Very nice. Print or no print, this is better than you realize.
Most of us live most of our settled lives in pretty much one locale, and don't get a chance to get out and experience the world. When I visited countries across the globe while I was in the Navy, I was stuck in landscape photography, tourist kind of shots, never paying attention to the life around me. The life I now seek, and find in your images.
Your images, the lives, the expressions and colors you bring back and share with us are so moving. You have a way of reaching into the soul of those you photograph, and paint them into your shots to tell a story. One can look and sense character. The brain can kick into creative mode with your pictures and one can start to hear music, the routine sounds, the sounds of people laughing, talking, the bustle of activity around the streets, all done by the masses you depict so well in your imaging.
Congrats Lesley. You made a very wise move putting your paintbrushes down for a while in order to do something few can do, and as well. |