Friday, February 5, 2021

LOOK!

Once a year, the city of Charlottesville (yes, THAT Charlottesville) has the LOOK! Festival. It is on the downtown shopping mall. It is a tribute to different photographers each year. Their photos are enlarged and hung high over the street. Merchandise is put out in front of the stores for sale as well. This was the year we went, when the main photographer had traveled to photograph the Birds Of Paradise. 










The Bird Of Paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.


John Berry


20 comments:

Nancy Chan said...

A wonderful tribute to the photographers. The birds are gorgeous and the photographers are good. Enjoy your weekend.

Hootin Anni said...

This is something I'd really enjoy!!

MadSnapper said...

I love this! I would love to walk through the downtown and see all those beautiful paintings and what a super duper idea to do that. They should do that in the village and get the artist to hang their things up like that. It might make them some sales because if I had the money some of these I would buy

Ann said...

How fun. I would enjoy seeing those enlarged photos. So is it just one photographer featured each year or are there a few?

The Feminine Energy said...

Oh how I love town festivals... festivals of any kind, really. This one looks glorious, Ginny. I wonder if we'll ever get back to that again?! My brain tells me we will... my heart tells me "never"! ~Andrea xoxo

Martha said...

I love this and would definitely enjoy it too. Gorgeous photos! Festivals are always fun and interesting.

George said...

What a neat way to honor photographers. This one captured some great pictures of the birds.

Rose said...

This would be fun to go to.

Inger said...

This makes me wish even more that things were back to normal.

DeniseinVA said...

Outstanding! How wonderful that the town puts this on every year. Hopefully I will be able to attend next year. Your Bird of Paradise header is stunning. Great job at sharing this festival Ginny. You are a dear friend to us all, thank you!

Chatty Crone said...

Awesome - I would enjoy that.

Ruth Hiebert said...

That sounds like fun and the pictures are great.

aspiritofsimplicity said...

What a great idea. This looks like a fun event.

Beside a babbling brook... said...

Amazing...!

Gorgeous...!

What a wonderful event.

And what a Blog Look, this photo makes. -smile-

roughterrain crane said...

Breathtaking! The birds are beautiful.
Have a nice Sunday.

CheerfulMonk said...

Beautiful pictures! What a fun idea, the colors lift my spirits.

Mari said...

That looks like so much fun!

Susan said...

Those are beautiful pictures at the Look festival!

Jenny the Pirate said...

Oh I love the birds of paradise! I don't usually enjoy touristy stuff but the LOOK festival looks great! xoxo

Anne M Robinson said...

Wow! NIce tribute to photographers/photography. Love all the different photos too. Thanks for always visiting and for always sharing great things.

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