The Hammock Story Photo

Photographer’s Note

To be on the hammock or to dream about the hammock...
This is the main problem in Polonezköy...

Adampol - Polonezköy today - was founded by Adam Czartoryski in 1842. He was the chairman of National Uprising Government and the leader of a political emigration party. Because of the name of the founder that place was named Adam-koj, which means "Village of Adam" (abbreviation form Adampol). Duke Adam Czartoryski wanted to create the second emigration centre (the first was Paris). He sent his representative, Michał Czajkowski, to Turkey. Michał Czajkowski, after converting into the Islam in 1850, was known as Mehmed Sadyk Pasza. He bought some forest area from a missionary order of lazarists. It was planned to create Adampol on that area in the future.
At the beginning the village was inhabited by 12 people, but there were not more than 220 people when the village was most populated. In the course of time Adampol developed and was flooded by a lot of emigrants from the rebellion in November 1830, the Crimean War (1853) and by runaways from Siberia and from Czerkieska captivity. The first inhabitants busied with agriculture, raising and forestry. Before the II World War the first tourists had already arrived. The inhabitants of Adampol took the Turkish citizenship in 1938.

Today, many hotels and restaurants are in service at the village, the inhabitants are mainly involved in urban tourism.

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cemsultan (4594) 2009-05-24 16:20

Merhabalar

Muhteşem bir s&b çalışma özellikle ışık kullanımı s&b tercihi ve uygulaması harika
Bu arada geçmiş olsun :))

İyi geceler
FATİH

Polonaise (5629) 2009-05-24 17:34

A piece of polish heart in there, Deniz.
And, it shows... That dreamy face ! :-)))
And, your photo is great. Just like that...
A great and dreamy photo.

Welcome back home, brother

g
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faubry (32197) 2009-05-24 19:15

hello Denyz! you have finish your military service???
wonderful bW, bright, and this face!!! superb, dreaming image
congratulations
francine

pboehringer (770) 2009-05-24 20:12

Deniz,
a story with a very sensitive image. The light management is superb. Surprisingly enough the OE in the dreamers face is not disturbing at all and that despite all the rest of the image is predominantely in deep shadows. Wonderful gesture of the head towards the hammock suggesting that play of wirds that you put as a subtitle: to be on the hammock or to dream about the hammock. All the architecture of the gazebo sustaining the vegetation gives with the wide-angle lens that feeling of converting to the gap between the ladies face and the hammock underlying that play between the dream andhe hammock.
Peter

suhan (3552) 2009-05-24 22:23

Merhaba...
Kime öykündüğünüzü bilmek isterdim doğrusu... Ama ilk gördüğümde Bresson'un siyah-beyaz fotoğraflarını anımsattı.(gerçi o 'anlık' güzelliklerin fotoğrafçısıdır daha çok, kurguyu pek sevmez;-)Açınca güzelliği daha çok belli olan bir kareyle devam....
Tebrikler
m-s
ps.son fotoğrafımıza yorum beklerdim 'acı' da olsa!

tomescuc (2835) 2009-05-24 22:47

The light work is superb, enhancing the poetic feel of the image. A fragment of a story, unfolding. Welcome back, Deniz!
Cristian

mesutilgim (36317) 2009-05-24 23:03

Selam sevgili Deniz,
Sen kalk askerliğini yap, sonra da İStanbul'a gel, sonra da Polonezköylere git, sonra da Şile'nin burnuna kadar yaklaş, sonra da böylesi Degasvari kareler çek !
Mükemmel bir siyah beyaz çalışma olmuş.
İlk fırsatta ben de çekeceğim böyle bir kare ama model nerde ???
Tebrikler
Selam ve sevgiler
MESUT ILGIM

jasmis (49691) 2009-05-24 23:11

Splendid almost symbolic photo. Amazing B&W dreamy presentation. Important note, as well.
Regards.

horatiuTT (4566) 2009-05-25 2:05

cool one! Nice to see you back
Best regards,
Horatiu

barrufeto_77 (25619) 2009-05-25 2:33

Merhaba Deniz.

Firstly...nice to TE-see again. How long took your inactivity? One year aprox???? Anyway, nice to see you again.

About the picture...nice idea the B&W and erxcellent moment!

Rgs, Oscar

Thrax (1875) 2009-05-25 4:00

Hamak üstünde buz gibi bira içerek hayal kurmak ;)... Siyah beyaz oldukça yakışmış... Belki çardağın üstü ve gökyüzünü almayabilirdin... Modelinle hamak birlikte daha hoş olabilirdi belki... Tebrikler Deniz... Selamlar...

veyselk (3714) 2009-05-25 6:19

merhaba deniz

neden hamak varken burcu orda oturuyor :))
burcunun güzel pozuyla (poz vermesini biliyor eeee senin ve korkutun abinin mankeni olmak kolay değil :D )
çok başarılı bir kare ortaya çıkmış.
huzur dolu bir kare...
ellerine sağlık

veysel

bantonbuju (48340) 2009-05-25 9:38

a stroke of genius in this, deniz!

how could i resist admiring such a "polish" - climate photo?....
fabulous light, and composition... and soul of this piece of paradise...

best, j.

RU back for good? hope so...:-))

ninaL (19292) 2009-05-25 12:00

You are back !!!
Great photograph, with very good mood.
Excellent presentation.
Best regards. Grazyna.

delkoo (33976) 2009-05-25 13:09

hi deniz
You've caught a great atmosphere here. the light and the position of the xoman are simply superb.

didier

bostankorkulugu (33334) 2009-05-25 15:19

hakkaten pek bi polish olmuş... polish havası olunca herşey mübah biliyosun... bas kontrastı, şakaktaki ışık patlaması bile bi havalı dursun>:P...

amazon (10391) 2009-05-26 2:53

genis aciya bomba girisi bu olmali,bir lensi insan ne kadar cok severse o kadar cok avuclari arasinda tutuyor sanirim,cennete sanki dramatik bir bakis olmus bu,kantrast tam tadinda,isigin dususu sanki ''burada bir melek var'' der gibi,sb ile sitemize renk getirdin,
ellerine saglik,
iffet

ymrk (8361) 2009-05-26 13:23

Keskinlik çarpıcı,geniş açının etkisi ise nefis.Galiba askerdeki dar alanlardan bıkmış olmalısın,dvd ler,brunchlar-jakuzzi keyifleri ağır gelmiş olmalı zat-i halinize(hayırlı olsun bu arada :) Bu yüzden bu dengesizliği dengede tutmak için,hem kendinizi hem de sigma'nın doyumsuz genişliğinden yararlandın sanırsam.
Eh,eline sağlık agam. :p

Yağmur

burGu (4528) 2009-05-26 22:08

Hakikaten de orada otururken en büyük problemim oydu, gidip hamakta mı yatsam yoksa sandalyede oturup muhabbetinize ortak mı olsam... :)
Sanılanın aksine poz verilmiş bir kare olmadığından son derece normal, sıradan, öylesine alelade bir anda hem de 10-20 gibi "garip" bir lensle oluşturduğun sahne tam da senin olacak cinsten, Korkut'un dediği gibi "çok havalı" :)
Hayırlı günlerrrr

...Sürprizin yanımda "oturuyor" :p ...

isabela_sor (41913) 2009-05-26 22:13 [Comment]

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Graal (57292) 2009-05-27 3:17

Hi Deniz,
thank You! Nice scene from Adampol. Good informations. An interesting place for every of Poles. I like the contrast and composition. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

gokanlam (6405) 2009-05-27 6:51

hamak story e baslangic olarak bol kontrastli s&b cok guzel.. ben de sen yokken bol kontrastli s&b ye dadandim fazlaca, pek keyifli oluyor.. polonezkoy un asil meselesi modelin kafasini oldukca mesgul etmise benziyor.. dogalligi ve genisligiyle cok guzel, orada olmak istedim birden..

simdi devamina bakayim.

polter (6030) 2009-05-27 14:09

Amazing, dreamy, wonderful. And so on, so on...
George is right - the photo looks like taken out of some polish dream :))
Great BW and perfectly managed sharp contrasts.
Greetings T.

Merline (6574) 2009-06-04 9:23

Hi Deniz,
this one is really great, combining a real leisurely moment with a sense of dream, light and shadows, your special touch for them, a little piece of nature and human presence. Lovely natural pose of the model...to nitpick, a tad too sharp in the foliage, but I have a very sensitive screen for that :). Compliments !

Take care
Michèle

Clairedelune (4883) 2009-06-06 19:00

Welcome back Deniz. I know, it is already some time since you're back. But I'm not. ;-) You are probably the same and, at the same time, totally different... It happens.
Love that photo. I saw it a few times already. The Hammock Story is definitively a dreamy one. The "sleeping" girl, dreaming of the lazy days of Summer... when we can sit at a table and laugh and eat with the people we care for... You see, I make my own story. It doesn't go with yours, but photos can be that too, an open door to our own dreams...
Claire

noborders (14197) 2009-06-07 15:32

Dear Deniz, really nice to see you back ! This one is marvellous, no doubts - I love the pose of the girl, but why is she leaning uncomfortably on that chair when the inviting hammoc is waiting for her ? Rhetorical question, of course - her pose is just perfect for the photo !
... A photo that reminds me of the Symbolists in painting... But it's great photography, congrats !