IT'S HIM
by mariuca

Comment by Mike:
i like the picture but i'm not sure why you chose to leave color where you did.

IT'S HIM
by mariuca

Comment by bohemka:
Great capture. Great title! Really like the dancing creatures on the wall as well. Nice one.

1.for-sale.Oaxaca
by mariuca

Comment by posthumous:
Two artificial dragons begin this essay. All the vividness that follows is thus dragon's breath (or peacock feathers).

Terrific street photography, great example of when color works in photography, and I love the framing device of the first and last photos.

Sorry, I'm not much for "constructive criticism." If something works, don't fix it.

13.for-sale.Oaxaca
by mariuca

Comment by posthumous:
I accept this photo as a framing device for the essay. You start with 2 dragons and end with a peacock. Once can contemplate the similarities and differences between dragon and peacock.

green light ahead
by mariuca

Comment by Melethia:
No one looks happy.

!.travel-to-Oaxaca
by mariuca

Comment by 2mccs:
Wonderful addition to your Oaxaca series. You did "walk with open eyes" and captured what you saw with honesty. I am enjoying the series very much and look forward to part 3.

!.travel-to-Oaxaca
by mariuca

Comment by ubique:
I've slowly lost interest in photography and instead re-engaged with photographs. Photography is in many ways a faux-art; an artist can take photographs but very few photographers can make art. The paradox is that the more overtly artistic the enthusiast photographer tries to be, very often the less substantial and interesting the product becomes. It is artistically diminished by the process; by the enthusiast photographer looking at the wrong things, and then compounding the missed opportunity by screwing around with what they do see.

Here with this essay we have an artist first and always – I refer to you – and these are the photographs that an artist would take. A painter, especially so. Thus they probably don't much impress the enthusiast photographer (with the possible exception of No 8). But they record and celebrate the things that excite fellow artists, and also inform all of us with an interest in things beyond our own fence. It's the authenticity that matters with this stuff. May I quote J Keats? "Beauty is truth, truth beauty, – that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."

!.travel-to-Oaxaca
by mariuca

Comment by insteps:
Between the parts we throw away. Why do we decide to take a picture? This is unique for everybody and It’s a joy to ride along on your adventure. The first image lets us know this isn’t a series of travel brochure photographs. A cracked window, primitive architecture and a folk art painting start us on our way. Your essay is a wonderful collection of glimpses as we travel down the road to Oaxaca. Images 1,3, 7, and 11 are my favorites but everything fits together nicely. Thanks

!.travel-to-Oaxaca
by mariuca

Comment by posthumous:
I feel like this is in the "foreign correspondent" tradition, where the new truths come from the friction (or at least the distance) between observer and observed, which is symbolized by the fairly obvious visual cues that we are looking through a car window for most of these photos. You have more people in your photos than 2mccs and ubique, and it works for you. They are part of the world you are visiting and observing. I feel privileged to have such intimate reports from three different worlds. Thank you.

green light ahead
by mariuca

Comment by ray_mefarso:
fascinating street shot - strong on detail. maybe a different/tighter crop would have made it a bit stronger.