Jeff posted the URL to his photo essay, of sorts: http://www.spirer.com/images/thewall/ First of all, Jeff, this is a strong set of pics. Interesting as images, in and of themselves. The documentary value is a bonus. I'd like to talk about the photos as a group, as an essay. Or at least pose questions, since I hope to put together a somewhat similar set of essays on the web in the near future. Let me start with the easy questions/issues and move to the ones that are more difficult for me to formulate. Please don't interpret any of these as hostile. I'm curious about how you went approached the project. Wouldn't a page of thumbnails help the viewer orient himself or herself, serving as an introduction of sorts? I wonder why you chose to size the images so that the viewer has to scroll the image to see it in its entirety. Would it be better to be able to see the whole image at once? You clearly believe that the images speak for themselves, that no text is necessary. I have no problem with that, in general. But I see this essay as more about the images than the performance. I'm not sure I get much of a sense of who is performing what. (Others may, and probably will, disagree.) How interested were you in the story-telling, the documentary aspects of the essay? I know that story-telling need not be direct or literal. On a related point... I'm guessing that you were asked to shoot the performance because the performers wanted it documented. If that's so, will the selection of photos that you give them differ from the ones you've shown us? I imagine that this is the sort of thing 18-year-olds get excited about in Photo Essay 101. Never got a chance to take that course. --John ===== J. Mason, Charlottesville, Virginia New Pics, Greg Howard Band at Starr Hill Music Hall: http://www.greghoward.com/sights/stills/starrhill/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
