Luis, You make me blush.................. Lea ----- Original Message ----- From: "*- CHILLED DELIRIUM-*" <sfunp@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:33 PM Subject: Postcards Received : : ************************************* : * Warning: Major 'drool'-in-progress* : ************************************* : : : Ernst-Ulrich Schafer's iconic "All-American", my : favorite part of which is the optical collapse of depth : that we cognitively realize is there via tonal and textural : strategies, reminding the viewer of the illusory aspects : of the medium. : : Lea Murphy's precisely composed and beautifully lit : Salt & Pepper shakers are a great example of photographing : things for "what else they might be". Her roses are a classic, : beautiful composition, but not dainty or evanescent/fragile, : instead, the one in the foreground is vibrant and strong, : a living roseate mandala, and in her photograph, will never wilt. : : A mysterious landscape of trees and an old roadside fence at dawn : came from Rand Flory. The lines lead us to the light in this photo, : and I get a feeling of revelation every time I look at this. : : Marilyn sent a still-life of a fan, beautifully composed. The : ethereal form of the fan has as much weight as its shadow. A : warm, quiet, contemplative picture. : : From Karl Shah-Jenner, an architectural detail of a modernist : glass building, a silvery formalist exercise that shows : sophistication in its precariously balanced asymmetrical : composition. Almost abstract, this shows what wonders lie : when we "walk out of the film and focal plane" in our seeing. : : Colette Molyneaux's daring image of a banister, its shadow projected : on a grid of bricks on the floor, a layer of water, a dock : and trees in the background makes me feel like I am there. : A complex, multifaceted, richly textured, asymmetrical composition, full : of repeating, yet varying, forms harmonizing & embracing one another. : The slices of space defined by the uprights, and the varying : perspectives of the circles imply time and multiple points of view, IMO. : : Bobbie Blazy photographed what appears to be a bicycle graveyard, : showing bits of bicycles along the edge of the frame, almost pure : form, with a huge expanse of negative space, a wall in the background : with subtle, delicious mints, grays and contrapuntal rust stains. : There are many forms that echo and mirror one another here. A good : example of the old saw that sometimes less is more. : : A beautiful scenic of a waterfall from North Carolina came from : Byron Yeiser. I have been in the area many times, and this : takes me back to the place...and makes me long for it. : : Jeff Spirer's Unfinished Dream has an existential feel to it, : and before reading the title, the dream-like quality of the : scene in the room struck me. This has Jeff's signature daring : use of light and space, and in this instance, the risk paid off. : : Like a sleeping dragon, a locomotive exhales at night in Angi : Turnpaugh's Iron Horse photograph. Beautifully lit, the reverse : flowing plumes make this an unusual picture. : : Steve Shapiro's superb California shorescape is a classic. Printed : so that only the hottest highlights touch white, and the rest : falls into shadows that contain detail right into black. : One stirring image, a perfect blend of a sense of place and a : sense of being. : : Achal gifted me with a diptych of twin architectural images of : a beautiful spanish mission-style building that brings to mind : Hotel California (!). One is "Jan-scan green", the other untoned. : : Lustowner Andy's rendering of cracks in a fracture pattern made : for a gripping, contrasty abstraction. : : The Wyndham Pinhole Project photo that Guy Glorieux sent is : amazing. It has a Gursky-like feel to it, but adds a sense : of insight...almost as if one is seeing an X-ray of the city. : I looked carefully, and with the lower diagonal of cars, I think : the 6th parking space, starting from the bottom right, had two : different cars in it during the exposure. Very eerie feel to it, : it has the in-a-dream feel that only pinholes seem to give... : : Thanks to all who have sent me postcards, what a privilege it : is to own one of your photos ! To the rest, HURRY UP !!!!!!! : Oops, that means me. Ahem ! : : --- Luis : : : : : : : : : :
