in search of the [beacon]

... and it was the month of November here in England when I decided to go over the waters of River Mersey and search some 'beacons' and this was my very first time in a year and a half. All this time I was in #Liverpool but never got a chance to go on the #Wirral side.

[time-lapse]

... I made this time-lapse over the period of two days. I have tried to capture the environment - the beacons standing tall, once used as a source of invitation. Almost all of the beacons are not in use anymore.
I am borrowing a quotation from a book that I read sometime back, that said, "Every place has its history and symbolic connotation that merge into an event that obtained its meaning through the time of the day, illumination, weather and landscape.

Hmmmm! have a look at the video maybe you will be able to observe that connotation:

in search of the beacon from Sameer Aftab on Vimeo.

[Competition] Submission

I have submitted artworks for this particular competition.

The client's brief is:

Fantastic Opportunity to be Part of an Growing International Hotel Brand

The Client, Ashall Projects (NJS) Ltd; Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Balfour Beatty have opened up a fantastic opportunity for the

winner of this Artwork competition to design the new headboard artwork, which will not only be installed in the new Liverpool Aloft

Hotel, but the winner will also get the chance to visit the European flagship Aloft Hotel in Brussels on a weekend break.

Moreover, all the artists were supposed to submit their proposals according to the client's specified criteria and that was:

Criteria – Create two images, final and colour scheme below of the Iconic Liverpool City Scape, in a style similar to those depicted in the images in Photoshop PSD or JPEG files at 300 dpi (i have not displayed the sample images).

My entries for the competition...

I am hoping to win it. :)