Hey, I agreed with you ... it takes one to know one <LOL> Shel
> [Original Message] > From: El Gringo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 7/6/2004 1:24:29 PM > Subject: RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse > > RE: Pretentiousness... > > "BTW, how serious do you think you're taken when you don't even use your > name ... now THAT'S pretentious." > > Some would say it takes one to know one. > > Maybe I am pretentious, does that make me unqualified or qualified to speak > on matters of pretension?? > > -el gringo > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse > > > My work is always pretentious. You're an astute observer of reality <LOL> > > BTW, how serious do you think you're taken when you don't even use your > name ... now THAT'S pretentious. > > The comment about it being my last presentation reflects the fact that I'm > going on vacation. There is an interpretive title to the series. I guess > that failed to meet you requirements as well. That's cool ... Like I said, > I pretentious, my work is pretentious, and I'm generally full of shit, so, > regardless of anything else, you're quite accurate in your condemnation of > the series and of the idea. You've saved me quite a bit of work. Thanks! > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: El Gringo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 7/6/2004 12:06:32 PM > > Subject: RE: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse > > > > The first and last shots are fantastic IMO. It's all a touch pretentious > > though... The whole drama of "This'll be my last 'presentation'", etc. > I'd > > prefer an interpretive title as well, rather than the pretentious title it > > has, the title doesn't really identify me with him. Why five minutes?? > Why > > not four and a third minutes?? Six past two minutes plus a quarter of > half > > an hour??? I honestly do not like your image titles, going over them all. > > And maybe that sounds strange, but, I think you could do a lot more for > your > > images if you dropped some of pretensions you have hanging all over your > > work. To be honest, I think the first shot is great, and the last shot is > > uniquely great. But, on the whole, I am disinterested by it. The middle > > shots bore me, the child seems aware of the camera and lost in front of > it. > > I would rather see the first and last shots side by side, and to have > never > > seen the middle shots, which are just filler IMHO. They aren't bad, but > > they really only serve to harp on the same idea. Again that last shot is > > special, the first is very nice, the others could be forgotten. I think > my > > major reason for not loving this sequence is that the kid seems too aware > > that hes being photographed. Thats why I like that last shot, his hand is > > on the window and he appears to be looking out in the distance by the turn > > of his head. The thumb across the eyes is a neat touch that adds some > sense > > of underlying meaning to the shot. Hope that helps. > > > > -el gringo > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 12:03 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: PAW - Five Minutes With Jesse > > > > > > This'll be my last presentation, at least for quite some time. > > > > For those who have cared to look, you may have seen one or another of > these > > photos before, but not in this presentation. I'm trying a somewhat new > > approach to making a portrait, using more than one image to convey an > > overall feeling and sense of the subject. Your comments would be > > appreciated. > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/jesse/jesse.html > > > > Shel > > >
