On Sep 18, 2005, at 4:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/37.htm
I should say this is very fascinating... It reminds me of recent
thread started probably by Shel... You see, it seems your photo
contains blown out highlights... To my taste they don't distract. In
fact they add certain special sense to the meaning of this shot. I see
it a rather old, probably out of this time, person riding modern
technology elevator where those highlights add this subtle spice of
contemporary (polished steel, etc)...
Thank you, Boris. In my work, I am almost always looking to capture
the quality of the light, and the quality of the light in that
particular moment, combined with the upwards geometries of the
escalator, was glarey but uplifting, a contrast to the somewhat
disconsolate/tired/"quietly slogging home" feel of the person's body
language riding that upwards elevator.
Burnt highlights are only burnt if they hide details that were
essential to conveying the feeling of the light. These highlights I
let burn because that was the feeling of the light.
Gee, this is really interesting work to think about. Some of your work
is indeed breaking some previously rigid grounds for me...
That's the highest compliment of all. ;-)
Godfrey
