Weekly Photo Challenge: CLOSE
by frizztext
Weekly Photo Challenge: CLOSE – if friends feel very close, they share a lock-ritual: friendship metaphors seen in Cologne, Deutz Bridge, Rhine River, near the Cathedral: they throw the key of the lock into the deep river to be fixed together till eternity and no one will be able to unlock them again – not even a good diver …
photo by frizztext; click on the picture to enter his flickr galleries …
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about LOVE LOCKS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_padlocks
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http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebesschloss
love locks are in Rome, Vrnjačka_Banja (Serbia), Moscow, Paris, Helsinki, Salzburg, Munich, Pécs (Hungary), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville, Toronto etc.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/world/europe/06rome.html?_r=1
also:
http://www.rhinemagazine.com/locks-love-tinkling-cologne
there you can read: “Love locks have also appeared in Florence, Rome (Ponte Milvio), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville and other major cities. In Rome the practise was given a huge boost in 2006 by a romantic movie called ‘Ho Voglia di Te’…”
also related:
http://www.candaceroserardon.com/2012/02/love-locks-in-cologne/
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http://www.justaplanerideaway.com/2009/12/padlocks-of-love-in-koln-germany.html
I took some more photos there:
[click on the image for a larger sized version]
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Wow, that’s great! I was recently in Francavilla Al Mare on the Adriatic, and at the end of the town pier there are locks all over the railings. Someone said it was a public display of love for another. Wondering if this is a common custom through Europe in some way?
maybe not only in Europe – also in Asia and USA?
I don’t know – might be something to research! Either way, great post, love the interpretation of the theme!
love locks are in Rome, Vrnjačka_Banja (Serbia), Moscow, Paris, Helsinki, Salzburg, Munich, Pécs (Hungary), Guam, Montevideo, Seoul, Tokyo, Kiev, Seville, Toronto etc.
great interpretation! I love it…rita
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Excellent post! Love the concept. Now I have to go look for a photo that illustrates “close.”
Wow, pretty intense ritual – like!
http://thetaskmistress.me/2012/06/15/weekly-photo-challenge-close
Brilliant!
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In paris we have the same, love it
A nice ritual – “love locks!”
Great entry . I love this middle one with the reptile on it.
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That’s wonderful!
Love locks, how wonderful !
Incredibly, indescribably, uncommonly cool, cool, cool!
Par excellence!
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This is really cool! Closed locks.
maybe it’s nice to be close but not closed …
I agree
Interesting. Like the one on the left with the little red heart drawn on it. Now they’ll be close!
Wonderful metaphor and an interesting shot! I like the fact that the participants have to “close” the lock!
wow prettty close, great entry frizztext
Perfect!
Very!
Thank you…I had never heard of the lock ritual.
Peace,
Siggi in Downeast Maine
This is awesome!
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So many cultures in the world…so many secrets…to unlock. I’d never heard of this one.
hugs for sharing.
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Love it
That’s a very nice custom and I love your photo, Frizz! [I wonder if anyone cleans the waters from all these keys or are they piling up creating an unnatural metal seabed!]
Fantastic!
I recently saw some “Padlocks of Love” in Italy over the Tiber River. Such a cool phenomenon!
very cool shot!
perfect.
Specially like this one
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Great photo and I like your interpretation of the the theme on several levels.
That love lock photo is fabulous! I love all the different size and color locks… Just like life I suppose…
I have heard about this before…but it looks incredible
wonderful idea to share this frizz, a lot of us have never seen it before!
I only heard of this after we have been to Köln.
will try my best to go back there before our final back to South-Africa
But… were there any locks around?
Seriously, though… very, very cool Frizz!
Nice interpretation.
Great post…
This is an interesting idea Frizz
Never heard of that before.
Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm – that’s where I found mine
http://seeloveremember.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/weekly-photo-challenge-together/
Being together inherently means being close…
Close can have so many meanings, it can be hard to capture them all in one go…
http://seeloveremember.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/weekly-photo-challenge-close/
thank you SLR for examples from
Paris, Hamburg, Stockholm…
frizz:
even in Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk, there have such locks, I actually heard …
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dialog in my flickr photo stream:
1 – Fig & Quince (10 hours ago)
I’m very much intrigued by this shot (& series) but I’m not sure I understand … is this a place where people add locks?
2 – Frizztext (reply, a moment ago)
everyone can add there his lock – in Cologne; other cities have the same project…
maybe you can be the first to start this in YOUR hometown?
I just saw your entry, although you posted some days ago! We had the same idea, lol…
Thanks for the pingback..
it’s nice, Elisa, that so many people in so many different cities are following this idea, isn’t it? They say, it started in Serbia after World War I …
Yeah is really nice, it’s something that crosses borders and cultures…
Fun photo! There’s a place in Rome, the Gianicolo where lovers put locks on a fence as well. It appears to be an international tradition! Thank you for the follow!
I came across this ritual last year. I am very impressed by it
REALLY liked this one! Clesed for sure! KKKKKKKK
I somehow missed this pic. Just LOVE it, it’s so unusual, and I love the padlock with the lizard on.
Wicked concept!!!
awesome pic… thanks for the visit and like over at CTB : D
I love your photos. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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