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MargaretNetComment by ubique: Margaret, we don't often see things eye to eye. Maybe we never have done, in the past. But now ... now this is a charming essay, of which you ought to be proud.
You are a good, accomplished photographer. That's not in question. Your tastes are not mine, but that doesn't prevent my appreciating the essential beauty of this essay. Or perhaps I should say this collection. This album.
Because it's not really an essay, in the literal sense, ... but perhaps I'm just being overly literal. I want an essay to have a narrative that is more ambitious than the sum of its parts. I enjoy an essay that proposes, even if only by implication, a point of view that is unfamiliar, or uncomfortable. Something that presents a position of which I would not have thought, but for the essayist's premise.
But looking at this presentation, I wonder if I'm being too conservative? Too hidebound? You've made a virtue of the light touch here. It may be (for my taste only) the Barry Manilow take on photo essays, but I can't deny its charm, nor its beauty. It's a satisfying experience in terms of imagery and emotion.
I enjoyed this essay very much. Lovely photographs, and a deft touch in linking the whole together into a coherent production. Well done. I hope you'll do more collections in this charming vein.
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