samwells Posted July 30, 2007 Share #1 Posted July 30, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) IIIa, 35mm Summaron, TMax 400 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jmr Posted July 30, 2007 Share #2 Posted July 30, 2007 Sam, nicely done - a strong, abstract image. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinop Posted July 30, 2007 Share #3 Posted July 30, 2007 The framing and lighting tones provide a sense of motion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samwells Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted July 31, 2007 John, Paul: Thanks for looking! cheers: Sam Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuddel Posted July 31, 2007 Share #5 Posted July 31, 2007 Sam, that picture reminds my of Alfred Hitchcock movies. Not only because of B&W but also you can find so much railway sequences in it and railway was a favorite subject of him (as far as I remember his movies and common critics...). I like it because it describes (or expresses, according to the title) the atmosphere while traveling by railways very good. It is also very interesting because of what you said in the organ posting concerning expectation of photography and painting. I thing you are very right with that. Maybe we shall explore our way to make pictures, what they express and formal aspects under circumstances not according to what we expect to see on them (to see things as we believe our eyes see them). I mean to make picture against our normal expectation of pictures from photography to open our mind for other habits of seeing. I agree that this is very much worth to think further and deeper. (And I hope I could express with my English what I mean without sounding completely confused ) Cheers, Andreas Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samwells Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted July 31, 2007 Andreas: Oddly enough, I just saw an old Hitchcock movie on tv at the weekend, featuring a railway journey - I think the English title was 'The Lady Vanishes'. Indeed, there were many other films of his featuring railways... I appreciate your comments on 'expectation' in the various media; over the years (as I think I mentioned somewhere else) my paintings have become more and more 'photographic' in the accepted sense (there, I have absolute control over lighting, composition, colour, detail, etc...and I can get far more apparent detail in a painting than I could even with large format photography), whilst I think, in a hopefully modest way, many of my photos have become more 'painterly' in concept. What I do get great enjoyment from is when the camera surprises me with its own 'eye'...as you say, this is certainly food for further thought. (Oh, and please don't feel doubtful about your English...if only my German were as good!). cheers: Sam Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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