Hi Joe,
For my equivocal 2c worth.
The image is formally beautiful, plus I love the texture of the grain,
even though the pose and lighting was a bit odd for me. But my immediate
thought was to connect it with this picture
http://blog.gettyimages.com/2010/05/27/memorial-day-at-arlington-national-cemetery/#.T7DPvMV5fgI
Coincidentally, the Jeff Wall photo photo that sold at near record price
last week week made me think about setups more.
http://pdnpulse.com/2012/05/jeff-wall-photograph-fetches-artist-record-3-6-million-at-auction.html
I don't have a problem with the price the photo sold for. Nor do I have
a problem with celebrity (even Canadian celebrity) photographers. But I
do know the John Moore photo engaged with me on a deeper way than the
Jeff Wall photo ever will. I'm not saying you shouldn't do setups in a
cemetary or tragic scenes, but just that my visual image baggage will
tag those photos involuntarily. Maybe I'm just free associating, but
that was where thought train led.
D
PS, please use PESO/GESO subject lines, because that's how I sort out
pics to look at.
On 13/05/2012 1:26 PM, jn289 wrote:
Thanks to all who looked and gave me their thoughts..The details on
the photo are, Kodak T-Max 3200asa pushed to 6400. The girl do not put
her knees on the ground as the dirt ground was wet from the mist . She
does have her hands in the Prayer format. The flashlight on the ground
was used to focus as it was very dark. This is an old grave yard, goes
back to the 1700's. The church is across a four lane road and is
white. I shot it at this angle to include the church,This was shot
with a Pentax MX ..Joe
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