Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Cracked (04930032)
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I like to let pictures set in before commenting but on this occasion I'd like to say fabulous right now.
This picture has a strong base with the pebbles/sand and grass, interesting patterns in the broken glass. Not one glass pane is the same as the other which keeps it captivating for me.
I'm asumming that it is your shadow/reflection in the window and on the mirrored surface but it looks so much like an "oh no, my glass" moment.
It took me a little while to notice but I also see clear tape used to keep the glass together.
I'd be interested in a print of this.
Reading Robert's comment has helped my comprehension.
I was confused by the scratch lines and it being caused by tape had not occurred to me I can see it now.
Interestingly the figure looked like a woman with her head in her hand to me and I even wondered if I was looking at a composite. The texture on her torso added to the feel of having a female form. A reflection was not on my list of possibilities.
Any image that makes one think is worthy.
Last night I was convinced that the figure was that of a woman and that the concrete was glass. Is it disappointing to find out that it is the photographer? A little bit because the notion that it was a woman lent it more mystery: now it is 'merely' a good photo! I wonder if you could see the texture of the shadow of the torso before you clicked.
Despite that let down, it is still, as Rex says, worthy of merit. Even without making one think, the balance of layers, angles, reflections and tones come together to make a graphically powerful image.
I am not sure it is the photographer, an assumption. Please don't let my labelling what I see ruin the picture for you.
I also see a woman with head in hand -- regardless of what was truly there. I'm not sure I care to analyze it as to whether there is tape or what not either -- I'm happy just to view it with the illusions and mysteries left unsolved. It's all wonderful.
I heartily agree with Christine. I am much more intrigued by what I think I see than what is actually there and I, too, see a woman (head in hand) and shapes in glass. "Illusions and mysteries left unsolved?" says it beautifully.
I hadn't considered the figure mysterious, as I was mostly interested in the shapes and textures, the combination of glass, metal and plant. This is of one of the pyramids in the courtyard of I.M. Pei's addition to the National Gallery. If you've seen Pei's pyramid at the Louvre, it's a similar concept.
Robert, email me your address, and I'll drop a print in the mail.
Shattered rather than cracked...less unlucky I guess? I'm drawn by the slightly misaligned diagonals between the base and the glass as well as through the photographer's head. All rather disjointed but none-the-less pleasing on the eye.
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This picture has a strong base with the pebbles/sand and grass, interesting patterns in the broken glass. Not one glass pane is the same as the other which keeps it captivating for me.
I'm asumming that it is your shadow/reflection in the window and on the mirrored surface but it looks so much like an "oh no, my glass" moment.
It took me a little while to notice but I also see clear tape used to keep the glass together.
I'd be interested in a print of this.
I was confused by the scratch lines and it being caused by tape had not occurred to me I can see it now.
Interestingly the figure looked like a woman with her head in her hand to me and I even wondered if I was looking at a composite. The texture on her torso added to the feel of having a female form. A reflection was not on my list of possibilities.
Any image that makes one think is worthy.
Despite that let down, it is still, as Rex says, worthy of merit. Even without making one think, the balance of layers, angles, reflections and tones come together to make a graphically powerful image.
Robert, email me your address, and I'll drop a print in the mail.