On 7/23/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bruce ... > > I've got to disagree with you wrt context in general. Not everything has > to be spelled out or shown (like the difference between listening to the > radio and watching TV). She could be crying, have an irritation, or > perhaps she's crying because I'm irritating her ;-)) > > Shel
Well, first of all, I do like the photo, but I have to agree with Bruce to some extent. Not knowing anything of the context leaves us wondering what's going on. While I know what you mean when you say "not everything has to be spelled out or shown", surely some context is sometimes necessary to complete a photo. It reminds me of the famous photo (can't remember by whom) of the Parisian man wearing the beret, weaping as the Nazis parade through his city. Without that context, it's just a guy crying, with that context, it becomes an iconic photo portraying the grief and shame of an entire nation. So, yes, yours is a wonderful photo (that would have worked better in b&w, imho <g>), but not knowing anything about her or her circumstances, it feels somewhat incomplete to me. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
