Sound II (#44 in Explore 1 July 2024)

            Winchester Cathedral is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe, and was built from 1079 to 1532. With an overall length of 558 feet (170 m), it is the longest medieval cathedral in the world, and with an area of 53,480 square feet (4,968 m2), it is also the sixth-largest cathedral by area in the UK. A major tourist attraction, the cathedral attracts nearly 400,000 visitors each year

The low-vaulted stone crypt was created during the earliest phase of building Winchester Cathedral back in the 11th century and are frequently subjected to floods. During heavy rainfall, and especially during the wetter months of the year, the rooms flood leaving an ethereal sculpture located in the vault half submerged.

Created by renowned sculpture Sir Anthony Gormley, the "Sound II" is a figure made of sheets of lead. Based on a cast made around Gormley's own body, the final statue stands with its hands out front in a begging pose knee deep in flood water during the wetter months of the year creating a reflection on the crypt floor.

Taken in: UK / England / Winchester District / Winchester (show map)

Taken on: May 11, 2024

Tags:

ancient

crypt

z7 more »

carving

nikon

medieval

old

11th century

bandw

b&w

z7ii

sound

sculpture

mirrorless

stone

statue

monochromatic

Monochrome

gormley

cathedral

blackandwhite

hampshire

black

historic

winchester

city

White

England

United Kingdom

explore

interstingness

in explore « less

Sets appears in: • Churches and Cathedrals • In Explore more » • Black & White « less

Groups appears in: • Water Reflection • Cathedral Photography more » • Quality Black & White Images • !Art and Photography (seriously18+) INVITE ONLY • UNDER THE SIGN OF THE WHITE ROSE (Admin Invite Only ) • Photo Infos • in explore • Beauty, Hidden In Plain Sight • DSLR Grandmaster of Photography - • DSLR Autofocus Level 4 • DSLR Autofocus Level 2 • DSLR Autofocus Level 3 • DSLR Autofocus Level 5 • DSLR Autofocus Level 6 • DSLR Autofocus Level 7 • DSLR Autofocus Hall of Fame • DSLR Autofocus Level 1 • !! * Finest Photoart * !! Admin Invite Only • DSLR Autofocus Master of Photography • B&W Lifestyle • B&W - MoVeS - invite only • monochrome passion • Lara's Fabulous World in Black & White (Admin Invite only) • WONDERS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN GENERAL.MARAVILLAS DE LA FOTOGRAFIA EN « less

Stats: 15,091 views / 195 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder