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08/25/2005 09:24:06 AM · #1
I live in a country infested with the Betel Nut habit. This typically is visible as what appear to newcomers as blood spatter all over the sidewalks and roads. Oftentimes, a Taxi driver will spit his Betel nut crap into a disposable plasticcup over a prolonged period of time and then leave it sitting on the road somewhere for another car to run over and spray all over. Nasty crap that.

I got the idea of combining the colours of the plastic cup with the dead blood colour of the liquid inside with the tarmac of road with a motion-stopped splash pic. Then I thought better of it because it was so inherently ugly. I would imagine it could be done artfully though.

Hence I thought of suggesting an UGLY challenge, where a photographer shoots a subject that is ugly in an artful way to express something meaningful or capture something striking.

I suck too much to actually make it work as of yet and the idea of doing this pic still turns my stomach as I don't chew betel nut (mmm someone else's filthy saliva), but I may figure out a way in the future.

The idea may have merit though.
08/25/2005 10:28:13 AM · #2
I like it - although I'm sure the entries would really run the gamut, as everyone's idea of beauty & ugliness are different. We'd probably still get a lot of flower macros! ;-)
08/25/2005 10:39:20 AM · #3
How 'bout this guy for UGLY. . . but kinda cute too, wouldn' you say?
08/25/2005 11:13:10 AM · #4
Originally posted by SandyP:

How 'bout this guy for UGLY. . . but kinda cute too, wouldn' you say?


Where d'you get my highschool senior photo? I thought I had burned all copies! Hee hee!
08/30/2005 06:35:18 AM · #5
I fear there might be lots of self portraits.
08/30/2005 06:45:58 AM · #6
Great idea for a challenge IMO. I would like the challenge description to be very vague and general... let's see what "ugly" means to different people. Should be a fun one to vote on.
08/30/2005 07:48:02 AM · #7
Originally posted by Beagleboy:


Where d'you get my highschool senior photo? I thought I had burned all copies! Hee hee!

Ooooooops. . .sorry Beagleboy. . .I didn't think you'd see it. Nice dental work there :)

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