On Feb 18, 2008, at 3:28 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: >> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/07-reading.jpg > > Godfrey, your work usually makes me despair that I'll never take a > good photograph. Take for example the fact that you are able to make > really nice-looking images with that gawd-awful camera built into the > Treo. > > That being said, this image just looks like a mess to me. I'm willing > to be the first one to declare that it might be my failure to see > something in it (as opposed to there not being anything there). > > The only thing I "sorta" liked is that the vertical groove between the > two window panes almost look like the seam of an open book - but that > alone isn't strong enough to make it "work" for me. > > I never think an artist should have to "explain" his work but (against > my better judgement) I'm compelled to ask what it is about this image > that works for you?
Thanks for your thoughts, Charles, and for the other responses offered. Rather than trying to "explain" the photo, I think HansAlbert on the DPReview Leica Talk forum did an excellent job of interpreting its expression: ---- Forum Leica Talk Subject Re: photo: reading Posted by HansAlbert Date/Time 10:22:32 PM, Monday, February 18, 2008 (GMT) ... The frames and panes of the window allude to the type area of an opened book, and similarly to the mirroring of one's own mind in the reading matter the image shows both, what is inside and what is outside of the cafe. Thus the composition corresponds to the subject matter, the man lost in a book, and it persuasively depicts its subject, the interrelationship between subject and object in reading – and in photographing. An inspiring photo. ---- http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1038&message=26845194 enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
