Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Curtains
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Like your last, the mind is challenged to work out exactly what is going here. The reflections, the interruptions created by the cracks, and the extrusion of the curtains conspire to create a startling amount of depth. This is a photo that one would be afraid to reach out and touch as you would never quite know where it begins and ends. All of which, is a long way of saying that I like it.
Fascinating -- Matt described it very well, although rather than being afraid to touch it, I have an urge to do just that. And I like it, too.
I must admit, without the title, it would be hard to understand what that cloth in the window was.
Creates a very depressing feeling for me.
The sharpness and constrast of the window/curtain work well with the reflected scene. The lower contast of the reflected building and cars suits this well to imply the distance.
To step forward and trucate this scene creates an interesting visual effect. A mystery and unfinished story....
Well, it's curtains for that glass then.
I do believe I've never used that word in that way before. Stills...expanding the mind :-)
What can I say that Matt hasn't already said? Very clearly yours, yet not quite so enigmatic as some. For me, the bullet hole crack top left is the decoder - it reveals the plane of the subject and helps everything else make sense.
Was it curtains for some poor individual in the line of fire? I hope now.
I don't ever "see" photos like this one and that is a puzzle and irritant to me. I'm wondering if I recoil from a flood of emotion and essentially turn away from sight. At any rate, it's a dramatic story and certainly sticks in my mind. I'm glad you didn't "turn away".
A part of Sydney that has gone down hill dramatically since I was young. I was passing through and was amazed how derelict it had all become. How this window broke I am not sure but I felt I had to look over my shoulder constantly here.
For me I question the unbroken glass on the right. Making this square by cropping the right still works but I have nothing else square. Would it ever fit into a project I discover I have been doing without knowing?
A shame I couldn't get to this before your last comment Robert because this definitely has a troubled urban look to it.
The photographic side of it is very good, as others have pointed out, but one can only appreciate it fully (despite Doug's truncation) if it is set in a context such as you describe. To follow that through: you have to keep the unbroken glass because the situation is not so bad that one judges the place by the broken glass alone.
But, yes, it is very three-dimensional - strange for such a subject, but very effective.
I liked the word play. The broken window seems to be held together with metalised blast film which helps with the reflection, of the ubiquitous a/c unit!
I have a feeling that could be some chap's shoulder jammed through the window.
Those curtains give this a little more depth than would otherwise have been there. The right hand pane also seems a little too clean compared to its neighbour. It certainly gives a 'lived-in' feel for the location. But the whole is so much stronger than the parts in this one and certainly leaves me wanting to see more of this location as I'm sure it would be a goldmine of opportunities.
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Creates a very depressing feeling for me.
The sharpness and constrast of the window/curtain work well with the reflected scene. The lower contast of the reflected building and cars suits this well to imply the distance.
To step forward and trucate this scene creates an interesting visual effect. A mystery and unfinished story....
I do believe I've never used that word in that way before. Stills...expanding the mind :-)
What can I say that Matt hasn't already said? Very clearly yours, yet not quite so enigmatic as some. For me, the bullet hole crack top left is the decoder - it reveals the plane of the subject and helps everything else make sense.
I don't ever "see" photos like this one and that is a puzzle and irritant to me. I'm wondering if I recoil from a flood of emotion and essentially turn away from sight. At any rate, it's a dramatic story and certainly sticks in my mind. I'm glad you didn't "turn away".
For me I question the unbroken glass on the right. Making this square by cropping the right still works but I have nothing else square. Would it ever fit into a project I discover I have been doing without knowing?
The photographic side of it is very good, as others have pointed out, but one can only appreciate it fully (despite Doug's truncation) if it is set in a context such as you describe. To follow that through: you have to keep the unbroken glass because the situation is not so bad that one judges the place by the broken glass alone.
But, yes, it is very three-dimensional - strange for such a subject, but very effective.
I have a feeling that could be some chap's shoulder jammed through the window.