Nine Blocks
by Paul

Comment by pixelpig:
The group of 9 makes a nice cover, or introduction, but each one by itself is fascinating. Love the square crop. Love the way you catch people looking outside the frame at something that caught their interest or their eye. My favorite is the clear crisp candy colors of the one in color--I like the color in contrast to the BW, & I like the way you framed it.

Nine Blocks
by Paul

Comment by insteps:
Nice collection of images and the grid framing is appealing for your story. You handled the self imposed square crop constraint well. I like your decision to have your subjects looking out of the grid. Some of may favorite street photography leaves me wondering what is just outside of the frame. Thanks!

Message edited by author 2014-03-03 18:42:29.

Argument
by Paul

Comment by ubique:
This is a lot better than I thought from the mosaic. The small part of the antagonist on the left is my favourite part of what you have here. Would have been even better if someone had thrown a punch, or gone for a Glasgow Kiss. But I suppose I can't blame you for that lamentable omission.

Message edited by author 2014-03-03 04:57:48.

Lady on the Corner
by Paul

Comment by ubique:
That's a very fine photograph. Spectacularly lovely tones. Maybe that's Leica-only territory?

Nine Blocks
by Paul

Comment by ubique:
Funny, that comment by Paul GeneralE about the top corners, because I much prefer them the way they are: looking out. That's probably because I always like to consider the parts of a picture that might lie outside the frame; it's very often more interesting that way with street photography.

The nine photographs are interesting and attractive in themselves, but I do see the evidence of your recent observation about street photography being in your view primarily an observational genre. I don't agree with that passive and objective approach myself (because I think it necessarily produces limp – or at least passive – pictures), but I reckon that I'm in the minority even among street photographers. But your photography is, as ever, technically and aesthetically superb. Thank you.

Message edited by author 2014-03-03 04:51:37.

Nine Blocks
by Paul

Comment by GeneralE:
A fine example of the diversity all around us ... I like the variety of perspectives and the square crop works well.

On a second third look I would probably have switched positions between the top corner photos in the composite, so that the main characters would be looking "in" rather than out, although I know that's just the "standard" approach ...

Message edited by author 2014-03-02 10:55:05.

Lament
by Paul

Comment by bobnospum:
Surreal. I love the composition and the angles of all the elements. The film-like grain and muted colors give it a great sense of time and place

Lament
by Paul

Comment by vlado:
This is by far the best image in the challenge... sure thing to win the blue with the judges, and probably with the voters. Well done on a great entry! A 10 from me.

The Photographers' Wall
by Paul

Comment by bvy:
Very Melethia-like, which is a compliment regardless of whose it is.

The Photographers' Wall
by Paul

Comment by LoVi:
interesting capture