Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agreed, the 'semi-harsh' tone treatment adds up to the feeling A very interesting catch it is. Bien cordialement de Metz Philippe Le 26 sept. 10 ? 23:34, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit : > >> A new picture. >> >> See it here >> <http://www.dlkphotography.com/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=0>. >> >> Thanks for looking. > > a whacking great pole shoved up the middle of the image is not a > typical > formula for success, but here it works for me: this is one of the best > images I've seen for a while and "inspires" me to try looking > differently > at the normal scenes around me. The sense of "isolation" and the > "disenfranchisement" in this almost symmetrical modern image is > palpable. > This couple look so far away from each other. What a contrast to > images of > street scenes in Europe, where the couple would have been talking and > discussing life. Here they look like they will never meet!! > > I know not everyone will have this reaction, but I think its very > hard to > photograph daily "western" scenes just because often there is no-one > on > the streets, but to find a couple on the street and present them in > isolation evokes for me a real story of social destruction in a > superficially "perfect" world. > > Enough ranting. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE