[Leica] Tina's "Murillo's"

[lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)]

Great picture or not so great. It makes little difference. Reasonable
minds can disagree. But Tina's "Murillo's" is one of those images on
which a person can project anxieties, fears, and desires. Years ago
the Murray Thematic Apperception Test was a popular projective
technique used by psychologists and psychiatrists. The test consisted
of a series of ambiguous images and required the subject to tell a
story about each. The theme and development of the story provided
insight into the subject's personality. The quality of the image was
almost irrelevant. It was the complexity and ambiguity that elicited
the response. My old newspaper editor would have hated Murillo's since
he felt that it is a photo's immediate impact which sells papers. On
the other hand, Hermann Rorschach would have loved it.
Larry Z