When travel photography becomes fine art

Grabbing a kebab after shopping at Spar, communist district style

Now of course I’m proud of all the photos I share on my Gail Rajgor Photography website, but there are some photographs that really sing to my heart. So I decided to set up a collection dedicated purely to the photos I’ve taken or created that I really love in particular. Rainy Day in Nowa Huta was the first photo I chose to include in the Photos I Love Collection.

I just really, really love this photograph and I’m real proud to have created it.

Rainy Day in Nowa Huta, November 2017.

I know … my Rain Day in Nowa Huta photo may not be your usual type of favourtie photo from a trip to Kraków, but it’s mine. I took this from inside our steamed up little trabant during our Crazy Guides tour in the Nowa Huta communist district. To me this is just a beautiful fine art image of real life.

Why this photo?

The design of the building – all those squares and rectangles in true communist style.

The splashes of red from the two cars and the retail signs, shouting out as if the vibrant colour does not belong. Then again red is the only vibrant colour appropropriate I guess.

The old man walking behind the white car … I wonder what he’s thinking.

The dullness caused by the rain and the overcast skies – there is absolutely no sun shining at all. No hiding harsh reality by some sunny veneer.

Creating intrigue

What makes it really work for me though is the haziness of the view thanks to the steamed up windows of the car – it gives it another worldly feel, like we’re total outsiders sneaking a look into the real world of another community, a private world, alien to us. Of course, that is exactly what it is.

It fascinates me, intrigues me, and I still wonder if the old man was popping in for a kebab having got his shopping from Spar? Hope so.

I love this photograph – everytime I look at it I smile. So that’s why it just had to be in the Photos I Love Collection. There are others, of course, including the three below, so please head over to the Collection now and take a look.

I give a little commentary with each one to explain why these ones appeal to me the most still. You may agree with my choice, you may not, but we all love different photos, and these are just some of my own personal favourites from my catalogue. As I decide to add more, I’ll let you know via my blog!

I hope you enjoy,

Cheers,

Gail

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