Andy- I wasn't insulted. I just couldn't resist! I really don't mind the Huh? sort of comments. It makes it clear when a picture just isn't getting itself across, which is a useful thing to know. And thanks for the elaboration! Now, back to my dungeon... A. >Sorry if my comments about two photographs in this week's >exhibit at: www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html were rather >brief, to the point of maybe being taken as insulting. I >apologize for that. > >Essentially what I was trying to say was that I could not >make a meaningful connection with them. King/Arthur's >heavily manipulated image titled "Umbrageous Youth" failed >for me on several levels. I could not really decipher what >the subject of the photo was and so the title of the photo >really did not make much sense to me - sense by way of >helping me figure out what the image was all about. > >Alan Hayes' photograph looked like an interesting slice of >time photo but I asked myself what is this all about? Yeah, >I read the caption - guys picking up recyclables - I just >could not make personal sense from it. Also, the face of >the guy on the right seems to have been affected by flare >and is rather indistinct - but maybe that is good, I can't >tell. > >anyway, it points out that I should just stick to other >matters as my thoughts, response, ... quips about images >seem to be less than erudite. Oh, well, back to the dungeon. > >Andy -- Alan P. Hayes Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design Pittsfield, Massachusetts
