About my image in the Gallery. . . Yes, it was on purpose. I submitted in response to the panic call stating that only two images were in the forthcoming February 28 Gallery. So I loyally found a recent image, could not think of a title, and remembered a newspaper anecdote about a column that was printed with the same headline: "Don't worry, We'll thing of a title before we run it." There. . . now you know. But the Gallery was already full by the time I submitted.
But on the subject of viewing any art, I don't feel that a title has to describe the piece under view. And if it actually needs a title to understand the piece, then it's not artistically a good piece; it's journalism. (Hold the flames; some journalistic photographs are very good. But then they don't need titles either.)
Emily L. Ferguson - Evidence - Andy wrote "The title makes me want to figure out what it refers to. Stuff under the snow? . . . All very mysterious!" but my reaction to that is stated above. As a photograph I don't get it -- except maybe to make a very subtle comment on all the snow!
Art Faul - Tries and more tries - This falls into the same "title" problem. In addition I don't think Art Faul's response to Andy's comment is appropriate -- even as a joke.
John Retallack - See? Even without a title a knowledgable viewer could guess the situation if necessary. As an image, it has a very high impact.
Klaus Knuth - Shenandoah Valley - I like the composition very much. But it's too saturated (especially the water) for a photograph, and not worked up enough for an artistic piece. (Maybe that's why I usually work in black and white??? Don't know.)
As it's often said, Only in my opinion.
Hoping we've had all the snow for the season,
-yoram
On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote:
As seen at http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html these are a few brief observations of mine about the photographs posted there:
Emily L. Ferguson - Evidence - The title makes me want to figure out what it refers to. Stuff under the snow? Under the several mounds? Then what is the contribution of the fence? All very mysterious!
Art Faul - Tries and more tries - OK - I give up. What does the title refer to? I must be dense! Otherwise I think this is an excellent situation photograph. It makes me want to hear what the guy is saying to the blonde. Nice!
John Retallack - A snippet of history dramatized not only by the content of the photograph but additionally by the color introduced into the photograph. Impactful.
Yoram Gelman - Don't worry. . . - Well, I must confess that here is another situation where I don't "get" what the title refers to. Maybe that was on purpose. Is there something lurking around the corner? Mysterious as well!
Klaus Knuth - Shenandoah Valley - Attractive pictorial landscape! I am bit bothered by the horizon being in the middle. I think the tree adds much to the interest of the photograph. It is too bad the shadow portions of the image are a bit dark for my taste.
Just my opinion,
Andy
