What a wonderful story, Lea. Thank you for telling us about "Angel."
Marilyn
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them
become what they are capable of becoming.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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From: "lea murphy" <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
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Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: Gallery comments from Marilyn
Marilyn,
Thanks for the message about Angel. She is, indeed, a cutie. The cool
thing about this dog is that she came from the Safe Harbor Prison Dog
Program which operates out of Lansing State Prison in Lansing, Kansas
about an hour north of Kansas CIty. The woman who now owns Angel is a
good friend who happens to be a news reporter; she did a story on the
program and ended up falling in love with Angel who was but a tiny
puppy when Bev first met her. Once Angel had been trained by the
inmates and was ready to go to her new home, I was allowed to be with
Bev on pick-up day and photograph the whole event...inside the
prison. It was quite an experience.
Just last night the story ran on our local news and was very well-
received. Anyone interested in learning more about it can visit
www.safeharborprisondogs.com
to find out more.
Lea
On Nov 30, 2005, at 7:40 AM, ADavidhazy wrote:
Due to various problems with mail at RIT these words from Marilyn
may not have
made it on the list so at the risk of possibly you all receiving
this twice it
was decided to send them forward. Cheers, ADavidhazy - for PhotoForum
Greg Fraser
Double-mega-
multi-millionaire: I'm a little lost where the title is concerned,
but I
like the photograph. The red and blue colors are striking and the
photo is
nicely designed. My eye goes from the red wall, to the overhanging
"arm,"
to the trees and image on the tan wall, then back to the red wall.
Interesting.
Lea Murphy
Angel: Very nice exposure - great tones from white to black, and I
can see
the texture of the dog's fur. Cute expression on the dog's face.
I even
like the lines of the floor planks. A very nice photograph and
I'm sure
Angel's owner wanted a copy.
Museki Abe
Autumn Color 2: I like the soft, quiet feel of this photograph,
but my eyes
don't rest anywhere. It seems to need a point of interest - but
again - I
think this photograph is wonderful for your Haiku site, Museki. It
would
lend itself to being expressed in poetry nicely.
Don Roberts
Garden Spider: An interesting web. I've never seen the zig-zag
design of
one before. Just to add interest, you may try printing this
photograph
diagonally, so the web goes from the upper left hand corner to the
lower
right, hand corner, for instance. (I'd try this just for the heck
of it.)
David Small
Hells Kitchen N.Y.C. This photograph has a lot of mood and you did
capture
that "gritty" feel. I spent a long time looking at the young girl,
wondering what she was thinking and why she was by herself sitting
in the
dark. I think this makes a successful photograph - when it gets
the viewers
involved and contemplating the photo's subject, it's a good image.
Pini Vollach
reflection: The most fascinating part of the photograph to me is
the design
in the water's upper half (the green shadows and reflections.) I
find the
lower 1/3 or 1/2 of the photograph a little distracting. If this
were my
photograph I'd work with the portion from the tree, trunk, across
the top of
the debris in the lower half of the photograph to the right hand
and upper
edges. This portion has a beautiful "Monet-like", soft painterly
quality
to it.
Thank you to all who shared there work ands to Andy and staff for
hanging
the gallery. I enjoyed the show very much.
Marilyn
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Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will
help them
become what they are capable of becoming.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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lea murphy
www.whinydogpress.com
