sleep tight
by jmritz

Comment by 2mccs:
Pleasing to look at

reflection
by jmritz

Comment by 2mccs:
I see cars.

do you believe in magic
by jmritz

Comment by rooum:
From my jury duty...

'This was my other top two choice and it is a completely different kettle of fish. Whilst 'Soporificity' is more immersive then expansive, 'do you believe in magic' (no question mark i note - of course not) is immersive then it pulls another trick. It might drag you in and give you a chair but that chair isn't really there and you end up looking around all confused. It's a photograph about memory - fleetingly improvised. At first look the photograph is confused, it takes you a moment or two to get balanced but then you zone in on the child and the childhood dreams and memories tug. A happy, sun lit day. But then there is another moment of confusion - that sharp white line cuts vertically down; like the dividing line in a film strip and another moment goes by before you realise that you are sat in a car or on a bike. Watching. The voyeurism that is inherent in photography shifts into consciousness and it's really quite icky. What's that about? From innocence to something that feels a bit wrong in the matter of milliseconds. That tonal, and emotional, shift in this photograph is what makes it so wonderfully great. It wrong foots you; makes you think about memories, makes you think about sunlight and then, makes you think about photography and makes you think about yourself.'

reflection
by jmritz

Comment by tnun:
vehicle is a much underestimated term... but then I don't need a car to find images enjoyable.

do you believe in magic
by jmritz

Comment by Melethia:
One of the best - congratulations on the jury recognition.

do you believe in magic
by jmritz

Comment by PennyStreet:
I love The Line... it centers the magic! Congrats on the deserved jury bling.

reflection
by jmritz

Comment by illini75:
Vehicle???

reflection
by jmritz

Comment by PennyStreet:
hard at work.. nice drive by

no apologies ever need be made
by jmritz

Comment by 2mccs:
Yes, another winner

Message edited by author 2014-03-08 18:36:12.

no apologies ever need be made
by jmritz

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:
this is terrific - sadly, here in the land of stock and commercial photography, it scored far too low. noir? they would have to look it up! gl