hiding in plain sight
by PennyStreet

Comment:
I'd have likely called this a bvy too, had I looked at this challenge. But I didn't so I didn't. Why bvy? Street, the snapshot as stealth-art, and the resonance of film.

Had I voted and commented, I'd have given this an unconditional 10 and explained why by saying that it's the photograph's camouflage - the art masquerading as a snapshot - that is the most thrilling aspect of this image, rather than the literal reference to the nominal subject's hiding in plain sight. But I didn't so I didn't.

The relatively cool reception given this photograph is a dismal indictment of the lack of curiosity of the majority, and even worse, the lack of understanding of a photograph (I don't mean this photograph; I mean 'The Photograph', as art and as object).

It's quite wonderful. Thank you.

7
by 2mccs

Comment:
I could easily wax lyrical about how unexpectedly beautiful this is. But I won't. I'll just say it's so good to see something not bludgeoned into insensibility by the blunt instrument of the challenge topic. Thank you.

Message edited by author 2014-11-22 07:47:19.

equine amber
by whiteroom

Comment:
Oh, misdirection; it's the best form of camouflage. And didn't it work so well! Thank you.

girl with donut
by bvy

Comment:
Oh, thank you!

Have you noted the similarity to the famous Einstein portrait with the sticking-out tongue?

our lady of the fallen leaves
by skewsme

Comment:
Finally, a church with a credible perspective on living and dying. And beautiful too, not coincidentally.

lakefront
by undieyatch

Comment:
I forgot to mention that the picture would be diminished, less interesting, without the gap in the left half ... presumably a breakwater entrance. But it's there, so it isn't.

Young Hunter
by scooter88

Comment:
Ah. Sorry I incorrectly guessed your identity. I should have thought of you immediately. I am now. Thank you.

lakefront
by undieyatch

Comment:
Reminds me of something by Kertesz. Martinique, I think it was. Not that this is a copy of that, but it has the same teeter between banal and thrilling, clarity and obscurity, real and surreal. That's probably some kind of photo-cubism idea, but I don't know enough about art to say, really. But, as they say in the comics, I know what I like. And I like this.

So now I'm back for a final look before rollover, and I enjoy it more with every encounter. Weird, that, because at first glance you'd think there was so little present in the picture that one reasonable consideration would soak up all it has to offer. But no. It's the opposite. It raises so many tantalising questions of dichotomy, of the real versus the surreal sides of the same coin, that it seems to expand in the viewer's mind (well, in my mind, which is the only one I can access). It's like a visual version of the meditator's mantra. Empties the mind, and then fills it.

Only one possible score, a 10. And firmly attached to that, the Order of the Thumb. Thank you.

Young Hunter
by scooter88

Comment:
Nice portrait. Striking lines and angles give it a lovely geometric dimension. But the focus (not yours, his) in the young hunter's eyes is the best part of many good parts. Also the sand on his skin and hair; suggests he's been down stalking something. Something unlucky judging by his evident commitment to the shot. I think it's Kalahari somewhere? That and the quality of the photography says you could well be Harvey. Harvey or not, thank you.

Back to the wind
by bogulo

Comment:
A lovely thing, perfectly composed and perfectly crafted. 9. Thank you.