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Decay

Try to look at the world around you from the tiny to the massive, then see how decay affects everything around us. Is decay a natual, inevitable process or a powerful metaphor for a particular concept? Let your images explore descriptive and narrative ideas. You can be really creative with this project.

Some ideas.

Urban decay, perishables such as food, neglect of places such as a graveyard, cars. Can you capture life breaking through the decay, this could be a new plant shoot in an old building or a fly feeding off a mouldy fruit? How about finding areas of decay in unexpected places?

Macro photography particularly lends itself to this project, to find out more about macro photography visit the techniques section.

Happy shooting!

Decay features quite strongly in the still life section of Ioda Images
Also some images by Urban Exposure
More to see here The PhotoMat!

Thanks to MindStudio for this task

Words by Ian Wedgewood
Photos by Michael Brydon

Date Posted: 18/01/2008

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Newtons Eye said...

Lets see the gallery !

Posted on 21/01/2008 07:50

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uksweetheart said...

maybe there is a tech fault as I up;oaded a photo for this project on the 18th and it still hasn't been approved yet

Posted on 21/01/2008 09:04

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hedwardphotographer said...

I think they'll enable this project today as last night was the finals. Hope so.

Posted on 21/01/2008 09:56

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karen_oliver said...

I was wondering what the problem was - glad others are having problems too as I thought it was just me. Not all my comments that I have been making have been showing either, Karen.

Posted on 21/01/2008 10:40

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neilalderney123 said...

I added a photo now TWICE, as the first one just disappeared. I have now done it again, and it looks like the same problem.

Posted on 22/01/2008 07:51

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veronicatapp said...

Me too!

Posted on 24/01/2008 15:00

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hunthobart said...

well im glad im not the only one experiencing problems with this project.

Posted on 28/01/2008 11:17

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scruffy_32 said...

I had this problem too and I sent an email to flicker but they said the didn't know what I meant. I submitted my photo 3 times and it just vanished!

Posted on 02/02/2008 02:45

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hunthobart said...

have now submitted my photo 4 times and the same thing just dissapears.

Posted on 03/02/2008 18:54

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estuaryimages said...

My image says waiting approval but does not appear in the picture box

Posted on 08/02/2008 17:13

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judo-jule said...

Hi guys, if you have any problems uploading or any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch via the Contact Form in the About section. I will do my best to help you. Jule

Posted on 12/02/2008 15:13

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punkrockdarling said...

I wanted to edit the text on my picture and I can't because it's not there I uploaded it again just now - but the first picture came back with the typo! Grrr

Posted on 13/02/2008 09:43

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a.stevenson11 said...

hi guys i have had the same problem too this is the second time i have had to upload the pic its now waiting on approval .. will see if it works this time

Posted on 05/03/2008 17:17

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secondhandlil said...

Also had difficulty uploading a photo. Reduced the resolution from 300 to 72 and it seemed to work. Sal

Posted on 16/04/2008 11:34

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Emilyy; said...

Hmmm are you still commenting now that the show has finished.

Posted on 13/05/2008 11:06

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sarahlouisephotography.com said...

how do you get on the show?

Posted on 20/11/2008 20:44

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magic candle said...

I have tried to change the picture I uploaded last year with a better image this week, but it has not changed, flickr seems to be ok, but this site is still a bit sluggish, are the techies aware of this... it seems that I am not the only one with problems of this kind.

Posted on 19/01/2009 18:40

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