Camera:Canon EOS-10D Location: Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada Date: Apr 11, 2004 Aperture: f 8.0 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/250 Galleries:Black and White, Traditional Art Date Uploaded: Apr 21, 2004
How this capture came to be and why I rendered it the way I did:
"When I had positioned myself to take the shot (10D, 300 mm lens, tripod and all), the painter approached me and asked that I, please, not take a photograph of his art. I replied, equally politely and equally firmly, that I was making my own art by taking a photograph in and of a public place. He seemed satisfied or appeased, I'm not sure which, turned and proceeded to stand among his paintings. Needless to say, I took the shot.
The incident prompted me, however, to render him faceless and his art featureless. In retrospect, I am grateful for the challenge (and the adrenalin) he presented me with and a photo which, in the end, lived up to my promise."
I wonder whether it would be a nice touch to have the only painting showing it's contents to be one of his 'missing' face ?...
I agree, this would, effectively, add a new dimension to the image, but I'm afraid that by doing something like this we'd end up with a genre other than reportage.
This has a edgy surreal feel to it. It also makes me think of Magritte. Great composition. The main objects (the frames and the man) really pop out at you from the sea of black.
This is indeed an incredible twist to photographic art. Did you think of going back to that painter to show him how you created your own art photographing him and his work? Might be interesting. Always enjoy musing over your work.
Thanks for your, undeservedly, sincere comment, jm.
It is the first photo I published after hundreds of, well, 'test-shots' with this sensitive clunker called '10D'. What is interesting, perhaps, is how this capture came to be and why I rendered it the way I did.
When I had positioned myself to take the shot (10D, 300 mm lens, tripod and all), the painter approached me and asked that I, please, not take a photograph of his art. I replied, equally politely and equally firmly, that I was making my own art by taking a photograph in and of a public place. He seemed satisfied or appeased, I'm not sure which, turned and proceeded to stand among his paintings. Needless to say, I took the shot.
The incident prompted me, however, to render him faceless and his art featureless. In retrospect, I am grateful for the challenge (and the adrenalin) he presented me with and a photo which, in the end, lived up to my promise.
Thank you, Tim.
Exposure see above.
I simply removed colour and decreased brightness by quite a bit while increasing contrast to get the black background and leave little nothing of three of the four paintings but their frames. The process, of course, also rendered the painter standing by featureless, floating among his works.
Not sure if this is the first photo from your 10D but must admit it does have a quality, clean, feeling that I like. I told Rita to look at zeuszen’s new photograph and she exclaimed “WOW.” She went on to say,” His pictures are so good, wonderful.”
I told her zeuszen’s pictures always make me think. I stop and marvel realizing there is much more to them then just a perfect image of some “thing.” The underlying meaning may be profound and it is up to me to perceive. I struggle at times but that is the beauty of your work zeus, it makes me see (if just a glimpse) of that realm your mind resides.
jm
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