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These statues are spread about Waihi.
They represent a time when living here was about the simple things in life.
I really love the first one and the contrast of the statue against modern life.
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For more representations on the theme SIMPLE visit The Daily Post.
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Great Entry Jo Simple post but have a thousand words to define it
Thanks Jake – you are always so encouraging
Nice monuments. Excellent captures.
Thanks.
I was pleased, especially as they were taken with my phone camera and I hadn’t used it before.
We kind of have a similar take on the challenge this week
We do at that – loved you entry for the week.
Great images of when life was more simple Jo!
Hey Barb – life was very different back then…
What stunning photos of wonderful sculptures. So simple yet so complex!
And that was a lovely comment for me to read !!!
Love the first photo!
Hi Britten – it is a favourite of mine from the day…
I love these!
Thanks. I was really happy with how they turned out – the day was really sunny and it was difficult to see the monitor so it was a real click and hope that I actually got anything in the frame at all…hehehe
Love it! Especially the choice to make them black and white! And great choice of subjects. Simple, indeed.
Thanks Jane – I adore statues like these. B & W just seemed to suit them and their time.
Nothing you do is simple, young lady!
Awwww thanks Hook – but these were really luck. I couldn’t see the monitor on the phone from the sun most of the time, so I simply prayed I was pointing it right, and that I actually had the camera on…hehe
Simple is on view here well done
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Thanks
very lovely shots
Thanks you Polly !!
This is a very nice interpretation Jo and how you made the photos in B&W too. I love the first photo as well.
Hey Gracie – thanks !!! I like that you like that one, there is something special about that sculpture – it makes me feel…isn’t that what art is all about.
If only things were still that simple……
A true statement.
Now that’s simple!
Thanks
Really good photos. That first one captures my attention with the old buildings in the background and today’s cars parked in front.
That’s exactly what I liked about it as well Angeline…
Beautiful post, Jo. We can always chose to appreciate the simple.
I loved the composition of your pictures, great job!
Thanks you Nandini – a wonderful compliment coming from you.
I love statues like this. They are easy to photograph, keep perfectly still while you do and don’t ask for money for photographing them
Hahaha – but you do have a point !!!
Nice shots Jo – especially for a phone camera! I always forget that I always have that camera in my pocket! I kind of like the second one – reminds me of childhood and a simpler time.
Thanks Mike !!! I often forget that the phone is also a camera…those kids do have an emotional pull.!!
Great shots. I love the statues and the black and white treatment goes well with them. I had to google Waihi to see where it was. Blessings!
I have put up a link now – sorry I should have done so before – glad you liked the shots though !!
Thanks for sharing these, I love street sculpture and it’s good to see them from other places.
I like them too Gilly and wish we had more here in Katikati.
Simple, yet profound, photos Jo! Love the statue of the mom giving her child a bath in the washtub. Thank you for the pingback.
Thank you Theresa – that really means a lot to me when it comes from a photographer like you !!!
great captures!
and I still love to look at that happy header
It does make her look as if she is full of life – which Chevvy is most of the time…
I like the simplicity of the black and white images. Nice take on this week’s theme.
Thanks – lovely to hear that…
super jo, it is good to think of those simple times … i grew up with my grandparents who lived on the land … they knew how to recycle everything … it was a very simple life right to the outdoor dunny!
I bet those memories are just wonderful…
aw, bless you for the pingback Jo!
much appreciated!!
i thought i’d commented using my smart phone – but i guess it wasn’t so smart after all
love this post – especially the first image. the b&w makes it so realistic – hard to imagine that there really isn’t a kid in a tub of water!
thanks for sharing.
i thought that was what was cool about that photo as well – smart phones – tried using one and it has me defeated…hehe
I love the mother bathing the child. Great photos.
Me to !!! Thanks
At first I thought these were from Boulder City, NV! Great depictions of a former life.
Nope – straight from dear old Kiwiland…
I love statues Jo! Great job. Despite the fact statues are still, they can often times tell such a great story.
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Hi Joe…I agree about their stories. Thank you
yeah, very simple!
Hey Joshi – glad to see you here – thanks !
How simple life used to be. Great collections Jo!
Hi Mizz – thank you very much !!!
Great photos, here Jo, life like statues, Brill….. Love to see different things from other peoples places of living… Hope you are ok… and no more Earth-shakes.. Love.. Sue xx
Thanks Sue – I loved those statues – they had so much life in them…
Ummmmm – as to the earth-shakes – I slept through them…hehehe
Simply beautiful
Thank you
Simple excellence! You got it all right, kudos
Thank you !!
. . . when life was more simple. the first photo really speaks to me — the years I bathed in a bigger wash tub
Thanks for sharing these.
That one really speaks to me Susie – so glad you liked it.
These photos are great Jo!
Thank you Brenda – it means a lot to me that you think so !
Black and white was the color back in the 70′s. At least in my country. I am talking about the TV before according to my mother and I had seen B&W TV. What’s the point? Those pictures remind me of the simple life I left 12 years ago.
They did me as well – they seem to have struck that chord with a few people…
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