Solomon's Castle Ona Florida is a photograph by Edward Fielding which was uploaded on April 24th, 2014.
Solomon's Castle Ona Florida
GAME! Find Solomon! Solomon the artist appear in this image. Look for a bearded man in a blue shirt and hat!... more
Title
Solomon's Castle Ona Florida
Artist
Edward Fielding
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
GAME! Find Solomon! Solomon the artist appear in this image. Look for a bearded man in a blue shirt and hat!
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Solomon's Castle, Ona, Florida by fine art photographer Edward M. Fielding
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One of the wonders of the world. Located 20 miles from no where in all directions. The creation of artist Howard Solomon.
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Solomon's Castle covers 12,000 square feet and stands (at the moment) three stories high. It's impossible to photograph in the blinding Florida sun, as Solomon has covered every exterior surface with discarded aluminum printing plates. The broad, sweeping brick walkway that leads to it is impressive, until Solomon points out that the "bricks" have simply been painted on poured cement. He laughs as he demonstrates crude, handmade stamp he used; the whole process only took a couple of hours. Whereas other men fight and die for their castles, Howard Solomon fights to keep from laughing at it.
Solomon's Castle by fine art photographer Edward M. Fielding
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Solomon began building his castle in 1972. He had moved back to the States from the Bahamas looking for a quiet place to work, and found it in a Central Florida swamp. But when he discovered that the land he'd bought didn't have enough high ground to build the horizontal building he wanted, he decided to build vertical. "I never was a very good planner," he admits. "I decided, 'Well, if I'm gonna go up, I might as well pick a style'."
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April 24th, 2014