Well, maybe I'm just dense and superficial...but I find this image confusing and jumbled. My attention flits all over and never settles on anything.
The fence is one factor. There is a beautiful fence on my way to work that I keep trying to work into photographs, and it just never quite fits. Fences straight-on don't lead the eye anywhere, and thus chop up the scene. Rick --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:17:52 -0800, Shel Belinkoff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/obey.html > > > > Junk? Profound? Intriguing? Bland? <LOL> > > > > I don't know .... just a quick little snap of a > scene that caught my > > attention. > > > > Technical details: Leica or Pentax, 50mm or 85mm > lens, Tri-X probably .... > > > > > > YEAH!!! > > I LOVE this one!! > > I've been sitting here for 5 or 10 minutes, soaking > it all in, playing > out little stories in my head: > > I'm getting this cult-like vibe right now, and I > think it's because of > the hood the person's wearing - almost seems like a > uniform of come > sort. Some sort of futuristic, post-apocolyptic > thing, it's as if the > sign is a remnant of a very recent past regime gone > haywire, or (I > know, I'm flashing back to a science-fiction > movie(s) I've seen), it's > as if this hooded person has illegally "come to the > surface" to an > illegal area or something. The bars are part of > this 'restricted > area" feeling I'm getting. > > Is that a sleeping bag, or crumpled blanket that I'm > seeing to the > left of the person? Are they homeless? If so, > they're living an > "outlaw" life, like the science fiction "surface > dwellers", outside of > society's boundaries; none-the-less, they've carved > their own culture > of sorts. > > I could go on, but this is one of the most > thought-provoking photos > I've seen in a while. I think it's great. > > And, of course, technically, it's your usual superb > work, Shel. > > I haven't looked at any other comments, so it'll be > interesting to see > what others thought. > > cheers, > frank > > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com
