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Summer No More
Photo series by Andre du Plessis
"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure in the landscape - the loneliness of it - the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it - the whole story doesn't show"

Andrew Wyeth, American painter, 1917 - 2009

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CelineM 3 months ago
I love it....Fabulous Série....
Fernando Pinho 4 months ago
beautiful
Fernando Pinho 4 months ago
very good
Biduri 4 months ago
great mood!!
Corrado Chiozzi 5 months ago
The best series I've seen here until now.
F A N T A S T I C !!!
Magali Kermaidic 6 months ago
Les émotions sont parfois dans les photos les plus simples...
Bravo pour cette superbe série que je n'oublierai pas de sitôt ! Superbes images d'un temps en fuite.
Superb !
Robert 6 months ago
Great mood here and well executed!
AngelikaP 6 months ago
The mood of the series is superb and the processing of the pictures excellent.
Sebastian Kisworo 6 months ago
WOW! 11 great photos quality in great story. Hope to have a photo series :(
Claudio Solera 6 months ago
Excellent work! :-)
Jan Gravekamp 6 months ago
I really love the idea of series, the individual photo's enforcing eachother to a series is a great documentary set-up, this one is a good example, great individual photo's all together giving depth to the end of summer feeling. wonderful work Andre.

Kind regards
jan
Svetlana Korolyova 6 months ago
A very interesting series of shots, interesting details and atmosphere of departed summer!
Linda Wride 6 months ago
wonderfully evocative series Andre - bravo!
Natalya Fedorova 6 months ago
Great!
Willem de Vlaming 6 months ago
Rien ne vaut apres la departure de monsieur Hulot.

Lovely mood you've captured Andre. A lovely decor for a Tati movie
Perfect shots !! Great series !! :)
Beautiful work Andre,
regards
Ursula I Abresch 6 months ago
Good series. Beautiful work.
Jef Van den Houte 6 months ago
Great concept and moody images
Hari Sulistiawan 6 months ago
stunning atmosphere & BW Andre...lovely work, great series
zsolo 6 months ago
fantastic!
Alen Lacijan 6 months ago
excellent series, it brings back my memories of all summers that meant something to me:)
paralaxa 6 months ago
Hi Andre, your series has an incredible atmosphere. The first thing that catches my attention is the tone (and mood). I like the decadent arrangement and also the void. I really like number 3, because I am a fan symmetry.
Again- excellent multi-output.
Mirela Momanu 6 months ago
The feeling of lost summer is present in your image and reaches our heart...wonderful series!
Christian Hansen 6 months ago
Great series! Nice B&W work
Jørgen Feldstedt 6 months ago
Great series, the mood is fantastic - beautiful work.
Stéphane Pagani 6 months ago
Superb b/w series! Congrats
Dragan M. Babovic 6 months ago
Andre, series is perfect. You presented on short way with few sort sentences the and of summer./ Everything is empty. No more people on the beach except as lonely group or one passing. Seasons on the beach are similar to the seasons in human life. We can feel the close of all activities and their track. Bravo.
Chrstw 6 months ago
This a real artistic serie, with full emotions and feelings: my best compliments !
Marei 6 months ago
Wonderful mood and wonderful b/w. Congrats Andre
limawhisky 6 months ago
your B/W is always amazing..
* get your coat, getting cold out there buddy..
Nicolas Marino 6 months ago
Brilliant series Andre. You have captured the mood of the winter caoming in a fantastic "gloomy" way. Some of this shots remind me of the work of Sugimoto. Really great.
Paolo Giudici 6 months ago
A great series, very strong. Beautiful work.
Sergio De Rosa 6 months ago
Andre, I am in the queue for the congratulations The series is excellent and it is one of the best work I have ever seen here. In my opinion, the quality of the 11 shots is not uniform but this can be the risk of the series. In any case I consider the #1 as a real masterpiece.
Codrin Lupei 6 months ago
A fascinating series Andre, I have no favorite images, I love so much each and every piece of this story! My congratulations!
Phyllis Clarke 6 months ago
Andre...I just read al the comments below, and I am smiling...thinking I enjoyed reading the praise of your work in this series almost as much as looking at the pictures. The 'whole' idea is excellent as we can all identify with it. However, within each picture something stands out, that maybe 'some' can identify with in even a more personal way...For me that later one is number 10 with the chairs stacked and out of the way...and then they are defiant - they will not be put completely away...hope for a new year. Congratulations Andre a brilliant series. Phyllis
Henry Trust 6 months ago
Great series Andre with a wonderful story n mood..
Andre du Plessis  Thank you very much Henry
Vincent chung 6 months ago
Great series...how wonderful you've present the moods and the consistency of BW processing,well done!!
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Vincent. As far as the latter part of your comment, see below in my answer to TJ. Regards!
Barbara Read 6 months ago
Eleven is not enough! Amazing series--straight into my favorites where I'll revisit these slightly haunting and captivating images time and time again.
Andre du Plessis  Well, a nicer comment I could not have asked for! Thank you Barbara, and best wishes.
TJ Millar 6 months ago
Beautiful Andre, wonderful work - evocative and strong, lovely consistent processing, great series!
Andre du Plessis  Thanks TJ. I tried to keep the tones as similar as possible, however, that was not easy, as I do not have a regular workflow, and thus improvise every image as I see fit. However, I compared the thumbnails of the collection to see how the tones look at arms length, after which I then went back to redo or re-adjust individual images that did not fit the whole.
Martin Gremm 6 months ago
Looks great and very nice tones! Is this film? If it is digital I'd love to know how you processed it and where the grain is from.
Andre du Plessis  That smell of the fixer and that soapiness of the developer still makes me go quiet and sad. Where have those wonderful evenings gone! With mono I even could work with the door open to the garden when the moon was hiding......
These are digital, and because I wanted a coherent melancholic and rather somber mood, I decided to tweak my images after the initial corrections in Adobe RAW, and the bulk of the work-up in PS5. For the last two cosmetic adjustments (grain and tint), I used Nil Silver Effex. I was initially hesitant to use the grain aka noise facility, because they can look horrible, but with restraint you can sometimes get acceptable results.
Martin Gremm  I see. Thank you!
Ricky Siegers 6 months ago
excellent story Andre !
Andre du Plessis  Cheers Captain! Glad that you like this.
Marie-Louise 6 months ago
Such a strong mood in this wonderful series!
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Marie-Louise. Happy to read that you found this enjoyable.
I have been to the Cote d'Azur in the winter many times and geeeze your series brings back those memories. Great work.
Andre du Plessis  I like that 'geeeze'. It says it all for me, and I thank you for that:)
Adrian Donoghue 6 months ago
Amazing series
Andre du Plessis  Appreciated Adrian .... thanks!
Patricia 6 months ago
Wonderful! What a great series.
Andre du Plessis  Many thanks Patricia
Guido Brandt 6 months ago
Wonderful series Andre - it shows you have a great eye and imagination - loved looking at them.
Andre du Plessis  Thank you for the flattering words Guido - I am just very happy to see that the crew saw these fit to publish. A confidence booster supreme for me this is. Best wishes, Andre
Monique 6 months ago
i am speechles Andre...
bit different photos that you usually show us...but also with this great power and impact that we admire always in your works
won-der- ful !
Andre du Plessis  Hi there Monique. I know that we will some time visit .... I just have that feeling. I think that our ways and minds are very similar, and it will be good to talk. These photos are not really that different for me. Most of my work over the last 30 years is along these lines: urban landscape, people in the street, landscape with industrial elements, and other work that B&W simple begs for. It is only recently that I started to concentrate on portraiture, in fact, only really since I went digital in 2008. So in may respect, this series was a re-visiting of something that used to do many years ago, and in that respect I thoroughly enjoyed the home-coming:)
Jacob Tuinenga 6 months ago
Awesome, Andre, what a great serial in a wonderful b&w.
Love it!!
Andre du Plessis  Thank you for the lovely words Jacob!
Tatsuo Suzuki 6 months ago
Great
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Tatsuo, always lovely to hear from you.
Graham De Lacy 6 months ago
I find the black & white really captures the mood and desolation of a holiday resort in winter. Fantastic processing.
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Graham. Yes, I think that mono was the way to go here, notwithstanding the fact that I am useless at colour:) I like urban decay, however, in some or other ordered fashion (composition), so the bleakness and emptiness really pulled me towards these pictures, yet allowed me to compose and plan. There was no pressure. The weather was gloomy as well, which only helped.
superbe série sur de ma région
Andre du Plessis  Cher Nicolas: votre information mention simplement "France" donc il est interessant que vous semblez reconnaitre cette region. Comme signalée au dessus, ceci est la Promenade du Treport. D'habitude je sejourne dans un petit bourg nommée Le Mesnil Sterling que se trouve a coté de la ville d'Eu. Si jamais il se trouve que vous habitez dans la region du Seine Maritime envoyez moi un courrier electronique avec vos cordonnées afin qu'un jour quand je reviens en France nous pourrons nous rencontrer. Bien à Vous. André
Christoph Hessel 6 months ago
a wonderful harvest series Andre, well hitting the core of what autumn is to me too. Great work :-)
Andre du Plessis  Good to read that you can relate to this Christoph, and for sharing that with me. A most satisfying excursion this was for me, but it took me a day to get my head around what a series should contain. A super facility for this community, and I think once bitten .....:) Cheers!
Lev Tsimring 6 months ago
wonderful series, Andre. really good.
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Lev. Great coming from you.
Barbara Taurua 6 months ago
Yes,this is a photographic series,very good.
Andre du Plessis  Glad that you find this collection purposeful Barbara .... appreciated.
Kari Savolainen 6 months ago
Absolutely beautiful. They really convey the lonely feeling of places where people have left.
Andre du Plessis  Lovely comment Kari .... thanks, Andre
Colmar Wocke 6 months ago
This series underscores what a talented photographer you are, Andre!
Andre du Plessis  You mean to say that you never knew that! How many times do I have to tell you! No seriously Colmar .... thanks for the words, and the vote of confidence. This series function is something that is going to grow on me I know. Nice to work towards a collective set of pictures, both relaxing, and ultimately very satisfying.
great serie
Andre du Plessis  Many thanks Liesbeth
Richard Spurdens 6 months ago
Good series in this set of images Andre
Andre du Plessis  Thanks Richard ... appreciated.
Kim Ayres 6 months ago
Wonderful series, Andre - very moody :)
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Kim, and good to read that you feel the mood here. BW, Andre
Great Work!
Andre du Plessis  Many thanks Hamidreza
dorothée rapp 6 months ago
just soooo excellent André... a wonderful series! 1,3,8 and 10 are splendid stand-alones also. big congrats!
Andre du Plessis  Thanks dorothee. As I mentioned below, it was such a relief to take pictures without having to really worry about the impact, compo, and that jazz of every single image. However, hearing your views on those 4 pictures are very re-assuring. Your comment really appreciated.
Hi André
your series is full of melancholia. Beautiful concept and realisation.
All the best
LandyMan
Andre du Plessis  Hi LandyMan ... thank you for your thoughts on this. On another note .... that one of mine is ++++ heavy on petrol. Crickey!, on today's prices those wheels are such a waste. .... but I like it's colour:) You should have told me to stick to diesel! Next round on you .... where-and-whenever.
willem 6 months ago
Great mood, great series......
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Willem.
Thomas Parsons 6 months ago
Aching. Shot on a single, somber day, walking near the beach?
Andre du Plessis  No Thomas, I went down to the promenade three times. After the 1st half-baked attempt, I mulled it over in my head, and then the purpose, and subsequent series gelled in my head. Very satisfying to attempt pictures that support a theme. The latitude that it gives is enjoyable, and the (self) pressure that accompanies a lone-standing image is not there.
José Fangueiro 6 months ago
Superbe série,André ,Felicitations
Andre du Plessis  Many thanks Jose
Jolande Schotten 6 months ago
Full of mood, full of nostalgia
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Jolande. Glad that you feel this way about this series.
Dinu Bodescu 6 months ago
A heavy light foretelling the end of all summers! Indescribably sad and beautiful, Andre!
Andre du Plessis  Happy to hear your view on this Dinu, and glad that this came across for you in that manner. I initially set out to do some street work, but an hour or so later I thought that a series on how I experiences the promenade will be more satisfying, and more true to the way I felt at that stage.
sarah navabi 6 months ago
great series remember childhood :)
Andre du Plessis  Thanks Sarah. Good to read that this made you think about your own experiences as a child. Andre
wonderful, André! I can feel the mood and the solitude.
Andre du Plessis  Thank you Frederic. I am so happy to see this published! I so enjoyed creating this series.
I took these photographs 3 weekends ago when I visited Le Treport in the northern part of Normandy.
I last visited this promenade way back in July, when hundreds of people were enjoying the beach, doing fun things eating ice cream, and enjoying the sun.
However, the atmosphere was so different on my last visit. The promenade seemed deserted and bleak, yet for me it it held a sense of melancholic beauty, if that could be an acceptable description. I searched for a suitable description to this, but the quote from Andrew Wyeth says it all for me.
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