Bucharest Rooftop Wall Art With Tiles and Weathered Chimneys
Overlapping Rooflines Form a Dense Pattern of Clay and Stone
There is almost no open space in this rooftop view. I photographed the old clay roofs in Bucharest closely enough for their slopes, chimneys and gables to fill the frame. In black and white, the scene becomes an architectural pattern, with rough tile surfaces set against pale walls and a brighter strip of metal roofing.
I am drawn to the way the roofs overlap. One ridge leads into another, and the chimneys interrupt those diagonals with upright shapes. Some have small capped openings, while others are plainer and narrower. Their surfaces show different degrees of wear, giving each one a separate character within the larger repetition.
The tiles are the finest pattern in the photograph. Rows gather into dense textures, changing direction as the roof slopes turn towards or away from the camera. The brighter metal section near the centre offers a pause from that detail, while small windows and dark chimney openings provide stronger points of contrast. I kept the view tightly framed so the eye could move through these relationships without a skyline or street taking attention elsewhere.
For me, the photograph is about the visual life of everyday architecture seen from above. The buildings do not need to be individually identified for their differences to matter. As a print, it suits someone who enjoys old rooftops, masonry texture or an urban image that approaches abstraction. What keeps me looking is the irregular order of it all: repeated tiles and familiar roof shapes, assembled into a view with very few straight paths through the frame.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2011
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