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Linden, VA
$7.80
Title
Old Quarters At Ben Venue - Monochrome
Artist
David Beard
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
From the website, afrovirginia.org: “The Ben Venue slave quarters form perhaps the most architecturally sophisticated grouping of slave quarters surviving in Virginia. Similar in style to the "big house," the quarters are brick buildings in contrast to the more common slave housing which consisted of shacks or log cabins with stick-and-mud chimneys. Each single-room dwelling has a stone foundation, glazed windows, and an exterior, brick chimney. In contrast to the fine exterior architectural features, the interiors were plain with rough floors and ladders in lieu of stairs. The slave quarters are located on a ridge in front of the main house, instead of the more common placement behind the house.”
I took this photograph in June, 2020, with heavy billows of cloud rolling in over the Blue Ridge mountains to the west. As I went about post-processing the original color version, it occurred to me that the image would be very effective in black and white. For this version, I went with a rather high-contrast look with a slightly grainy finish... moody and a little dramatic.
Featured in these FAA art groups:
Promote Your Work Here and Get Noticed, 06/06/21;
The Grayscale Outdoors, 06/19/21;
Black and White Images, 07/09/21.
Uploaded
June 1st, 2021
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Viewed 155 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/14/2024 at 11:22 PM
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Linden, VA - United States
Thanks to Rick Kaplan, for featuring "Old Quarters..." in the FAA art group, Black and White Images.
Westbank, BC - Canada
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Gray Scale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …Congratulations on your features!
Southampton, NS - Canada
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group 'Promote Your Work Here and Get Noticed.' To ensure your feature remains available over time, consider posting your featured image(s) in the Group's featured image archive.
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