Japonais
by zeuszen

Comment:
Well, yes indeed it is ... in style, in spirit, and also (with a bit of imagination) in cartographic terms. It's a beautiful thing, and effortlessly transcends the photographic medium. But I'd hang it on my imaginary wall of 2010 photographic excellence, because I don't have a wall of transcendent excellence yet. This definitely goes up there when I do. Thank you.

p a r i s
by bmilne

Comment:
I really like this photograph. There's a similar picture by someone good (it might be Eugène Atget) of a cathedral (it might be Notre Dame) seem through the branches of a tree (don't know what kind of tree), and yours is equally pleasing for the same reason; surprisingly satisfying juxtaposition, that elevates it from the humdrum. This goes onto my imaginary wall of 2010 excellence. Thank you.

Callum
by surfinbird

Comment:
A really wonderful portrait that tells me you've taken the trouble to study the work of great photographers of the past, and to understand what they did any why. This is a gloriously anti-digital photograph, not just because of the distinctly analogue appearance of both the subject and of the 'print', but also because in concept it recalls an era when photographers had to make their impact with simple tools and clear ideas (instead of an oversupply of tools and an absence of ideas, as is the current fashion). In some ways this disarmingly direct portrait is in the style of Diane Arbus, in spite of the fact that this young bloke is rather more conventional-looking than were most of her subjects. Definitely a place for this one on my imaginary wall of 2010 excellence. Thank you.

by the pool
by mitalapo

Comment:
This is one of those delightful photographs that looks initially like an offhand shot of nothing much, and yet turns out to become more and more and more as the many layers of meaning and interest unfurl themselves. Some of the great street photographs are like that (I mean universally, not DPC's current street challenge) ... they look mild and yet reveal themselves to be profound, or at least special. Here the characters are arrayed as if for some kind of performance, a 'street' version of a chorus line perhaps, and I am irresistibly drawn to imagine speech bubbles all over the place, like in a comic strip. All those overlapping conversations, thoughts and asides. All the roles people adopt. Making your picture, for me, a wonderful tilt at communication and modern manners. The Importance of Being Earnest for the 21st century. This now hangs on my imaginary 2010 wall, entertaining me and confounding the janitors. Thank you.


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Pocket of Warmth
by CNovack

Comment:
Wonderful! I loved looking at it, which is why I must immediately hang it on my imaginary 2010 wall. Thank you.

The Great Vanishing
by Kelli

Comment:
To take a creature in captivity and yet dignify it by its circumstances is a remarkable achievement. So many such pictures manage to be merely mawkish. This one is sad, also gracious and ultimately beautiful, but certainly never sentimental. Congratulations. It's on my 2010 imaginary wall. Thank you.

Byzantium - Constantinople - Istanbul
by Pascal

Comment:
Best landscape, without a doubt. Onto my imaginary 2010 wall for further admiration. Thank you.

The Contestant
by karmat

Comment:
While I'm not a fan of the slightly idealised processing, the inspired composition stamps all over my petty bias and leaves it bleeding. Finally a guitar photograph at DPC that is worth a longer look. And this one is worth several, which is why I'm hanging in on my imaginary 2010 wall. Thank you.

Legacy
by jmritz

Comment:
I admit to being captivated by this picture, as I am by others of similar ambition. It's the same feeling I get from looking at contemporary sculpture, or from eating really good sushi ... that my experience of the thing is a part of the thing, that it is meaningless without my engagement with it. Or that I am meaningless without my engagement with it, which is even more exciting. Here the faint marks seem to be more about memory than about any current reality; and the title is so apt for that mood. I'd put this on my imaginary 2010 wall, and be stirred every time I passed by it. Thank you.

tkaronto
by wolf

Comment:
I don't like city skyline at night pictures, but this one is a splendid exception. Just enough of everything, not too much of anything. And the bold tilt outweighs the by now tiresome frame as well. On my imaginary 2010 wall for sure. Thank you.