This month's pylon is shown off to great effect by what is without doubt the best photograph up to now to appear on Pylon of the Month. A professional photographer, David Hatfield, submitted this month's photograph of a pylon which is near Sheffield in South Yorkshire (close to junction 1 of the M18). As a result, I have made the photograph larger than normal so that it stands out from the usual snaps taken out of car windows and it sets a standard that will be hard to match in future months. But the excitement this month is not over yet. I have been waiting for a Yorkshire pylon so that I can mention the rather marvelous film, Among Giants, which is about a group of Yorkshiremen who paint pylons for a living. The screenplay for the film was by Simon Beaufoy and it was the follow up film to 'The Full Monty'. More recently, he wrote the screenplay for 'Slumdog Millionaire' and so has a serious pedigree. As this article from the independent had it 'Full Monty Man follows up with Monty Pylon'. The film appears not to have been a great success, although as this review from Amazon points out 'The mouth watering footage of electricity pylons in this film makes it worth the money on its own'. It really should be compulsory viewing for pylon fans everywhere.
« Pylon of the Month - January 2010 | Main | Pylon of the Month - April 2010 »
February 15, 2010
Pylon of the Month - February 2010
This month's pylon is shown off to great effect by what is without doubt the best photograph up to now to appear on Pylon of the Month. A professional photographer, David Hatfield, submitted this month's photograph of a pylon which is near Sheffield in South Yorkshire (close to junction 1 of the M18). As a result, I have made the photograph larger than normal so that it stands out from the usual snaps taken out of car windows and it sets a standard that will be hard to match in future months. But the excitement this month is not over yet. I have been waiting for a Yorkshire pylon so that I can mention the rather marvelous film, Among Giants, which is about a group of Yorkshiremen who paint pylons for a living. The screenplay for the film was by Simon Beaufoy and it was the follow up film to 'The Full Monty'. More recently, he wrote the screenplay for 'Slumdog Millionaire' and so has a serious pedigree. As this article from the independent had it 'Full Monty Man follows up with Monty Pylon'. The film appears not to have been a great success, although as this review from Amazon points out 'The mouth watering footage of electricity pylons in this film makes it worth the money on its own'. It really should be compulsory viewing for pylon fans everywhere.
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00e550d4cce388340120a8a2682e970b
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Pylon of the Month - February 2010:
Comments
You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post.
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
In the words of the great man:
Let us go then, you and I,
When the pylon is spread out against the sky
Like a large metal thing not etherised upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets (of pylons)
The humming retreats
Of restless nights in a field of pylons
and sawdust restaurants with other electrical engineers:
Pylons that follow like a tedious argument
Of insidious intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question …
Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit (to a pylon).
Posted by: ikeaddy | February 21, 2010 at 09:42 PM
This is the best picture of a pylon I've ever seen. : )
Posted by: Alex Budd | April 28, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Beautiful photo. The sunset makes it. I have put a link to this blog on the Facebook group Pylon Fan Club.
Posted by: Morbidmorag | May 01, 2010 at 03:20 PM
Atmospheric, would be even better if the demon AEON had not nuked the cooling towers nearby .......
Posted by: FellrunnerJim | June 04, 2010 at 11:27 AM
This one's my fav
Posted by: Julie | June 06, 2010 at 10:11 PM