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The Illuminated Crowd


The Illuminated Crowd
Photo Information
Copyright: Michael Sirois (msirois) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 32 W: 16 N: 49] (305)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-04-12
Categories: Humorous, Artwork, Experimental, Abstract, Mood
Camera: Canon EOS 10D, Tamron 28-200AF XR, Sunpak UV Haze
Exposure: f/6.7, 1/750 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-08-05 18:31
Viewed: 3604
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is yet another shot from Montreal. I've made another foray into Canadasince this shot was taken, but heading from Kingston through Toronto and back into the States via Niagara Falls. I'll post some shots from that trip eventually. I'm still trying to catch up on work I missed while I was gone.

On my second day in Montreal back in April (2005), I wandered around le centre ville for most of a day. One of the first places I passed was the Tour BNP (the BNP Tower, an office building on McGill College Avenue). This sculpture is outside the building.

La Foule lluminée (The Illuminated Crowd) is a sculpture created in 1985 by Raymond Mason. It's made of polyester resin mixed with polyurethane paint. A sign attached to the base of the sculpture reads

A crowd has gathered, facing a light, an illumination brought about by a fire, an event, an ideology -- or an ideal. The strong light casts shadows, and as the light moves toward the back and diminishes, the mood degenerates; rowdiness, disorder and violence occur, showing the fragile nature of man. Illumination, hope, involvement, hilarity, irritation, fear, illness, violence, murder and death -- the flow of man's emotion through space.


The image was cropped a little and the levels were adjusted to brighten the sculpture slightly and throw the building into darkness.

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  • iso Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1119 W: 62 N: 167] (27895)
  • [2005-08-05 21:15]

I saw this sculpture many times in Montreal and of course many times too on photos. I want to tell you I never saw one like that, quite original, I really like the lightning, the idea to workshop it, is an excellent one and it's well done.

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  • sway Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 89 W: 2 N: 26] (347)
  • [2005-08-06 1:15]

A really neat sculpture.
You have photoographed it very well adding to it with the light and shadows.
Well done
:)

This is an excellent picture. I find it captures the essence.

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