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Chrisedge

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Hey, I read the rules wrong and designed my own collage instead of picking just one picture. Wanna help me narrow it down? Want to show your pictures/artwork? Comment on my collage cover? I took most of these in Berlin in May of this year about 2 weeks after the band was there. There is even a shot inside Hansa, in the "Big Room"...

Here is my "cover"...

ABProject01lg by chrisedge, on Flickr

Here is all 25 pictures plus the cover...
Achtung Baby Project - a set on Flickr

Which picture should I submit?
 
cool pics Chrisedge!

it's hard to say though... i guess it depends what kind of thing they're looking for? i mean, with the AB cover itself, it's the colours that make the design work - the reds and the blues and the very dark shades... the colours on AB speak louder than the images themselves - some of the original images aren't amazing photos as such but work well in the colour scheme...

saying that... looking at your pics, i would be immediately tempted to go for the more monotone images, and definitely not the band performance pics... my choices would be "clipboard 13" (railway track shot) if you crop out the people on the sides, and i quite like "clipboard 17" (paving shot) too... :)
 
mama cass, I agree- as a designer, I think the beauty of AB's cover images is how they work together as a whole, and how the color scheme pulls it all together. Also, there is so much abstraction in the individual photos that some of them individually really don't register a "time and place" but all together they do that nicely. That's why I was a little bit confused by the contest, I considered entering it myself but I'm a little stumped as to what would work, without seeing the other images.
Chrisedge, you've got some great shots- my favorites are the most abstract- second row, middle; third row far left; bottom middle.
Now you have to give me and mama cass a ride in the Trabant if you win.
 
Achtung Baby embodies a multitude of ideas and styles which are represented through the album cover artwork mosaic. The squared collage of photos symbolise the spirit of the album, the 90s and the changes in Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary, U2’s team, including designer Shaughn McGrath and original photographer, Anton Corbijn, are inviting artists to submit their photograph or artwork (can be an illustration, graphic design or painting) which reflects today's global environment. The photographs and artwork should emulate the same meaning that is conveyed on the original album cover. If Achtung Baby was released today, what photographs and/or artwork would be part of the collage?
 
Glad I wasn't the only one confused! I do like the under the bridge shot. And the bottom center was actually in Dublin...
 
That picture makes me realise how good the Achtung cover is, no offence :)

I don't take offense, since I am not Anton (and have all his gear) and I don't have access to the band, nor was I thinking "Achtung Baby Cover" when I was shooting in Berlin. I took my vacation pictures and saw what I could do...

Was that in Temple Bar?

Yep...that was in 2008.

2008 Ireland Trip (several U2 based pics here)
2008 Ireland Trip - a set on Flickr

2011 Berlin & Prague Trip (couple U2 based pics here, Hansa)
2011 East Europe - a set on Flickr
 
I don't take offense, since I am not Anton (and have all his gear) and I don't have access to the band, nor was I thinking "Achtung Baby Cover" when I was shooting in Berlin. I took my vacation pictures and saw what I could do...

Oh that's cool, don't get me wrong. Something nerdy that I'd do as well!!
 
I love how my thread was locked down bc I was promoting a "contest" A U2 contest sponsored by U2, the BAND on a U2 site. It's not like I was selling viagra or asking for money to get my dad out of a Nigerian Prison...god this site confuses me sometimes.

Anyway, here is my entry while this thread is still open. You know, this thread talking about a U2 contest on a U2 site...
Stuck by David Iskra

Oh and kudos to the other entries. There are some great photos!
 
Hey, I read the rules wrong and designed my own collage instead of picking just one picture. Wanna help me narrow it down? Want to show your pictures/artwork? Comment on my collage cover? I took most of these in Berlin in May of this year about 2 weeks after the band was there. There is even a shot inside Hansa, in the "Big Room"...

Here is my "cover"...

ABProject01lg by chrisedge, on Flickr

Here is all 25 pictures plus the cover...
Achtung Baby Project - a set on Flickr

Which picture should I submit?

Nice effort, :up::up:
 
is anyone participating in the Achtung Baby contest?

...if yeah, perhaps it would be interesting to check out other people's work. :)

this is mine:
faraway, so close! by Harry Kantas

and this is the gf's:

Light my way .. by Amra Merdanovic

but if you're gonna vote for one, please vote for the gf's, it's far better! :love:

if i posted this in the wrong place, or i was not supposed to post it in the first place, sorry mods... :reject:

Cheers!
 
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