Another in this series. Haunting, etherial. I wish the copyright watermark wasn't so distracting.
17 October 2006
I'll take your place II, by Lara Swift
Exquisite texture and color. The beautiful porcelain face is the main focal point, but it's the secondary one that holds my attention - the necklace. The tertiary element, the bird, I wasn't certain about. But after looking at the image for a while and hiding the bird with my finger, I've decided it works better with than without. It echoes the shape of the necklace and seems necessary to balance the composition.
16 October 2006
BREAKING THE LINE, by kwerfeldein
desolate, minimal, strangely hypnotic, a portal to a different time and place. there's something very familiar about it. an archetype? "the tree exists in three worlds: the earthly, the underworld, and its branches soar into the infinite heavens, the domain of god" themystica.com
a moment, then it's gone, by *Shakti*
A wonderful study in contrasts - between hard (tattoos, creased forehead, eyes that look as if they've been crying for hours, strong side lighting, heavy shadow across cheek) and soft (delicate ribbon and translucent slip, diffuse light on her right shoulder, lips and rouge, hair swept gently to the side, dimpled chin, midtones on chest). It's a beautifully balanced composition of high and low key elements.
15 October 2006
photos I didn't shoot this morning...
red waxberries clinging to cyclone wire; a white porcelian toilet in a plumber's window (cut-away section exposes the tank); long grass waving in the first cold winds of autumn; a sanitation worker wearing a faded Superman t-shirt; shards of glass on the ground, worn dull by time; a ring of empty Corona bottles on a table in the back yard of an auto body shop; the black wall of a cold front clashing with blue sky; a weird light covering the world.
14 October 2006
JStar's Dramatic Exit, by Tom McFarlane
This is an example of how gravity can make the difference between an interesting photo and an image of sublime brilliance. Like knocking over a glass of water, McFarlane simply rotated his image clockwise.
13 October 2006
Imagine Pageant, photo set by *becky
http://www.flickr.com/photos/idio/sets/72157594243488220/detail/
This entire set of portraits by *becky is amazing. They look like a silent movie star's stills from 90 years ago.
This entire set of portraits by *becky is amazing. They look like a silent movie star's stills from 90 years ago.
Cracked Actor, by De Ambershay
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ambershay/260218834/
The cracked forehead is an abrupt contrast to the lower half of the image, an unveiling of the hidden self with all of its scars and imperfections. The forehead is mask-like, calcified armor constructed from the accretion of life's abuses and traumas. I love the upward-curving eyebrow painted over the hollow eye socket. Lots of trinities and religious allusions here: the seductive veil, lips, and necklace (Magdalen); the three tied ends resembling crosses (Golgatha); the three diagonal goudges on the forehead (presumably from a crown of thorns); the arched "bridge" separating heaven from hell, outer beauty from inner despair and emptiness.
The cracked forehead is an abrupt contrast to the lower half of the image, an unveiling of the hidden self with all of its scars and imperfections. The forehead is mask-like, calcified armor constructed from the accretion of life's abuses and traumas. I love the upward-curving eyebrow painted over the hollow eye socket. Lots of trinities and religious allusions here: the seductive veil, lips, and necklace (Magdalen); the three tied ends resembling crosses (Golgatha); the three diagonal goudges on the forehead (presumably from a crown of thorns); the arched "bridge" separating heaven from hell, outer beauty from inner despair and emptiness.
numbers 1 - 3
- Art is manipulation. The manipulation of tools, materials, ideas. Doesn't matter if it's clay, paint, or pixels. Only thing that matters is the image.
- Life is manipulation. We change things, others, ourselves. We don't have a choice - the simple act of breathing changes the world.
- The only constant is change. World is context, and context is always in flux. Therefore, the image is never static.
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