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by salmiakki

Comment:
Yes I second the comments of mariuca especially her reserving this one for special applause:

It's epic. Really a perfect conception and composition.

The essay overall is painted with fondness, and absent sentimentality. Lovely judgement to approach close enough to be among those present, but not so close as to impose yourself. A very English trick that I as a Colonial can never manage (I'm either not there at all, or leaving muddy footprints all over the place). Thank you.

52 51 50
by Melethia

Comment:
Neun. No BS â€Â¦ neun. Thank you.

pression3
by vawendy

Comment:
Yes. Very interesting picture. Thank you.

depression7
by vawendy

Comment:
I shared the reaction of mariuca quite closely. I didn't feel any convincing connection with the title 'depression' (not that I need to, in order to appreciate your photographs). Some held my attention longer than others.

The person with shadow is really quite excellent; it's remarkable how much more complex the shadow makes the viewer's reaction to the person.. .the feeling I got was that either the person or the photographer was saying, "You don't know me. You don't know what I think; what I feel." It's a sobering lesson for the viewer prone to over-hasty dismissal (e.g. me). It's also amazingly Picasso-like! The form and the lines (especially the shoulder line), the posture, the tilt and rendering of the head; it's all pure PP.

But the most interesting picture in the essay is this one:

That one is worth following somewhere, so if you ever felt moved to pursue that thread I'd be an excited follower.
Thank you.

Message edited by author 2014-03-09 19:37:46.

ubique
by herfotoman

Comment:
Weird looking guy. Very handsome, of course, but he does look a wee bit shifty. Here one moment, gone the next. I don't trust okes like that.

A collection of names
by herfotoman

Comment:
Haha! Very, very clever Herman. And also very beautiful. I've never seen anything quite like this, although it did make me think of Man Ray's astonishing transformations, and also of a German bloke whose name escapes me, though it may have been von-Something, and who did the most remarkable studio botanical studies that transformed the plants into gilded sculptures. So I think I'm safe in saying that your essay photographs are transformative :)

As for the names, a very imaginative presentation device. They all seem to me to be very well chosen epithets. I note that posthumous is depicted as spectacular and full of something, while I am characterised as noisy but quite empty in the centre. So you've got a remarkably accurate insight there all right.

A most enjoyable essay, the substantial artistic credentials of which should not be underestimated just because of the light-hearted fun you had with the names. Thank you.

Time Flies
by RKT

Comment:

Top Ten. Thank you. 10.

Lament
by Paul

Comment:

Top Ten. Thank you. 10.

Tight
by vlado

Comment:

Top Ten. Thank you. 10.

Mixed messages
by markwiley

Comment:

Top Ten. Thank you. 10.