Le Flaneur - Sneak Brimby
instepsComment by ubique: I've had a quick look and I like it. It's got that HF combination of gentle wit and sharp (in the figurative sense) photography. But I'm very busy just now ... I'll be back in a day or 2 to leave you a proper comment. Thanks for keeping this terrific exercise alive for us, and for submitting interesting stuff!
.... OK, back now following another inconspicuous stroll through your streets, looking over your shoulder.
This work is really fascinating Henry. Yes it's great fun on the superficial level, but there's way more than some street fun on offer here. The viewer must read the Baudelaire quote, and your own introduction, before setting out. Both are an indispensable guide to the journey.
The most captivating thing for me is the way that your shadow somehow inhabits the people on which it is placed. Maybe it's the recurring Tilley that gives your projected self a spectral quality. Maybe it's the fact that CP Baudelaire primed me for that illusion. Whatever, it's irresistible. I tried looking start to finish, and then finish to start, and it works either way ... you have projected yourself not onto but
into your fellow travellers. The photography's very good, the craftsmanship's got your usual effortless touch, but the photography never gets in the way of the essay of Le Flaneur.
It's photography elevated into language; pictures to words; symbols to thoughts. You've made a sort of Rosetta stone for photographers. Thank you.
Message edited by author 2014-11-01 04:25:05. 
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