Blue Velvet
by Nikolyn McDonald
Title
Blue Velvet
Artist
Nikolyn McDonald
Medium
Photograph
Description
This is a corridor in the palace of Versailles with the classic checkerboard floor and a blue velvet covered bench. Whether you notice the bench first or last, it ends up as a satisfying resting point; you feel you can sit there and take in the beautiful space around you as if you were there.
Versailles is a royal chateau in a small, wealthy town in suburban Paris. When it was built in the second half of the 15th century, its court was the center of French political power; Louis XIV lived there from 1682-1789 when the French Revolution began and he and his family were forced to return to Paris. Versailles is family as a building but also as a symbol of the absolute monarchy of the Ancient Regime.
Tied for 1st in Colorkey Photography Contest 11/2013 (289 entries); 2nd place in Selective Color contest, 06/2014; 3rd place in Black and White Photography with Color Accents contest, 11/2015
Featured: Black and White; Colorkey - Selective Coloring; Touch of Color on Black and White; Contest Winners, 1st Place; 10 plus
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July 21st, 2013
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