Every once in a while, by chance, a combination of pictures reach the
gallery at the same time, turning it into more than just the sum of the
individual images. This week happens to be one and I'd like to commend Andy
for the successful sequencing of the images. Sequencing of images - with
the right balance of rythm back and forth through the sequence - is just as
difficult to acheive successfully as it is to make great images (Check
Keith Smith: "The structure of the visual book", Rochester NY).
Jeff Spirer - Water Fountain
What a powerful picture! Solid as a rock with a touch of fragility. All
the shades of red from a very gentle pink blush to a rich deep saturated
blood. It's a long time since I saw a color photograph from Jeff. I could
fit this one on my walls...
Pini Vollach - Geometry
Superb! The lines move through the image with perfect balance. The colors
echo one another. I can feel the old world all over this picture.
Reminiscent of Greg Fraser...
Emily L. Ferguson - More winter experiment
Petals. As if they were a bouquet of ballerines. Or the ocean surf rolling
on some far-away planet.
Now watch the sequencing. The stability of Jeff's picture turns into
movement with Pini's and a full roll with Emily's. The movement temporarily
stops with Bill's picture, picks up again in Dave's and concludes with
Veli's. But Bill's picture opens the way for Veli's (the lights vs the
jewelry), Steve's (visual organization of the contents), Museki's (winter
scenes) and Don's (miniatures). The whole gallery holds together tightly in
a remarkable sequence!
Bill McKinney -
Lovely Xmas scene. Miniature feeling as if it was a scene from a model
RailRoad set. The lines of the bridge cutting sharply trhought the picture
are balanced by the soft fluffy backdrop of the swoy mountain. There is
something mysterious about the tree in the foreground. Somehow, the picture
makes me think of Mozart...
D.L. Shipman -
Interesting combination of sharp and crystalized painterly effects. I think
that the picture would have stood perfectly well without these effects.
There is something unresolved in the image.
Veli Cigirgan - Jewelry
Here again, an interesting picture with something unresolved in it. The
mind thinks of what it might have been but cannot determine how to get to
it. The problem is that the picture is evenly split between the power of
the jewelry and the power of the beautiful naked breast. The eye moves back
and forth and the mind cannot determine which is the dominant portion. No
amount of cropping on this image can resolve it successfully.
Trevor Cunningham - calcium deposit
Brutal force after the softness of the breast... I'm not sure what the
significance of this picture is. There is no reference respecting scale.
It would have been interesting to spend more time around the subject playing
with perspectives. Colour film perhaps. There is too much contrast.
Steve Hodges - Earthmoving Equipment
Not a bad picture, but it does not deliver the message in a very powerful
way. I agree that no amount of cropping can do much to improve. It's a
case of going back to the scene with the intent to shoot a forceful message:
"the woman: an earthmoving equipment"
Museki Abe - Winter 1
Very nice. Peaceful, balanced, serene. Reminiscent of Oku Mikawa. I could
also fit this one on my walls...
Don Roberts -Geishas
A beautyful combination of movement and static. Of static and movement.
Throughout. All hanging together around the tiny blue bottle of sake on the
low table. Remove it, the print falls apart...
Regards,
Guy Glorieux
