Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by swaroskji:
This is the Berlin Memorial, a monument to the six million Jews exterminated by the Nazis.
The "Field of Stelea" is made of 2,711 concrete blocks of different heights, structured in a grid pattern.

I've preferred not to mention directly "what it is" because I wanted the picture to be judged for the atmosphere, composition and abstract concept. I didn't want to gain more
profit from an easy emotional approach.

However, I've left two significant clues: the strange title (yeah Juliahu, remember + berlin at present continuous) and the splash of red on the woman's shirt. As Cnovack wrote, my attempt was to evoke the little girl of Schindler's list movie.

I would thank you all of you, for your precious comments and positive reactions.

A special one for you, Cnovack, for the time you've spent to write the comment and to have really understood this picture's soul.

Finally, thanks to the unaware girl captured in my shot (she's not a model):
Thank you, whoever you are, wherever you are :-D

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by nixter:
wonderful geometry goin' on here! : )

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by jjstager2:
This is definitely a photographer's shot. Wonderful splash of color among the B&W shapes.

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
I like the way the lines all work in this.

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to leave a comment. The rectangular shapes of these 'stacked' blocks creates geometric patterns that draw the eye in and holds our attention - it is almost hypnotic. The addition of a person to your composition not only breaks the pattern up but adds the human element that reminds us that each rectangle is a memorial to those who have been lost. The splash of red on the woman's shirt is the only additional color in a scene dominated by blacks, greys, and whites. That draws our eye directly to her and to me invokes the scene in Schindler's List of the little girl with the red balloon. It was the only color in a colorless world/scene. It makes me think that life and color can even be found in places of death and are dark. I also wonder what this composition would look like if you converted it to B&W with emphasis on boosting the contrast so that the tones are really dynamic and pop. Another interesting possiblity is to convert it to B&W but leave the red as the only splash of color calling our attention to the human element. Great symbology here and strong composition showing off the geometric patterns.

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by digifotojo:
Interesting patterns and POI.

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by gr33nphoto:
Very good!

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by Lydia:
Not sure what the title means... but I really like this maze and that little PoP of red.

Not voting yet.

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by chromeydome:
This just Works! Normally I recoil from shots where a person is in just to show scale, but her presence here really enhances the mystery and intrigue--we get a sense of scale, which just makes us wonder more what this place is... Well done. 8

Rememberlin'
by swaroskji

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:
terrific subject and abstract here. not a fan of the crop.