--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > With a wife who collects old Parrish prints, I can definitely > say > > > yes. Nice digitization of HD video, most likely... > > > > Jeez. It's a still photograph, probably taken > > in 1995, that's used in a Hillary campaign video > > narrated by Bill Clinton: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9U0ZNteqdw > > > > Here's a gallery of Parrish's work: > > > > http://parrish.artpassions.net > > It is, of course, a subjective call whether or not it reminds the > viewer of Maxfield Parrish.
Yup. > It does for me because of: > > - the horizontal line where the horizon starts; > - the column > - Hillary wearing white > - the coming-into-twilight aspect of the background colors and on > Hillary > - Pastel-like colors I don't think it can be the White House balcony, BTW, because the White House columns are round, and this one is rectangular. And looking more closely at the horizon, the bright part below it may be the ocean. Either that, or the sky is actually overcast, and what appears to be the horizon is really the lower edge of the cloud cover, with clear sky showing beneath it. I think it must be the latter, because the line between dark and light slants up a bit to the right. I don't know what Marek means by "Parrish-blue sky." Parrish used lots of different shades and hues of blue for his skies. The blue in this photo is rather gray and dull (which is what makes me think it could be cloud cover), but Parrish's blues tended to be brighter and more saturated. At any rate, Parrish's compositions were usually much busier than this--as Marek says, "more involved." What's so striking about this photo is its simplicity and sense of stillness. It reminds me a lot more of Edward Hopper than of Maxfield Parrish.
