  • [2006-09-03 12:25]

Wow. This is not in China right? lol Good work I like this. bye bye
Josine

hi alex, well composed and wonderful colors. i like how they fill the frame. there's a sense of balance and symmetry. cheers :)

peter

hello alex,

great composition.. have you framed this one or it is naturally included in the picture. Great, thanks for sharing.

ciao

broclay

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