TD Photo Competition May 2018

[Jack meoff]

And she said she was losing weight.

She's lost her left hand , the poor lass.

[GracelessFawn]

Can we all be nice to TB? We are all different.

[Davis Knowlton]

^Sorry, but no.

[Troy]

Some really great photos this month; great idea to allow up to 5 and then pick one. We wouldn't have had quite such a treat otherwise.

I have a few to post once I get my laptop datalink sorted and a couple to take later this month.

[Davis Knowlton]

Indeed. Early days, and super shots already!

[Dillinger]

Give a man a loaf and feed him for a day

Show the man a sex tourist thread and he'll be pulling your pud for years

[cyrille]

Huge reclining Buddha adorned with western classical Greek/Roman gods which I found reclining in the entrance space of the National Gallery Victoria, Melbourne 2 weeks ago.

wow, that's offensive to Buddhists and completely devoid of any artistic merit whatsoever.

way to go Melbourne.

[Chittychangchang]

Eastern religion meets Western, a great fusion.

Carn't wait to see you entry Cyrille.

[Luigi]

Some really great photos this month; great idea to allow up to 5 and then pick one. We wouldn't have had quite such a treat otherwise.

I have a few to post once I get my laptop datalink sorted and a couple to take later this month.

Good stuff. Looking forward to them.



Admin bud. Stick the thread with some of the pics up on the front page, if there still is a front a page.

Or in the email newsletter thingy, if there still is one.

Or on the wall of the Penis Enlarging clinic.

[Luigi]

wow, that's offensive to Buddhists and completely devoid of any artistic merit whatsoever.

"xu zhen combines sculptural replications of a famous buddhist statue and greco-roman, renaissance and neoclassical figures, bringing together eastern and western cultural heritages. in the artists own words, ‘eternity-buddha in nirvana’ generates ‘a new form of creative culture’ that he hopes will help bring about understanding and appreciation across societal boundaries."


Wouldn't fancy it in me living room, but is is quite impressive and makes for good photography.

[Luigi]

Early days, and super shots already!

Agreed. Well done lads. Some impressive stuff being put up.

[Luigi]

Carn't wait to see you entry Cyrille.

He must have some great shots, he's been stuck in the Sand Pit for nigh on a decade now. Mosques, with their shapes, angles and shadows, combined with the typical colors and materials make for brilliant photography.

[Chittychangchang]

Indeed , with all his creative observations and comments he must have some cracking pics.

Really looking forward to your entry for this months comp Cyrille.

[buriramboy]

You're all presuming he actually leaves his apartment other than travelling back and forth from TEFLing.

[Luigi]

Indeed , with all his creative observations and comments he must have some cracking pics.

Really looking forward to your entry for this months comp Cyrille.

Please feel free to post up 5 of yer favorites.


Cheers.


Thinking back, I should have gone back through the pics from my Israel and M.E days.



Though many are just of me feet.

[nidhogg]

Or on the wall of the Penis Enlarging clinic.

There is a clinic for that???????

Who knew?

Well, you obviously, but other than that?

[Luigi]

Who knew?

Those with adblock turned off?


Or is it strictly prostitutes being advertized on the forum's banners again?

Yayyyyyyyyyy. Admin bud.... Time to sponsor the photo comp with prizes from the brothel advertiser eh.

[DJ Pat]

That Melbourne statue is hideous. What's really artistic about randomly placing a few bollock naked statues on top of Buddha statues?
Looks like someone did it as a drunken prank.

[Luigi]

Carn't wait to see you entry Cyrille.

Would be great to see a photo or two... or five, from Niddy as well.





To make a change and positively contribute to the forum for once.

[Looper]

wow, that's offensive to Buddhists and completely devoid of any artistic merit whatsoever.

way to go Melbourne.

I did wonder about the profanity angle of religious fusion-art myself but it is really quite arresting when you first see it. The scale is enormous and the greco-roman figures look like they are from a dream that the Buddha is having.

I stood gazing at it for about 15 minutes (although I did have a slight hangover which may have explained my easily arrested perambulations).

"xu zhen combines sculptural replications of a famous buddhist statue and greco-roman, renaissance and neoclassical figures, bringing together eastern and western cultural heritages. in the artists own words, ‘eternity-buddha in nirvana’ generates ‘a new form of creative culture’ that he hopes will help bring about understanding and appreciation across societal boundaries."

Thanks Dilli. I actually did not even see where the information plate was so that is the first time I have known any facts about the piece, including its name.

[Looper]

What's really artistic about randomly placing a few bollock naked statues on top of Buddha statues?

Cop a load of these bollocks pat.

Looks like someone did it as a drunken prank.

The bloke crouching down at Zeus's knee does appear to be letting one rip in the faces of the admiring tourists!

[DJ Pat]

Honestly, it looks like a mess. Whoever dreamed up that knew f*ck all about Buddhism. The artist might have thought it was arty and hippyish. Well that was a waste of a grant.


These ads come to mind

[Looper]

Whoever dreamed up that knew f*ck all about Buddhism. The artist might have thought it was arty and hippyish.

I don't actually think this work really is disrespectful towards Buddhism. But even if it was a tad cheeky, it seems like a bit of a double standard that anyone is allowed to make any kind of fun of Christianity in the name of Art (Piss Christ?) but somehow Buddhism gets a pass (I won't even mention the the other religion, whose icons dare not speak their name..!) and demands to be revered, even by agnostics.

[cyrille]

it seems like a bit of a double standard that anyone is allowed to make any kind of fun of Christianity in the name of Art (Piss Christ?) but somehow Buddhism gets a pass (I won't even mention the the other religion, whose icons dare not speak their name..!)

I'd agree it would be a double standard if it were, say, buddhists or muslims fashioning the piss christ etc. But in 99% of cases it isn't, so...it isn't.

That thing is just crap on any level though, even putting the ignorance aside.

[Looper]

I'd agree it would be a double standard if it were, say, buddhists or muslims fashioning the piss christ etc. But in 99% of cases it isn't, so...it isn't.

Well if you are saying that the offence of the talentless rubbish that was Piss Christ was ameliorated because it was done by a white bloke (and of course JC was white!) then it is worth noting that the artist who created the above greco-roman Buddha was an Asian.