AUGUST 1987 – A white wall shines brightly against a clear blue sky, found somewhere in the Algarve region in Portugal. Photo © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Let’s start the week with this unusual shot that I took during my very first genuine holiday trip in 1987. I was just 21 and had a couple of weeks to spend, so my girlfriend and I drove all the way from Northern Germany to the Algarve in Portugal.
Somewhere in the region, probably near Armação de Pêra, I spotted this white wall. I was immediately attracted to the geometrical pattern I saw. I placed the wall with its vertical line directly in the center of the image and positioned the lower and the upper horizontal lines in a way that they divided the blue sky quite evenly. As a bonus, the left side of the wall had a curvy top which added a (tiny) eye catcher.
Sadly, I lost the negatives of this trip over the years, but I had a good print for scanning. And I still like the result. The image itself has no deeper meaning, yet I’d call it a piece of art. 🙂
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | August 1987 |
| Location | Algarve, Portugal |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | 13 x 18 cm print from negative film |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4288 x 2887 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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