Rich, I think the gates as objects are rather awkward looking contrivances. The only interesting thing is their color. The installation, as a whole, is about people interacting with it. To describe the essential idea of the project is to deal with the color and the interaction - unless the goal is to just use the occaision to make abstractions. Today they come down. That should be fun to watch. We can look forward to little orange trinkets in museum shops around the globe. ;-) AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: PF Galleries on 26 FEB 05 > From: "Rich Mason" <cameratraveler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun, February 27, 2005 6:30 pm > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > For the most part I agree, but then there's this set, made at night: > http://www.urbansnitch.com/gates/ > > In a couple of them I can't see where color would have made much > difference, and dealing with the color of the lighting would have been > an issue. > > I must say I still haven't seen a picture with the Gates in it that > blew me away. A couple in the above referenced set get close. > > Cheers, > Rich Mason > > > On Sunday, February 27, 2005, at 12:43 PM, > lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > The pair of Gates pictures in this week's gallery make a good example > > of > > making a choice between monochrome or color for an image. In this case > > I think the subject demands - screams out for - color. It looses too > > much in B/W. There are problems with both pictures (and the gates!). > > The text in David's picture lets us in on what the dark figures are up > > to more than the image itself. In Mark's pic The Gates could have been > > a surprising splash of color which I think is their purpose. > > > > > http://richmason.com
