Untitled 10

[Cem_Usakligil]

One from the archives....

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[Jerome Marot]

Very nice. One gets the impression the young lady is trapped in the setting.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Very nice. One gets the impression the young lady is trapped in the setting.

Thanks Jerome.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Cem,

This looks like a contemporary art museum that I should know. Two features I like are the light on the wall and the private nature of the girls thoughts, despite she is seen by everyone.

Asher

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

...This looks like a contemporary art museum that I should know...

It was the NY MOMA.

 

[fahim mohammed]

Well seen and photographed my friend. The diagonal stairs and the lighting in the foreground give a sense

of imbalance. This is neutralized by the peaceful colors to some extent. We glimpse the solitary figure

deep in her thoughts through a clean opening in the wall.

Well done.

Regards.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Well seen and photographed my friend. The diagonal stairs and the lighting in the foreground give a sense

of imbalance. This is neutralized by the peaceful colors to some extent. We glimpse the solitary figure

deep in her thoughts through a clean opening in the wall.

Well done.

Regards.

Thanks Fahim.

 

[Ruben Alfu]

Hi Cem,


I have mixed feelings regarding the structural elements at the top of the photo. They make the composition more dynamic and reinforce the contrast between the busy, lively upper half of the photo and the more austere and dark bottom part. Now, I think this photo is about the emotions of that person sitting at the stairs, about some aspect of her life that resonates in the context of that particular place and moment. Here's where the mixed feelings kick in. I think this photo ask for a sort of contemplative observation that would benefits from a simpler, cleaner composition that focuses the attention on the individuals, both, the subject in the photo and the observer. IMO, this would lead to exclude from the picture the elements in discussion.

Regards,

Ruben

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Cem,


I have mixed feelings regarding the structural elements at the top of the photo. They make the composition more dynamic and reinforce the contrast between the busy, lively upper half of the photo and the more austere and dark bottom part. Now, I think this photo is about the emotions of that person sitting at the stairs, about some aspect of her life that resonates in the context of that particular place and moment. Here's where the mixed feelings kick in. I think this photo ask for a sort of contemplative observation that would benefits from a simpler, cleaner composition that focuses the attention on the individuals, both, the subject in the photo and the observer. IMO, this would lead to exclude from the picture the elements in discussion.

Regards,

Ruben

An interesting analys Ruben. I too have thought about cropping those elements but to my eye the composition lost its balance when I did that. Fwiw, I think that the photo is not only about the contemplation of the person but equally important are the compositional elements such as the zigzag of the stairs complemented by the cross patterns of the light on the wall. Next to those, we have the colour contrast and the fact that the white wall functions as a matte in a picture frame. Perhaps it is just me, wanting to include too many things in the frame.

 

[Tracy Lebenzon]

I've come back to this image several times. It’s projecting but the scene reminds me of academia on many levels.

It would be interesting to see a version of this with the structural elements at the top removed. Not cropped but cloned out. Don’t know if it would help or hinder, but it would make for more of a nekkid frame and thereby a more pure presentation.

Btw, I wrote this before having read the comments immediately above.

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Tracy,

I've come back to this image several times. It’s projecting but the scene reminds me of academia on many levels.

It would be interesting to see a version of this with the structural elements at the top removed. Not cropped but cloned out. Don’t know if it would help or hinder, but it would make for more of a nekkid frame and thereby a more pure presentation.

Btw, I wrote this before having read the comments immediately above.

Thanks for the considerate comments. Fwiw, I have played with the cloning idea at the beginning and decided against it. Why this is so is best explained by quoting a friend's comments on this, made elsewhere:

You know, something that I didn’t originally pick up on that I find interesting is the impact of the ‘ceiling’ or ‘square tubes’ in the upper part of the frame. They fundamentally change the reading of the picture by adding depth. If they weren’t there then you would have a picture of a picture, quite an analytical or cold framing. However, by giving depth they seem to add to the reality or life of what would otherwise be an impossibly clean image.

Cheers,