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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 29: human traffic Alicante
From: stasys1 at cox.net (Stasys Petravicius)
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:07:09 -0700
References: <7vpiof$4ei19d@pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>

Nathan- who stole the diplomat's limo near Alicante? It was in the 
local paper. Stasys
On Jul 26, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Ted Grant wrote:

> Nathan showed:
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> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 29: human traffic Alicante
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> A week of human traffic around Alicante. Any se?oritas and se?oras
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> appearing in the images are purely incidental and none have been
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> objectified as far as I can tell. I have also been careful to keep the
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> gender ratio as close to 50/50 as practicable:
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> http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/?page_id=271
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> Hi Nathan,
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> Each time you post a new set of photographs, or it seems?  When you 
> start
> out, do you have a theme of subject in your mind to watch for? Or is it
> purely walking the street shooting whatever visual moment catches your 
> eye?
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> In other words ? ?this morning I?m looking for father and child type
> situations?? Or old men doing nothing or something off the norm or 
> quietly
> napping?? Or whatever subject you may think of?  It seems you always or
> nearly so, have a visual continuity of subjects making the series far 
> more
> interesting rather than a rambling all over the wall collection of 
> happy
> snaps without any connection than they are some kind of meaningless 
> photo.
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> The other side of this is to go out open minded and let the visuals 
> take
> their course as and if they happen? I?ve shot in both fashions when 
> shooting
> documentary assignments and had success with both. But the theme seems 
> to
> work better because you look harder with a start and end point.
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> Just a passing thought that might help others who leave home for a walk
> thinking? ?I?m going to shoot some pictures.? Then when the walk is 
> over
> they may or may not have some neat images or just a bunch of exposures.
> Worse? No interesting observations creating keeper photos ending with
> ?select all, delete all!? :-(
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> Ted
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> PS:
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>>>> Any se?oritas and se?oras appearing in the images are purely 
>>>> incidental
> and none have been
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> objectified as far as I can tell.<<<
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> Please do not let the previous nonsense of PC ramblings due to an over
> active mind block your vision in shooting photographs as you see them 
> in the
> light of the day or night!
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In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 29: human traffic Alicante)