.. and.... we're back!
Tim,
Glad you liked 'Waiting Off Shore" despite the wavy horizon. But it
is horizontal.....
I agree with your other selections, and I know it's a cliche to say
it, but there isn't a single image that I don't enjoy looking at over
and over again.
It's just a wonderful collection.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
Quoting Tim Bray <[email protected]>:
I got back from a few days in Saskatchewan to find a nice Blurb book
waiting for me, and as I read it I first thought I?d highlight my top
3, then top 5, then top 10. Anyhow, here are the notes.
First, this is the best-ever Annual. To make it clear that I?m not
uncritical, let me say that I sort of hated last year?s, thought the
backgrounds were overworked and distracting. The quality of 2011
photos is higher, and Mark's design mojo was on fire. It?s a really
outstanding photo book.
Having said that, here are the ones that touched my heart.
19: Earth & Sky/Manayon. Actually a picture of a mountain (or a
building, or, uh, Bong, what?s the brown thing?)
21: Cathedral of Trees/Roberts. They?re having a conversation too
slow, graceful, and complex for us to follow.
33: Jumping at Ponte Sant? Angelo/Lahuerta Ibiz. How in flaming hell
did this get staged?! I stared and stared.
37: Fly By/Waller. Probably the most technically dazzling shot in the
book. Miraculous.
38: Stowe Grotto/Mitchell. They say photography is a two-dimensional
form. They?re wrong, as any fool can plainly see.
43: Waiting Offshore/Walters. The horizon not being smooth really
bothers me. I had to look and look and look and look. Make your own
theory.
46: Too Many Steps/Coyle. This is unsatisfactory, because it needs to
be printed 40 inches or so high.
51: .../Roschin. Actually a picture of blood vessels.
58: Playful Planes/Gjersem. You can?t not smile. And I don?t even
like planes.
65: 6/Miserere. At least a thousand perfect details.
71: Eternal Vigilance/Cassino. Actually a picture of flowering trees.
72: Morning Calm/Theriault. No grain. No street people. No asphalt.
Can?t possibly be Frank. Fucking great picture though, whoever took
it.
73: Night at Sea/Thrane. Really unsatisfactory; needs to be printed at
least six feet wide.
75: At the Beach in Binz/Zahn. Actually a picture of clouds.
81: The Inspector/Brewer. What a real wizard looks like.
88: Lunch/Jeyon. Actually a picture of trees and stones.
91: The Bridge to Runde/Øksne: When I grow up I want to learn to take
pictures like this.
94: So happy that Mark used my favorite (not my best, my favorite)
Guo-Yuan-Snooker-Club picture.
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