How sweet! Thank you. We had company these last few days, so I'm late again in responding. Shyrell On Sat, 10 May 2003 11:57:36 -0600 rand flory <ferret@wyoming.com> writes: > Fellow Forumeers, > Here are my thoughts concerning the PhotoForum member's > gallery/exhibit > space now on display at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html: > > Shyrell Melara - "Never More" > > http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/melara.html > As a photograph, Melara's "Never More" is pretty mundane. There is > interesting color and lighting, and the backlit quality does offer a > sense > of serenity, which is unfortunately disrupted slightly by the swing > on the > right, pulling the balance somewhat out of kilter. A likable image. > However, Sheryll's write-up turns this photograph into a memorial > and it > just takes off in meaning. She may not have been able to find a > better image > to memorialize her son without his presence. The swing is static; it > is > empty. And its emptiness begins to fill the whole frame with that > feeling. > The tree, with its massive girth so well outlined by sunlight, now > represents an almost ageless entity. The green leaves, fresh every > year, > offers hope for the future. The darkness of the trunk shows the > other side. > > And the swing just sits there, empty and unmoving. > Despite the motionlessness of the subject, this is an exceedingly > moving > image in its own way. It is my favorite of the week.
