my cat is a ghost
by jmritz

Comment by Jules1x:
This was very interesting, but I'm not sure I saw a cat - although maybe that was your point? I almost see more of a person ghost. Nice and eerie.

words
by jmritz

Comment by tvsometime:
I agree with the foregoing comments, but what I find most striking (and distinguishing from the mob) is the sly composition of angles and vectors bumping the eye here and there, and of figures toying with the image frame - the standing figure comfortably propped against it while the foot of the seated man casually tapping it.

words
by jmritz

Comment by ubique:
Oh, bullshit! This is a preposterous placing. Look, it's true that you do submit some pretty radical stuff that eludes the imaginative reach of the average viewer. But this ought to be accessible to even the most resolutely average viewer.

Let's name names. Blue is Paul, who's a lovely guy and a hugely skilful photographer, but it's not a work of any consequence and certainly not his best stuff; looks like an advertisement for tampons. Red is Sara, about whom I know nothing; it's a stock shot fit for a greeting card intended for a recipient of whom the giver isn't especially fond. Yellow is John, and it's got his customary charm and atmosphere, and a garlic-whiff (or Gallic whiff) of street theatre; far the best of those three. There follows in the top ten (with just one exception) some images distinguished only by their lack of distinction. Original only in their spectacular avoidance of even trace levels of originality.

And then there's this, crouching in third-to-last place.

I simply can't imagine how anyone with any passion for photographs, anyone with even a touch of curiosity or a tiny flicker of imagination, could possibly subscribe to such a topsy-turvy view of the relative merits of the two ends of that spectrum.

This photograph demands attention. It seizes by the short hairs. It obliges the viewer to open it up and read the first chapter, right there in the store. It's a brilliant page-turner and I couldn't put it down. Thank you.

something fishy
by jmritz

Comment by Penny Lane:
I'm not really a fan of the tilt, I'm not sure of it's purpose. Fish and chips sounds nice though ;P

words
by jmritz

Comment by PennyStreet:
This feels like a Coen brothers movie, tilt and all. I'm just waiting to see what happen next.

everyday
by jmritz

Comment by PennyStreet:
I think Piet would have understood.

everyday
by jmritz

Comment by quiche:
While this image does have some obvious geometric shapes, it's not especially reminiscent of Mondrian. Also might benefit from a bit more contrast. Looks kinda flat.

everyday
by jmritz

Comment by cutout:
like it 9

my planet
by jmritz

Comment by tnun:
lookit. one ten. it's truth, brothers and sisters.

revelation
by jmritz

Comment by bvy:
The best gems don't float to the top. Nice.