robklurfield
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Richard Berter.
I wrote a rather long comment about this image attached to the gallery thread from which I'll simply quote:
"There is something really lovely and delicate about this image. The blur of her head adds some mystery and leads the viewer (at least this viewer) to wonder about her state of mind. The gate suggests that parenthood can feel like imprisonment sometimes (no matter how much you love your kids, let's face it, the work can be exhausting). The doubling of her image in the mirror adds a lot of strength. I think back to our kids being that age and wondering how my wife didn't lose her mind during the long winter days trapped indoors when it was too cold to take a toddler outdoors. I see a lot of deep psychology at play in this image. Perhaps it's not really going on in the lives of the subjects, but regardless, you've captured a state of mind with great power."
An amazing image in my estimation.
I wrote a rather long comment about this image attached to the gallery thread from which I'll simply quote:
"There is something really lovely and delicate about this image. The blur of her head adds some mystery and leads the viewer (at least this viewer) to wonder about her state of mind. The gate suggests that parenthood can feel like imprisonment sometimes (no matter how much you love your kids, let's face it, the work can be exhausting). The doubling of her image in the mirror adds a lot of strength. I think back to our kids being that age and wondering how my wife didn't lose her mind during the long winter days trapped indoors when it was too cold to take a toddler outdoors. I see a lot of deep psychology at play in this image. Perhaps it's not really going on in the lives of the subjects, but regardless, you've captured a state of mind with great power."
An amazing image in my estimation.
robklurfield
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Photony Texas, whose double exposures are always deep, dense and provocative. The thread of comments in the gallery on this image is worth reading. The image is entitled Texas Didactic IV.
To summarize: I teased Tony about the title. Paul suggested that cubist was more appropriate thatn my recommendation of muLti-aUto diAdact. Lynn agreed with Paul which led me to conclude that not only were they both correct about the cubism at play here, but that in fact, this image was really channeling Marcel Duchamps and his Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 (Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2). Whereupon Photony reminded all of us that Duchamps' piece was not well received, and met with censorship. To which Duchamps responded: "But I went immediately to the show and took my painting home in a taxi. It was really a turning point in my life, I can assure you. I saw that I would not be very much interested in groups after that."
Without further ado, a multiexposure cubist masterpiece... Don't take it away in taxi, please.
To summarize: I teased Tony about the title. Paul suggested that cubist was more appropriate thatn my recommendation of muLti-aUto diAdact. Lynn agreed with Paul which led me to conclude that not only were they both correct about the cubism at play here, but that in fact, this image was really channeling Marcel Duchamps and his Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 (Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2). Whereupon Photony reminded all of us that Duchamps' piece was not well received, and met with censorship. To which Duchamps responded: "But I went immediately to the show and took my painting home in a taxi. It was really a turning point in my life, I can assure you. I saw that I would not be very much interested in groups after that."
Without further ado, a multiexposure cubist masterpiece... Don't take it away in taxi, please.
robklurfield
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Kdemas, here reminding us that what we eat sometimes walked more or less as we do, though perhaps on more legs, before it became meal -- fact from which many of us, myself included, are largely decoupled (I'm NOT a vegetarian). A beautifully shot image...
Lynn. An image he felt was ruined by a light leak. Several us commented that the fogging not only didn't hurt the image, but perhaps even strengthened it....
Another from Lynn...
Cocal. Some strong geometry in this composition....
mlehrman on 14th st in NYC ... his subject deftly, though unwittingly ducking a punch....
and another from mlehrman in the midst of Nemo...
Lynn. An image he felt was ruined by a light leak. Several us commented that the fogging not only didn't hurt the image, but perhaps even strengthened it....
Another from Lynn...
Cocal. Some strong geometry in this composition....
mlehrman on 14th st in NYC ... his subject deftly, though unwittingly ducking a punch....
and another from mlehrman in the midst of Nemo...
robklurfield
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Richard G
Luigi. A lovely parisian night scene....
atmamont....
brainwood....
Luigi. A lovely parisian night scene....
atmamont....
brainwood....
robklurfield
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Lynn, thanks for the very kind and thoughtful commentary.
Many years ago, the jazz writer Martin Williams wrote an appraisal of Sonny Rollins' masterful solo on Blue Seven. The article was so effusive in its praise that it is alleged to have caused Rollins to go into hiding for a few years.
I'm no Sonny Rollins and I won't go into hiding, but your kindness has made me blush rather profusely.
Rollins is supposed to have taken to woodshedding late at night on the Williamsburg Bridge (between Manhattan and Brooklyn for you non-New Yawkers; Williamsburg now being hipster heaven) during his hiatus. Of course, when he returned, he was better than ever. Perhaps I need to spend some nights of my own haunting the Billyburg Bridge myself to get my chops up, as it is tough to live up to what you wrote.
Many years ago, the jazz writer Martin Williams wrote an appraisal of Sonny Rollins' masterful solo on Blue Seven. The article was so effusive in its praise that it is alleged to have caused Rollins to go into hiding for a few years.
I'm no Sonny Rollins and I won't go into hiding, but your kindness has made me blush rather profusely.
Rollins is supposed to have taken to woodshedding late at night on the Williamsburg Bridge (between Manhattan and Brooklyn for you non-New Yawkers; Williamsburg now being hipster heaven) during his hiatus. Of course, when he returned, he was better than ever. Perhaps I need to spend some nights of my own haunting the Billyburg Bridge myself to get my chops up, as it is tough to live up to what you wrote.
robklurfield
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M2 fan/Tony thanks.
robklurfield
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Brainwood...
a couple from Paulfish....
this second was compared favorably by several of us to a David Lynch mise-en-scene. leaving the viewer wondering what happened to the occupants of those now abandoned chairs....
filmtwit
Doomster
a couple from Paulfish....
this second was compared favorably by several of us to a David Lynch mise-en-scene. leaving the viewer wondering what happened to the occupants of those now abandoned chairs....
filmtwit
Doomster
robklurfield
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Alex / Kiev Ilegalac
Raid, who has left me wondering, as in Paul's photograph of the empty chairs, what the heck happened to the advertising fish....
a follow-on nicely bookending photony teXas's earlier cubist building...
RHL-oregon. A heartfelt and sensitive portrait of his sister who passed away last week. Again, condolences to you and your family.
Raid, who has left me wondering, as in Paul's photograph of the empty chairs, what the heck happened to the advertising fish....
a follow-on nicely bookending photony teXas's earlier cubist building...
RHL-oregon. A heartfelt and sensitive portrait of his sister who passed away last week. Again, condolences to you and your family.
Richard G
Veteran
Thanks Roland for last week, and this week to Jim and Lynn and Rob for noticing a couple of mine. It is always an honor to join such company, and an encouragement.
leica M2 fan
Veteran
paper boats by Brainwood
paper boats by Brainwood
paper boats by Brainwood
leica M2 fan
Veteran
untitled by Levi Wedel
untitled by Levi Wedel
Beautiful color and beautiful time of day.
untitled by Levi Wedel
Beautiful color and beautiful time of day.
raid
Dad Photographer
Thank you Rob.
barnwulf
Well-known
Thanks, Lynn and Rob for including my photograph here. - jim
taskoni
Well-known
Thank you all for the wonderful pictures!
Regards,
Boris
Regards,
Boris
luiman
shadowgrapher
Jim, Lynn and Rob, thank you for the mentions! In the new gallery I don't know how to put photos to my favorites. So I have not been able to participate in this thread...
Someone can kindly help me?
Someone can kindly help me?
raid
Dad Photographer
Lynn's images of shapes look great. From water images to lovely portaits, and then shapes. Here is one of them:
paulfish4570
Veteran
double thanks to rob ...
photony texas
Light Sensitive
icebear, barnwulf, lynnb & robklurfield
Appreciate the picks this week of my phOtOs.
It is always nice to know someone actually enjoys your work and can see something beyond just a image...
A special thanks to all on RFF who have commented on my strange/different work over the past few years
Appreciate the picks this week of my phOtOs.
It is always nice to know someone actually enjoys your work and can see something beyond just a image...
A special thanks to all on RFF who have commented on my strange/different work over the past few years
photony texas
Light Sensitive
lynnb
photony texas
Light Sensitive
OurManInTangier
