Most Photo Challenges show a closely cropped version of a larger image. It’s usually an exterior shot from somewhere in Westport — the cupola of a school building, for example, or a garden most of us pass every day without really “seeing.”
Last week’s Photo Challenge was very different.
At first glance it looked like an aerial photograph of hundreds of people, arranged on a white surface — snow or ice? — to form the visage of Madonna. (The singer — not, despite the proximity to Christmas, the mother of Jesus. Click here to see.)
But there was far more there than met the casual eye.
The Photo Challenge showed Lynn Untermeyer Miller’s shot of a piece of art that hangs in Clarendon Fine Art, the exciting Main Street gallery.
It’s by contemporary artist Craig Alan. Like much of his work, the “people” forming Madonna (and other subjects, like Nelson Mandela and Ruth Bader Ginsburg) are actually intricately drawn characters.
All are unique. But together, they form a meaningful whole.
Mary Sikorski, Andrew Colabella, Arthur Hayes, John McKinney and Marcia Brooks all knew their art — or at least, their Westport art gallery.
This week’s Photo Challenge is also a bit out of the ordinary. It’s a cleverly designed Christmas scene. But where in Westport is it?
If you know, click “Comments” below.
And whether you know exactly where, think maybe you do, or have absolutely no clue: Happy Holidays, from all the photographers at “06880” to you.
(Photo/Jonathan Alloy)
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Greens Farms Post Office!
Greens Farms Post Office
Inside the GReens Farms post office.
Greens Farms Post Office
Greens Farms Post for certain!
Green’s Farms Post Office
Greens Farms Post Office for certain!
Westport Museum on Myrtle Ave.
Greens Farms PO. The best!
greensfarm post office
Greens Farms P.O.
(I probably wouldn’t have gotten this one, but thanks to the advice of many Westporters, I headed here instead of Playhouse Square when I needed stamps and spotted this adorable vignette!)
Greens Farms post office.
Greens Farms post office
GF PO…It USED to be the best kept secret in town..
Love ya Barney Fife 💜
Greens farms post office!
Brings back fond memories
I was there when Suzannie and team were setting it up earlier this week inside the Greens Farms Post Office.
Green’s Farms Post Office. Loved riding my bike to the post office with one of the boys in the bike seat.
Green farms post office
Greens Farm Post Office lobby
Greens Farms P.O. Used to frequent it to avoid the crowds at the Playhouse square location.
Greens Farms Post Office
Greens Farms Post Office
One of the friendliest and nicest places in town. The Greens Farms post office.
historical; society
Wpt History Museum
Greens Farm post office!
It is indeed the Greens Farms Post Office. Hopefully still a well-kept secret, though maybe less so after this “posting” …
Greens Farma Post Office!
I should have known that. Box 304 for decades!