Hi Paul, I recall some of the earlier pics, some of which I liked, and while I recognize that they, too, were set-ups, this one comes across as more artificial-looking than what I remember the earlier pics to be.
Of course, over time, our perspectives change, changing the way we view photos and see/experience the things around us. Based on what I recall of the earlier series, this is the least successful photo of the group. That said, even if someone gave you a million dollars for this pic, it would only reflect their feelings and judgement, not establish this image as anything better than what it is, which would be different to different observers. That someone else gets huge sums of money for a type of photo neither makes it better nor worse that what someone else may be doing ... sometimes it's just a matter of finding a schmuck with a lotta money. There have been a few comments in this thread about seeing the entire series. Maybe you could put up a small gallery and see how that affects the way people think about and how they see this pic. BTW, the disc you sent hasn't arrived. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > Thanks for looking. Interesting feedback on this one. Very different > from what was said when I first showed these (in color) some years ago. > On Mar 3, 2007, at 1:51 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > My feeling exactly re: being staged or set up. > > > > Shel > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5667450&size=md > >> > >> =========== > >> It looks too deliberate to me -- carefully laid out and posed. From > >> the > >> towel, to the beer cans, to the cigarette pack carefully sticking > >> out of > > her > >> pocket. Was it for an ad for something? Very retro, though. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
