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11/30/2013 11:13:41 AM |
| what I love about this is that all the elements are having their own way. the jacket and the carpeting have an undeniable sibling attraction, so that the dark male (in this instance) energy has to try harder, and it does. the dynamic has to do with the forces of the parts. we would not see this if all the details were not just so. as well there is the most gratifying sense that the players are sincerely bent(!) on whatever, and that this is an almost Olympian match. |
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11/26/2013 07:48:29 AM |
| Excellent tension. His pulling is exaggerated by the tilt. Wonderful moment. |
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11/25/2013 10:46:57 PM |
| the story behind this shot is the draw for me. him ready to move onto the next chapter, her, not being ready to let go. the composition and contrast between light and dark anchors this thought. her, being connected to the portion of the stairs that match her outfit and him, matching the darker wood part of the stairs. it's interesting that the line artwork she is looking at and the line between shag and wood on the stairs line up perfectly, and she is held securely within that space. |
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11/25/2013 01:37:31 PM |
| I love a photo that tells a story -- and this one is all about the story. The one thing that really makes me wonder is the rotation. It looks like you chose to align it so that the tops of the pictures were horizontal -- but it's making it feel tilted (which is ok), but the tilt is keeping him in the frame. I'm thinking if you did a more conventional crop -- with a straight horizon using the floor, or the vertical of the stairs (which look about the same), I think you'd feel even more of a pull from him, and get even more of a sense of movement, force, entropy, whatever you want to call it. |
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11/25/2013 12:05:55 PM |
| I agree with Paul, but oddly enough I didn't see the "photograph" until you processed it this way. Now it's clear. Seeing the reflection of the legs in the hardwood and the clear connection between stairs and coat makes all the difference. |
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11/25/2013 09:57:31 AM |
| The staircase jacket... you just can't make this stuff up! I love their shared dissimilar vision. |
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11/25/2013 09:36:57 AM |
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11/24/2013 11:10:50 PM |
It's a real photograph! That's what a photograph is for: to isolate a moment in a way that amplifies and even transcends visual observation. This photograph is about the photograph itself ... the photograph is the hero here, not the subject, and not the photography.
I wish there were a way I could get this onto the front page at DPC for a week. Or a month. So that people could see the difference between a photograph and photography. So that arguments about what's art and what isn't could be settled instantly, in a way that must be clear to even the most reluctant adventurer.
Just a wonderful, witty, original, durable, photograph. Thank you! |
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11/24/2013 02:33:06 PM |
| Excellent observation, her matching staircase jacket is great and the sketching she looks at reflects their stance. |
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11/23/2013 06:25:39 PM |
| this says everything about what he wants to see and what she likes, his body language is saying, "enough" lets move on, she's not ready yet, what an awesome find! |
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