Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hadn't seen the Loretta site before this but several of the images I found quite compelling. Others didn't touch me at all I especially liked, in Works IV, Yannan - the one of the girl with her head resting on the desk. Others invoke a particular mood I recognize from my childhood, a mood I had NOT wished to revisit by the way. So for me it works as art with an emotional connection. Adam On 8/2/05, feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > On Aug 2, 2005, at 5:50 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > > http://www.lorettalux.de/ > > > > Somebody on the British list mentioned this site in response to the > > scary photos by Becky. These are also creepy but in a totally > > different way. These were done on purpose and I like them! > > > > What do you think? > > > > Tina > > > > I've seen Loretta's site and for some reason I don't find work > creepy, in the same ways that Becky's pictures make my skin crawl. > > Ok, let me be more specific, Loretta's work is a little strange, but > to me it's strange in a surrealist way. Her work > reminds me of Magritte and another fellow who was a photo realistic > painter and who's name I can't remember. > > Becky's shots are just plain creppy. Like Slobodan says, they remind > me of JonBennet Ramsey and the whole junior > beauty pageant scene, which just screams 'mouth breather". There's > just something very disturbing about it. > > > Feli > > > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >