At 19:57 3/22/03, Tris wrote:
The discrete parts which you've identified play off each other
symbiotically. I suppose either the woman's face peering out from the
shadows, or the shadows cast on the wall in the back, might work
individually. But that isn't what I was after. I noticed the relationship
between the two and tried to capture them together in harmony. Of course
it was just a grab shot, but I kind of like the way it turned out. (It
was noted in the original posting that this picture was made at a
concert, which the woman was watching, the shadows on the wall falling
from the singer/guitarist at the mike on stage.)
Whether or not this "connection" between major elements is made depends on
the viewer . . . as with any photograph that requires connection of
elements. That was my reaction to it . . . others will react differently
. . . and a disagreement with the concept expressed by one of the remarks
I read that a photograph could exist with *no* subject whatsoever. Every
photograph has a subject; no matter how obscure or abstract.
-- John
John, your final sentence is astute. _Nothing_ exists in vacuum, physical
or conceptual.
As for what the viewer might see or feel vis-a-vis the artist's intention:
that's always, and gives life to whatever intelligent discourse might ensue.
As for critical discussion on the Web: I find it mainly without substance,
with next to no follow-through. What little I have learned is primarily a
credit to my own trial and error. There is a wealth of source, yet getting
at it consumes time. It lies quietly and inert, with little chance to
interact with others of similar mind. I think of some impossible library
with endless aisles leading to infinite stacks.
No surprise. When I was small in public schools my dad said, "It's up to
you." (What he didn't mention was that I'd need to educate myself somehow
in _spite_ of that system.)
Tris
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