He's blind. What you see isn't his eyelids but the whites of his eyes.
Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Boris Liberman <[email protected]> Sent: November 4, 2012 11/4/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: PESO - Bloor Station, Rush Hour Frank, here is my take and please notice no intent to offend you in any way. In terms of a scene I agree with Paul and it is a very worthy image. However, I think that for complete work I would need to see the eyes of the main character. However it seems *to me* that the man is in the middle of the blink. That makes it a bit problematic for me. On 11/1/2012 5:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Well, I have a dilemma here and your opinion would help me. I do take > photos of beggars from time to time but I try not to exploit them and > do try to show them in a very "human" way. > > So here's today's PESO: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/10/bloor-station-rush-hour.html?m=0 > > Exploiting or no? It's obviously a jarring image and one that many > will find uncomfortable to look at (indeed one ~should~ feel > uncomfortable). > > However my thoughts are, firstly, that I take pictures of all sorts > of people from business people to firefighters to construction > workers; beggars are as much a part of a city as anyone else. > Secondly, I think there's a story here that goes beyond simply, > "here's a beggar, let's gawk." I won't tell you what I think that > story is; if the viewer can't see stories then the photo obviously > isn't working (for that viewer). > > So if you have thoughts on this photo and whether I should display it > I would love to hear them. > > And comments on the photo itself are welcome. > > Thanks, frank > > > > "If the world were clear, art would not exist." -- Albert Camus > -- 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. -- 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.
