Mike Shimwell
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I thought I would share this here as I'm interested in what you think about this picture. I'm pleased with it, but it's hard for me to see if it will speak to others.
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Ken Tanaka
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Mike: It's somewhat reminscent of some works by Philip-Lorca diCorcia, William Eggleston, and a few other 1970's/1980's style guys. But as a stand-alone image it doesn't work. This type of image has great potential to participate in a narration (ex: the disintegration of marriage after the kids are gone -- or gone to prison <g>). The gestures and postures suggest tense discord (it's great how cameras can lie, isn't it?).
But, other than an ad for hair replacement, it can't stand alone.
But, other than an ad for hair replacement, it can't stand alone.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I thought I would share this here as I'm interested in what you think about this picture. I'm pleased with it, but it's hard for me to see if it will speak to others.
Mike
Mke,
The essential feature I see s that a "gap" has occurred between expectations and the state of realty they both face, the balding man and the distraught woman. I don't think it's a matter of having discovered that Starbucks was pulling out of the neighborhood, LOL! No it seems more serious than that. This is what drama is about. We like things to work out according to our plans but our assumptions of how things are, what people might think, what we each are capable of doing are often faulty.
Photographing the "gap" is an interesting challenge. This first picture here would be a great start to such a quest.
Asher
Ruben Alfu
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Hi Mike,
This looks like a frame extracted from a motion picture with that classic "over the shoulder shot". As mentioned above, there´s an implied tension, and this is reinforced by our memory of films, where this type of shot is mostly used to pull those feelings. The cozy, homey ambient is interrupted by the harsh bluish light in the background, yet another sign of something uneven going on. All this, wether by accident or not, works with coherence, perhaps operating mostly at a visceral level. For me, this photo works.
This looks like a frame extracted from a motion picture with that classic "over the shoulder shot". As mentioned above, there´s an implied tension, and this is reinforced by our memory of films, where this type of shot is mostly used to pull those feelings. The cozy, homey ambient is interrupted by the harsh bluish light in the background, yet another sign of something uneven going on. All this, wether by accident or not, works with coherence, perhaps operating mostly at a visceral level. For me, this photo works.
Mike Shimwell
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Ken, Asher and Ruben
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I think it does probably need to be part of a series, though it won't be the breakup of this couple - as Ken pinted out the camera (or at least the photographer) can lie. My wife is not married ot this man, though there was a little tension that day, not as much as I sought to portray in the moment.
Mike
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I think it does probably need to be part of a series, though it won't be the breakup of this couple - as Ken pinted out the camera (or at least the photographer) can lie. My wife is not married ot this man, though there was a little tension that day, not as much as I sought to portray in the moment.
Mike