Hi Bob ... Not familiar with "Snicket," but I understand your reference to the McCullin photo.
WES, as you may know, has been a strong influence for me. When working on this pic I was reminded of "Walk to Paradise Garden" but also of his famous shot of the fellow walking amongst the railroad tracks, where the scene is dark, the man shadowy, and the tracks mostly just highlights. Where did you come up with Ascension? I was thinking of using that as a working title and then thought better of it. Did I mention that somewhere? Can't find it in the posted message or in the photo. Anyway, thanks for looking and for your comments. I'll take a look at the snicket pic in a bit. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 7/1/2004 12:30:45 AM > Subject: Re: PAW - Homage to WES > > Hi, > > Thursday, July 1, 2004, 8:12:05 AM, Shel wrote: > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/paw/homage.html > > > Work in Progress > > that's a very enjoyable photo. It has a nice ambiguity about the way > the person is walking. Depending on how you look at it, the person > could be walking up into the light or down into the darkness. I don't > think you should call it 'Ascension' though, because then you're resolving > the ambiguity for the viewer. > > For me it is more similar to a photo by Bill Brandt ("A snicket in > Halifax") than it is to WES. Although, having just now taken another > look at the Brandt photo I see that they are hardly alike at all in > feeling. http://www.michaelkenna.net/html/books/1976-86/snicket.html > But that's what first sprang to mind. > > The composition also reminds me of a photo by Don McCullin of a miner > pushing his bicycle from a slagheap. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob
