At 12:15 AM +0200 7/24/02, Christiane ROH wrote: >Hi Greg, > >Thanks for your attention.. Now that's interesting, because I was thinking >that this heavy iron work in the background wasn't really suited to what >I'm, at least not to the kind of architecture I favor.. Also, as far as >recognizing a style, you have probably one of the most characteristic in the >PF gallery and a great unity of subject; oppositely, I've always thought >that I was shooting casually, this and that, without any special focus of >attention, with different cameras/lens/medias. So to sum up, I'd be glad if >you could come up with one or two characteristics that my pictures have in >common and which makes them recognizable. Butting in here... Christiane- I find that you have a very distinctive look to your pictures. They tend to have have very strong but unconventional composition, often with very evident tension. You also exhibit what seems to me to be a very individual and often quite subtle, but dramatic, color sense. I'm not sure I'm doing such a good job of describing what I see here, but the fact remains that your photos stand out from almost any collection of pictures I've seen them in. You seem to me to have a definite, individual eye. I admit it-I'm a fan! That said, I had to go back and look at your self-portrait, because at first it did not seem to be typical of your work. Looking at it again, I would say that the staircase is a little more prominent than someone else might make it, given that it is not the focus of the picture. Also, I totally missed that you and the doors are reflected in a mirror, also that you are facing the viewer. I expect that this was partly the result of seeing a copy reduced for web display, which is a real problem in viewing pictures this way. Also partly just me being dumb about these things sometimes! I also wonder if you intend this picture to be as dark as it appears on my screen. I didn't see that you were facing us until I lightened things up in Photoshop. After looking at it again and seeing a little more clearly what was actually going on, I can see more of what I see as a rule in your photos, in this case a bit of trompe l'oeil. Leave it to Greg to see your style in it right away... He's got a good eye... for a Canadian wheat paranoid... A. -- Alan P. Hayes Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design Pittsfield, Massachusetts
