Paris Photo, Days 3 & 4: Places
<p><em>Agog</em>: what happens inside the viewer when the concept, the composition, and the colors all mesh. As in, <em>I’m all agog</em>. As in, <em>Don’t stagger; you’ll crash into someone and embarrass yourself.</em></p>
<p>The photo above was wrangled and created by <strong>Eugenio Ampudia</strong>, the Spanish photographer. At the end of the COVID lockdown he organized a concert for 2,292 plants in El Liceu Teatre, Barcelona: the number that would fill the theater seats. The string quartet played Puccini’s “Crisantemi.” <a href="http://www.eugenioampudia.net/en/portfolio/concierto-para-el-bioceno/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">You can watch a video of the action on the artist’s website.</a> He did a series of five photographs, the majesty of which the reproduction above cannot adequately convey. The viewer staggers, indeed: the size, the colors, the beauty of the setting — the plants!</p>
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