Sentences with phrase «with stark landscape»

Combined with the stark landscape, these would be great locations for a sci - fi movie.

It's a lonesome spot with stark landscape and is especially striking on a clear night.

Scorching temperatures above 110 °F are more often associated with the stark landscapes of places like Death Valley than the cooler reaches of the Pacific Northwest.

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And with landscape rather stark, it's easy to spot and identify common backyard birds.

Ensconced among his aides, flatterers and influence seekers, Buhari may view the landscape with rose - tinted glasses; the stark reality for most Nigerians, however, is grim.

The film, which was inspired by Denis» own experiences in Africa and those of working amongst the stark Southwest landscapes of Paris, Texas, proved to be a very auspicious debut, screening at Cannes that year and earning both a Golden Palm nomination and a César nomination for Best New Director.Denis followed her debut the next year with Man No Run, a documentary about Les Têtes Brulées («the Flaming Heads»), a Cameroon band on their first French tour.

The son's patience, exasperation and love in trying to humour his declining father by taking him on a wild goose chase across the stark, flat landscapes of the Mid West to claim some mythical prize money will strike chords with anyone who has cared for an elderley relative.

Working with gifted cinematographer Ed Rutherford, she captures scenes with muted yet vivid light and colour, which beautifully echoes in the stark landscapes.

Chris Menges» cinematography — with its customary emphasis on landscape (stark), the texture of buildings (rust, peeling paint), and even the air (or airlessness)-- undercuts the melodrama, and Caro coaxes exquisitely nuanced performances from her actors.

With his stark feature debut Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd did exactly the opposite, revelling in the rich landscape shots that defined his stark adaptation of Nikolai Leskov's novel, its action relocated from Russia to the north of England.

Even the stark landscape of Colorado was appealing with its white clouds, soft blue sky and camel - colored earth.

Teens who like multilayered sf will be as pleased with the vivid blend of fact and fiction Robinson uses to depict the stark landscape as they are by the story's diverse cast and its gradually widening circle of intrigue.

Both are teaming with marine life and often are highlights of the day's diving, providing a great contrast to the stark landscape found at the Blue Hole.

From London's famous sights, to the stark landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, the UK offers a wealth of fascinating experiences, whilst Ireland's Ring of Kerry and west coast enchant with verdant countryside, welcoming villages and hearty food and drink.

OCMO's world is a stark and brutal industrial landscape, contrasting greys and deep blacks with bright, sickly yellows.

In her large - scale projections, which have now appeared in over 40 cities in 20 countries, stark block lettering is thrown onto landscapes and architecture, creating a sort of ephemeral graffiti that links her early street - based practice to her long - standing engagement with media, and to tactics common to news and advertising.

«Working in a studio is actually a bit isolating; this is a chance to meet and interact with artists and art appreciators in my area,» said Scally, whose paintings include stark, wild landscapes emblazoned with vivid images of man - made things and people.

Kissel's still lifes and landscapes are strong and bold expressionist works with vibrant colour and stark line.

But, I'll get obsessed really easily with something like the complexity and turbulence of waves, light running through and pooling beneath trees in a forest, or the stark abstraction of deserts, and then run with that element of landscapes for a while.

A New Orleans native, Dunbar studied in Philadelphia and New York before returning to Louisiana in the 1950s to create paintings, sculptures, assemblages, and prints that marry the stark geometry of modern art with lush, elemental materials like clay and gold leaf that call forth Louisiana's distinctive local landscape.

Lee's photographs of the desert landscape, with their stark, melancholy beauty, reflect the conflict and tensions she felt while working in Israel and the West Bank.

Fridfinnsson's work begins with a narrative fragment, taken from folklore, Icelandic mythology, literature, everyday objects, or his upbringing in a stark Nordic landscape.

In «Funeral Mountain,» the stark southwestern landscape with its powerful white light is both recreated with and obliterated by oil paint.