Shel, I remember the chair as well. Frank is right, there were more vibes from it. Didn't it have fabric to it and drama in the lighting? Jostein's comment about an IKEA set is telling. This shot is a bit too intellectual a look at the person involved. Books and wood plus an old photo - not enough personality here. Hope this articulates it a bit better for you. Regards, Bob S.
On 7/5/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/5/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's an interesting comment coming from you, Frank, in that a couple of > > years ago I posted a somewhat similar photo titled "Janrt Chin's Chair" > > which showed a small part of her living room, including a TV set and some > > pictures on the floor lined up along a wall. You were quite enthusiastic > > about that one - perhaps you remember it. If you recall the photo and your > > comments, maybe you can explain why your reaction to, what I see as two > > similar photos, is so different. I have my own ideas, but will keep them > > to myself for now. > > I recall the photo, and not knowing anything about Janet Chin, I > recall feeling that the chair said something to me about the > personality of the person who owned it. It was comfortable and worn > and warm and inviting. > > I got a vibe from it. > > I didn't get a vibe from Linda's portrait. It didn't say anything to > me. They appear to me to be a bunch of inanimate objects, and > although they obviously belong to someone, they don't speak to me of > the person who owned them the way Janet's chair did. > > Maybe I'm just in a different place now, in a different mood. It may > have nothing to do with the photo, just my reaction to it. I don't > know. > > What's your theory? > > cheers, > frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
