Mark Harris
Very nicely lit and pictured, though I was puzzled by the term "Christmas Cactus". My understanding of a Christmas Cactus is the Schlumbergera - see http://www.flowers.org.uk/plants/plantfacts/christmas-cactus.htm
Peeter Vissak
Trees are an excellent source, of course,of unusual images for photographers. But this is particularly scary, especially in view of the temporal context. Good textures contribute enormously to these - well done.
Leslie Spurlock
A nicely imaged, contextural portrait. However I always have some concerns about such ethnic portraits, under the guise of exploitation. I'm not implying that of you, Leslie, but the subject arose at a work course I attended at Tate Modern London. there the context was of Richard Billingham's book "Ray's A Laugh" in which he published photographs of his highly dysfunctional family. Am I being too sensitive?
Emily Ferguson
Well photographed - but the significance as a photograph was really lost on me, I'm afraid. Sorry! The text helped to both partially explain the image and hence put it into context, but even so I could not feel any rapport with it. Fine in a newspaper report to those who know the people and context?
Magaret Lucas
One of a fascinating series of photographs... You really have a got an obsession there - and justifably so! I particularly like the way in which, in your Pbase series, you've integrated text into the images to underline the points you wanted to make. However I do wonder whether the one in the Forum is sufficiently strong, compared to some of the others?
Veli Cigirgan Nice one - but rather them than me!
Pini Vollach A charming composition.
Richard Wrigley
You captured the storm well. I wonder, however, if a crop (either by a physical movement at the time, if it had been practical, or during manipulation) to remove some of the right hand side might have strengthened the composition even more?
Bob Talbot
No - the title is right. Cherry blossom is always cheering as spring takes over!
Jeff Spirer Such a nice social comment, an amusing juxtaposition which works very well!
Steve Shapiro
I found this quite an enigmatic photograph. I couldn't work out why the title, except as a literal description of the function of the ramshackle building. It certainly would not have filled me with confidence...
Andrew Davidhazy
A neat social comment and superbly caught! There are several layers of meaning here, both with the somewhat over-weight viewers and the bizarre male torso they're discussing. Looks like excellent material for a student discussion on critical analysis.
Howard
