Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Arche showed: Subject: [Leica] eyeliner through the ages > http://gallery2.leica-users.org/v/HarveyArche/Joplin-2004-05/album483/kohl.jpg.html<<< Hi Arche, Hopefully the KOHL photo... big fat ugly guy with weird hair cut is the frame that's supposed to come up ? I always wonder why those who are usually ugly looking, fat and unwanted supposedly "fix themselves up" with the weirdest hair cuts, metal piercing beyond imagination and locations of body? I was recently told by one of my grandson's it's the fashion to have some kind of piercing showing these days. That was when I saw him with this protruding piece of metal sticking through his lip. When I first saw him after many months of being away I immediately played dumb and asked. "Oh my gosh Chris what happened when you fell on your face?" Knowing full well of course it was a damn piercing job. Then he looked a little sheepish when I said I wanted to photograph him full face right up close so we could sue whomever it was who hit him. Nothing I could say nor do, that is a part from taking a hold of it with a pair of pliers and yanking it out of his face could I convince him to get rid of it. Now were talking about a damn fine looking young boy? man? Of 20 who a moment later introduced us to the latest love of his life! My first re-action was... OK where the hell is "Kyle Cassidy and how did he unload this ugly Goth girl on my grandson?" Sorry Kyle she would be perfect for one of your ugly Goth girl shoots! I know they're not all ugly, just some of them. ;-) This could be a classic in any book! Now since my grandson was a little guy he was always a head of all the other kids with smarts, graduated as an Honour student whatever as high as one can get. My thoughts have always been "this kid is going to be a millionaire" Of course he got those attributes from his "grandfather!" ;-) The smarts sort of.:-) No not the millionaire part. ;-) However, he sure as hell didn't get my attributes about picking beautiful women! ;-) I realised he was "hooked by the rings in her lips" and wherever else they were? It was hopeless to press the piercing further. Just shook my head and walked away hoping some day "his early smarts might return." Now Arche back to your series! :-) It's real down home documentive material much like we saw back in the 50's & '60's. Your straight forward style is what makes it work so well. Each shot has it's own tale of being at the fair showing in many cases the mental and emotional feelings of the subjects. This is a topic one can work on year after year and rarely have a repeat image. And if you do? Well it's called "editing fiercely" constantly building the series to be better and better. I'd not throw any away, that is unless it's so obviously a miss it goes. But what might interest you today, maybe far more interesting 50 or 100 years from now. So for the moment I'd keep shooting the fall fairs as they come. I went to one here on the Island yesterday, absolutely not in the right frame of mind to be anywhere and it was a disaster which became a "select all-delete all" when I came home! :-( It happens to all of us some days, even though it's fun. Yesterday? A black hole! :-( Damn good thing it wasn't a paid assignment! :-( So once again after looking through yours I felt better as yer doing a fine shoot and motivated me to have another go next week. Thanks. Well done mon ami! ted