Another view of the Expressions art exhibit at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, UK… this one made particularly easy with the twist-and-flip LCD screen of the Powershot S5. This is certainly one of the big features which I miss on my DSLR. I love the arrangement of the heads in what seemed to me like an interrogation session in full-swing.
We visited the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow earlier this month. Of particular interest for me was this exhibition titled Expressions. The main display centerpiece of this exhibition was this collection of free hanging “heads” with a variety of interesting expressions. Quoting from the museum’s description:
Expression – Heads by Sophie Cave
The head sculptures in Kelvingrove were designed by Sophie Cave of Event Communications Ltd. There are 95 heads, with four different expressions.
We felt the Expression court needed an iconic object that would balance the Spitfire in the Life court.
By the way, going back to my roots in digital photography with the Canon Powershots S10 and G3, I have bought a Canon Powershot S5 IS for use on the occasions when lugging around a DSLR might be impractical. The twist-and-flip LCD screen certainly comes in handy when I need just the odd angle that may be difficult to achieve with a DSLR. The built-in image stabilization was certainly useful in helping get the above shot sharp at 1/8 sec without a tripod. The 12x zoom is another definite welcome feature!
We walked right into a colourful parade at the Universal Studios in Japan. The weather was brilliant then and even in the almost glaring sunlight, I managed to snap quite a few interesting and colourful shots. This particular one is of a “live” performer engrossed in his air guitar strumming. From Wikipedia.org:
An air guitar is the imaginary instrument used when pretending to play guitar. Playing an air guitar consists of an exaggerated strumming motion and is often coupled with loud singing or lip-synching. Air guitar is generally used in the imaginary simulation of loud electric guitar music, especially rock, heavy metal, and so on.
Interestingly, there are organized air guitar competitions held in many countries, including a world championship which was held first in Finland in 1996! I wonder if there will ever be an “air camera” competition one of these days 😛