On Sat, June 22, 2013 4:42 am, Andrew Davidhazy wrote: > The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated June 22, 2013. > Authors with work now on display at: > http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include: Ok, color me confused. Our two most outspoken members, who are in no uncertain terms here to educate us, provide us with two photographs with which I find very little to commend. More fool me, I suppose. More down below: > > John Palcewski - Ali & Fan A very nice portrait. I find it a bit odd that they are looking in different directions, but perhaps the girl is fascinated with the lights, and Ali is looking at her parents. But really, I'm nitpicking; the photograph is fascinating. I'm sure there is a great backstory, but the photograph carries its own with out it. Absolutely my favorite photo this week. > Yoram Gelman - Jim Beam because. . . Well, I still don't know why. Nice tonalities, and it certainly looks like this media brings back the simple wonderment of a picture appearing on an emulsion. But the reason why the whisky, rum and unnamed bottle are there, except for providing different shapes in the bottle study, eludes me. > Bob McCulloch - Three Dorys An idyllic scene, to be sure, but the three boats compete with the three houses for attention. It might be stronger without the mansions. > Art Faul - Well, except for the somewhat interesting structure with insulting graffiti, I find this photograph uninteresting, very poorly composed, with too much negative space, nothing in the negative space, and a distracting tilt. > Randy Little - Kelly Hmm. Her face is badly lit and the hands are awkward. And with nothing better to look at, the subject is her scarf. Was that your intent? Really, I know that Randy and Jan/Art have *gobs* more experience than I do (and probably more than I will ever have, considering that I am already close to Jan's age), and I respect them for that, but I guess I wished the photographs that they provided were more demonstrative of that experience and talent. Andrew -- http://andrewsharpe.com
