Monochrome Sculptures

Black and White photos, Photography

PR‘s Monochrome madness asked for statue photos, and it turns out that I don’t have all that many. The first one is from Oulu. The others are from Italy. And I don’t know anything about them other than for some reason I took photos of them many of them have wings 🙂

A special feature in Oulu’s police history were the market police, whose task was to monitor the discipline and order of the market. It was through them that a large part of the townspeople and the population of the province also got to know law enforcement and the police.

The time of market police lasted in Oulu from 1934 to 1979. From those times, the sayings ‘Are you from Oulu, are you afraid of the police’ and ‘Gents are good and go their separate ways’ have survived in Oulu. After the end of the market patrol, as a tribute to these policemen, a bronze statue, Toripolliisi, designed by Kaarlo Mikkonen, was erected in front of the Market Hall in 1987 as a result of a public gathering.
This 220-centimeter-tall, standing policeman from Oulu has over time become one of the sights and subjects that most reflect the Oulu community.

All photos in this gallery can be enlarged by a click

also posted to Leanne Cole

These two last one’s are of a sculpture I have made, these are taken when it was still a work in progress.

9 thoughts on “Monochrome Sculptures”

  3. I love the policeman, the two skinny figures and the classical head on its side! And how talented to be able to create your own sculpture 😮

  7. Lovely selection, Ritva 🙂. The policeman is cool! And of course, the last one is the most special because it’s your own creation 😀. Awesome!

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