I think the photo works precisely because of the things that other people are criticising. If the woman's eyes were closed, or she looked passionate then it would be a run-of-the-mill photo. It's because it goes against our expectations that it's successful, in my opinion.
Juan can speak for himself, of course, but having seen the way he photographs (I think you have too) I'd guess that he didn't want to show the lack of passion or the odd position or anything else in particular, but reacted instinctively to something without analyzing until later. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 December 2005 20:31 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: Kiss > > I've been thinking a bit about this photo, and alluded to my > thoughts in my original post. We're all commenting on the > lack of passion and closeness between the partners, visible > eye that looks "wrong," and so on. In other words, we're > putting our idea of what the photo should be on this image. > However, what if Juan wanted to show the lack of passion and > the odd position of the people? Would that make the photo > "better" in our minds? > > Shel >
