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©Siegfried Hansen 42 months ago I left a one word comment under this photo: “strange.” Then a few weeks ago it appeared in the HCSP pool where I saw it again, as if for the first time. I had no recollection of ever seeing the photograph in the past, but again I was immediately drawn to [...]
By James Dodd
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by Pawel Repetowski Jared: I don’t really know what to say about this photo. It seems impossible that you would find this kind of synchronization with theses hands all over the place. Unless, you’re a street photographer, that is. That said, seeing it is one thing and making a (great) photo of it quite another. [...]
By James Dodd
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I’ve always been attracted to photographs that don’t shy away from their 2-dimensionality, photos that accept the limitation and play with it…
By James Dodd
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…maybe we can discuss a bit about the different approaches to shooting street. The aimless wander, the conceptual long-term project – or a mix of both. How do you shoot, and why does it work for you?
By James Dodd
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…next time you sneak a hip shot of a busker or homeless person, it may be nice to think about what you’re doing to overcome the overriding theatricality of the subject — instead of whether you should take the photo or not.
By James Dodd
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Condensed space. So full of opportunity to make arresting images, and so much can go wrong. It can get messy. Sometimes the stars align, and you get that nice rose-colored red triangle of lips, sign, purse. Interaction…
By James Dodd
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The photograph chosen this week was taken by Chuck Patch in the French Quarter, New Orleans.
At first glance it echoes the famous photograph of the Central Park Zoo by Gary Winogrand. But even if this comment is written with Winogrand in mind, Chucks work stands alone as completely independent and does not need the other image to be appreciated…
By James Dodd
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by marja skotheim folde Jared: Sticking with the ladies this week, this image from Marja has been stuck in my head for weeks now. This greyness about the colors adding a melancholy mood, that nice diagonal evenly splitting the frame — and trapped along that diagonal — the seagulls, just-so apart from each other, showing [...]
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Jared: This image just reaches out and attacks you. Grabs you. Doesn’t let go. I revisit it sure, but what struck me was the amount of time I spent with it the first time I saw it. Usually I take in an image a second (when browsing), rarely am I stopped in my tracks. I’ve [...]
By James Dodd
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Sometimes you have to look closely. The reason for a picture working, for being interesting, isn’t always readily apparent. Subconscious. Peripheral. Sneaky, even.
By James Dodd