Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An interesting and tough comment. great questions: "what are you trying to say?" I wonder if attempting to verbalize what a photographer or an image "is trying to say" diminishes the visual message. "is the subject strong?" visually? conceptually? historically? politically? socially? stylistically? ? Great photographs fall into so many different genres, use so many different styles, methods, levels of craft and art ? yet, all great ones present a confluence of design elements, content, subject, light, sense of moment and personal point of view ? so as to produce some kind of magical visual message ? in a manner quite different from paintings, drawings or other visual mediums. Photographs seem to hang between representational paintings (drawings) and poetry. YMMV I agree that the white wall element on the left pulls the eye away. And that good photographs [do reach] for more than [mere] representation. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 16, 2008, at 3:06 AM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > For me this ticks the boxes: what are you trying to say/show, is > the subject strong, is the composition good, are there distractions > (here the white wall back left is pulling my eye from the action > and would be cropped). Good images should be more than > representations although the latter also has a role in history. > > Cheers > > Alatair > > --- luisripoll@telefonica.net wrote: > > From: Lluis Ripoll <luisripoll@telefonica.net> > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Looking at pictures > Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:23:43 +0200 > > With IIIF, Elmar 4/90, TX > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/08070407.jpg.html > > Thanks for looking, your c&c are always appreciated, > > Saludos cordiales > Lluis > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information