Asteroids Annilhiate Africa
by herfotoman

Comment by PennyStreet:
Mesmerizing.. love the AAA too

Asteroids Annilhiate Africa
by herfotoman

Comment by Neat:
One day you might just read that headline you never know! 9 My pick for the blue.

We're all on the same page
by herfotoman

Comment by C_Steve_G:
Concept is good; large text is unnecessary, as it would have been just as effective in a very small font - or not even there. The almost "Escheresque" look is appealing.

Oldies but Goodies
by herfotoman

Comment by 2mccs:
What an interesting and clever essay. I did not have a connection to the color images-just saw a picture of a nondescript older person. I had little interest in knowing more. Then, surprisingly, I immediately connected with the close-up black and white. It was as if i could understand something about them as a person and would be interested to know more. I don't know if my take on your essay says more about me or your essay but either way it gives me something interesting to think about.

We're all on the same page
by herfotoman

Comment by Lydia:
Hahahahaha! LOL!

Asteroids Annilhiate Africa
by herfotoman

Comment by Pangurban:
Lots of emptiness. I'd really like to see a colour version of this.

Transvaal Scottish
by herfotoman

Comment by wbanning:
Simple elegance and lines and content.

Oldies but Goodies
by herfotoman

Comment by LevT:
of course it is not just the closeup that changes the perception, but the transitions from bright colors to dark and contrasty BW. Worked really well, sometimes it was so hard to believe it was the same image, I found myself going back and forth and checking it :). By the way, in the good old days Soviet propaganda used a similar trick regularly by taking a piece of colorful western footage and then fading it into BW, sometimes even into a negative, with suitably ominous soundtrack behind. We felt so sorry for you guys living in such hell behind a thin colorful facade :)

Oldies but Goodies
by herfotoman

Comment by ubique:
This is an interesting idea. I preferred it as a slideshow, mostly because I don't care so much about the better quality images ... "Never mind the quality, feel the width!".

As a slideshow it has a dimension not evident in the individual images. That is a feeling that the colour shots are people who have aged to bear a close resemblance to their departed grandparents, seen in the old, heavily-cropped B&W shots. They do look like each other; the family resemblance is there, but they're not exactly the same. Once you start think that anarchic thought, it's irresistible: you can spot small but conclusive differences in every 'pair', proving that it's really cleverly-matched pictures of people and their grandparents.

Absorbing & thoughtful essay.

Allergic reaction
by herfotoman

Comment by smardaz:
wow, well this kind of processing is just not my cup of tea