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Clogs, produce


Clogs, produce
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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] (2956)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2006-07-22
Categories: Artwork
Camera: FujiFinePix S 7000, 55mm uv filter
Exposure: f/3.1, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Netherlands
Theme(s): Shoes from Around the World [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-10-02 18:46
Viewed: 989
Points: 4
[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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Hi,Alex! This is real industrial art!Composition,B/W,lighting....Very interesting picture! The Note very interesting too! Regards! Yuri.

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  • Tintin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2198 W: 267 N: 345] (1982)
  • [2006-10-15 20:48]

Very nicely done, Alex, with a good PP work to give it an older feel which goes well with the subject. I like how all of the wood chips are all over the place. Well done!

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