Are icebergs pink? Well on this decaying wall, yet. Obviouslly this wall needs to be refurbished, as the skimmed concrete is coming off, but the colors really attracted me. I present them here as a series in order of increasing entropy. First it starts with a crack. Then the water obviously gets in. And during the winter, it freezes and calves large sections off. As the process continues, the bolts holding long-gone hardware is exposed, as the previous light-blue layer. The rust starts to take hold and the wall begins it’s start towards a long slow decline and a pile of acclimated rubble on the ground unless arrested.
So it begins with a crack. Then a real iceberg forms.
The underlying colors appear and as the rust takes hold, it expands and actually increases the rate of decay
Thes photos were taken with a Fuji X100VI Digital, the “super snapshot” camera that is all the rage in 2025. Released in Feb 2024 and all but impossible to get during 2024. A lovely camera, not as capable as my 2016-era Olympus E-M1 Mk II in many ways. But the small size, all-in-one design, neat “film simulations”, and high quality make for a great, if super over-priced solution.
