Mat Maessen wrote: > > This website reminded me of some of AnnSan's work... > > http://signsoflife.goose24.org/ > > -Mat
Oh dear.... I'm sorry, but I looked at about twenty so called photos there and some inane unnecessary comments about them - only one even resembled a photograph. Yeah, they are funny signs, but no, they are not photographs. I try hard not to merely show a sign in any of mine.... sadly, when National Lampoon published some of my stuff, they cropped down to the sign! Maybe I don't always succeed in my ventures into ironic juxtaposition or getting more out of a sign shot than a sign, but at least I try... I came across one or two that showed at least some small sense of composition but then it would get ruined by someone making a gratuitous comment underneath, just incase some of the viewers didn't "get it". I've sure taken some pics that are just signs, where the light is poor and ther were not any interesting shapes - but I don't show them to anyone - I just snap so I won't forget the sign. and, since I'm already in a rant about it, I'll point out the comment on the site that sits there as you scroll through the snaps .... "Photographs of signs That transcend their objectivity To reveal our humanity" gag me with a spoon... annsan grumpily - well its December and I'm depressed... but I mean every word nonetheless....
