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Water Meter Art

Before joining Fine Art America I hadn’t thought of everyday infrastructure items as being art.  But Industrial Art, as it’s called, seems to be very popular.  Hotel rooms and lobbies tend to display many photographs of old, wood or rusty metal items.

I suppose there’s a touch of nostalgia that makes such art in vogue. Modern electronics and digital life fill our days to the point that we might see non-digital material items as a soothing change.

My challenge image this week was a photograph taken in Charleston, South Carolina (USA).  During last year’s visit there I photographed several meter box covers and processed one of the water meter box lids this week. I also captured images of sewer covers and gas meter lids.  I will be processing those photographs at a later time.

I was looking down at the streets and sidewalks after I became frustrated with the white and gray skies and dormant trees and shrubs that I had photographed when attempting to capture interesting architecture.

In hindsight those uninteresting skies and dead looking branches provided me with many industrial type images.

Does this sound a little like life itself?

Can our frustrations actually be opportunities in disguise?

I set out on that road trip hoping to “go with the flow” and was disappointed with myself for being frustrated and upset at the beginning of the trip when we encountered rain and dreary weather.

However, I can look back and see that I was successful with going with the flow where my photography was concerned.  I had used my frustration with the weather to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Industrial images that did not include the sky and were actually enhanced by being wet from the recent rains.

Real success will come when I learn to see my frustrations as opportunities on a daily basis. 

Have you become successful at doing that? 

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