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Mystical interiors of instruments revealed in artist’s photography
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| The inside of a Lockey Hill Cello Circa 1780. All pictures:
Charles Brooks
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Photographer Charles Brooks invites us to discover the inner workings of our musical instruments. Musical instruments are often thought of as beautiful; from centuries-old violins, to new gold lacquered saxophones, they’re often a work of art in their own right.
But
have you ever wondered what the inside of your instrument looks like?
Perhaps you’ve peered into a gap between the strings, or pads, to only
have been met with darkness.
Now, as part
of New Zealand photographer, Charles Brooks’ series, ‘Architecture of
Music’, we’re given a rare insight into the inner operations of our
tuneful tools.
Brooks, a talented orchestral cellist who has performed with the likes of Lang Lang and the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, uses his knowledge of music to create these intimate portraits of instruments.
Using
between dozens to hundreds of individual frames to create each photo,
Brooks creates the illusion of space in his photos, “tricking the mind
into believing that it’s seeing an expansive chamber you could walk
through”.
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Exquisite Architecture of a Steinway Model D Grand Piano, Part 1
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| Exquisite Architecture of a Steinway Model D Grand Piano, Part 2 |
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| The interior of a Burkart Elite 14k Rose Gold Flute. |
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The sublime action of a Fazioli Grand Piano, Part 1
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The sublime action of a Fazioli Grand Piano, Part 2
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| A unique view inside an Australian Didgeridoo |
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The Millennium III action of a Kawai Grand Piano, Part 1.
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The Millennium III action of a Kawai Grand Piano, Part 2.
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Discover more in Charles Brooks’ Architecture in Music series on his website.
* Thanks to Rad Nana for this article.
I thought this was interesting, there's so very much I don't know and it's like Christmas to discover new.
The land of Kush: Sudan’s turbulent modern-day
leadership has its youth turning on its historical past, specifically
the little-known kingdom of Kush, Nat Geo reports. Explorer Nichole Sobecki shows schoolchildren gathering (above)
in front of ancient pyramid tombs at the capital of Meroë where Kushite
kings and queens are found. Constructing about 255 pyramids, the
Kushites built nearly twice the number Egypt erected.
A sweet 8-minute video, Nora, here.
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3 comments:
Reading this was like Christmas for me too. Of course I followed the link to find many more pictures and lots of information. Thanks Jacki for finding this interesting story.
Thanks Elenor, I found another for tomorrow, little gifts, right?
I like your color contrast. I looked at the flowers and found them to be drooping. The imagery, for me, represents the people involved in the war. I can only imagine the difficulty living through what they are living through. Their heats are heavy. They won’t give up though and they are strong unlike the drooping flowers. They stand up tall and have a strong reserve. :-)
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