Gallery picks for the week ending June 10th, 2013

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Gallery Picks is an opportunity for you to post a heads up to what you have seen during the past seven days at RFF that you like. There's no membership requirement, no criteria (except past seven days), no voting, no limit to the number of photos mentioned, and everybody mentioned is a winner.

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icebear

Steveh

 

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Aldenfender

 

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Doug

 

[lynnb]

I enjoy Keith's portraiture but when I opened this thumbnail I wasn't prepared for the story which I found deeply moving. I've reproduced Keith's text below, as the picture demands to be seen in context.

More picks later.

Gene © 2013 Keith

Meet Gene. When he was a baby he was beaten by his father and suffered severe brain damage and at 40 years old is now a ward of the state and has been since that time. He can't speak aside from repeating the names of people he likes which appears to be almost everyone he meets. He has not seen his mother since he was hospitalised after his injuries and his father died several years ago. I met him a few months ago on his birthday when he was taken for an outing to McDonalds and when we returned him to the delightful care facility where he lives in the hills of Queensland's Sunsine Coast Hinterland ... I was fortunate enough to take this photograph. He truly is a beautiful human being who had so much taken away from him by a horribly violent act.

 

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Hteasley

 

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I thought the tonal rendering in this was especially good. I also liked the composition, light, and patterns and textures in the brick work.

Back of Bridge 2 © 2013 Richard G

 

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Steveh's use of colour, light and shadow, and effective framing made all added up to a photo I admired:

Faces © 2013 Steveh

 

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Angelog

 

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Tbarker's move back to film paid off with this beautiful portrait shot on FP4 with Rodinal stand development:

melanie 1 © 2013 Tbarker13

 

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This was my favourite from Boris's sensitively shot series of the Golden Age.

Golden Age © 2013 Taskoni

 

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Richard G

 

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I liked Robert's beautiful Tuscan landscape, captured on a Rolleiflex:

tuscany © 2013 Robert Blu

 

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I enjoy seeing Johan's intimate pictures of family - including the cat, of course.

Vardagsliv © 2013 Mudride

 

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Alex's witty semiology got my appreciation

Untitled - Photo 209478 © 2013 Kiev Ilegalac

 

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Harry's joyful photo made me smile and lifted my spirits

Laugh © 2013 Hteasley

 

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An excellent photojournalistic shot from Rui Morais De Sousa

Leica M3 - Amareleja, Portugal 1984 © 2013 Rui Morais De Sousa

 

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I loved this available light portrait from Alex

Untitled - Photo 209430 © 2013 Kiev Ilegalac

 

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I enjoyed Andy1881's good framing and decisive moment. The divers look like a stop-motion sequence. It was a while before I noticed the swimmers in the foreground:

Untitled - Photo 209354 © 2013 Andy1881