Facing a Visual Culture
by posthumous

Comment by eac:
I enjoy this photo and I think because of your title, I see hubub and activity all around her, the way she is holding the cane, as a virtual extension of herself, not a crutch. The tones are perfect, and the blown out sky is actually perfect to me as it surrounds your subject.

Chocolate Mint Creek
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Comment by Blackstarlight0:
pretty water

Facing a Visual Culture
by posthumous

Comment by mpeters:
This one has me stumped. I see a girl who looks lost in her own thoughts. She seems invisible, even to the person directly in front of her(her mom perhaps?) The cane strikes me as her salvation/her rock of solitude and comfort.

Or, she could be waiting on some friends to come take her somewhere. Hard to figure within the context of a single photo.

Facing a Visual Culture
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Comment by yanko:

Originally posted by LevT: hey guys, don't you see that the girl is blind?! So her stick in front of her face, and the fat lady are all distractions for us, and not for her. I guess that is the point of the photo, and the point well made. The girl is utterly inside her own world, so she does not really care abuot her own facial expression either - why would she smile if she can't possible see anybody smile back? The other interesting juxtaposition here is that everybody else in the frame is looking somewhere, except for her. The dark shadows on her eyes add to this feeling of solitude. Interesting and thoughtful shot, Don.

I got she was blind. The rest of the stuff you said I don't see. So maybe I'm blind? What I do see is two people standing there bored and neither shown in a flattering way, IMO. That is by no means a requirement but I think if you are going to do that it should be done for some purpose that tells me more about them and this doesn't.

The dark shadows on her eyes almost look fake to me. Were they really that pitch black in the original? I would have loved to have seen her actual eyes. Btw, I've seen blind people smile even laugh no less!

Message edited by author 2007-05-16 23:51:25.

Chocolate Mint Creek
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Comment by empiresbm:
My eye is lost in it, needs focal point

Chocolate Mint Creek
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Comment by Grainey:
nice shot---- a little difficult to see the smoothness of the water when it blends with the background.

Facing a Visual Culture
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Comment by LevT:
hey guys, don't you see that the girl is blind?! So her stick in front of her face, and the fat lady are all distractions for us, and not for her. I guess that is the point of the photo, and the point well made. The girl is utterly inside her own world, so she does not really care abuot her own facial expression either - why would she smile if she can't possible see anybody smile back? The other interesting juxtaposition here is that everybody else in the frame is looking somewhere, except for her. The dark shadows on her eyes add to this feeling of solitude.

Interesting and thoughtful shot, Don.

Message edited by author 2007-05-16 21:19:29.

Facing a Visual Culture
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Comment by pineapple:
Looks like some sort of dipstick for testing the oil level in an old banger or for rectal exams. Was that a shot that went off by accident as you were taking the peashooter out? At least that is half the fun of those a530/540s. (And it got a mean spirited 3 from me, I will own up to).

Message edited by author 2007-05-16 20:44:03.

Facing a Visual Culture
by posthumous

Comment by bucket:
reaction...looks like someone got in the way of a fine shot...

Facing a Visual Culture
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Comment by yanko:
The idea is unique (gave it a 6 in the challenge) but for me it isn't executed very well. It's just two people standing there looking indifferent. If anything the subjects are dehumanized in a way that tv news programs tend to do when they run generic video clips of people walking down the street. You even showed the overweight person in the most typical way (i.e. from behind and or not showing the face) and that to me just shows them as pieces of meat and not the people they actually are.

Edited to change person to people.

Message edited by author 2007-05-16 20:26:32.