Kalainen Offline Upload & Sell: Off
|
eeneryma wrote:
I appreciate your comments Kalainen. All the photos in this project are shot in the same spot, on Broadway in Greenwich Village. I'm shooting at different times of the day and because there are tall buildings on each side of the avenue, the lighting varies significantly. The most important elements in choosing what works for me are gesture and intent, fashion, portraiture, social interaction, lifestyle, means of commuting in the big city, advertising, etc. My goal at the end of this project is to have formed an overall viewpoint of what life in a big city is like in 2022.
Steve
Hi Steve,
And thanks for your reply and explaining your idea. I really like the fact that you have a project and idea behind these pictures - this alone differentiates you from the 90 % of other photographers (most of them don't have). All this makes this a lot more clear.
One idea:
- Your idea now is a kind of 'statistical cut through' of people who are walking in streets of Greenwich Village. Instead of this statistical approach you could also think what you want say about the life in a big city - what is *your interpretation* of it. For example, you could read Georg Simmels Metropolis and Mental Life essay from 1903 and see if raises some ideas (taster here: https://www.blackwellpublishing.com/content/bpl_images/content_store/sample_chapter/0631225137/bridge.pdf)
I like the pic number one because it points to anomality, but you can still see the sex, ethnicity and all. It takes a way individuality of the subjects and makes them more just a pass byers.
But anyway, these are just some ideas what this project raised in me and I hope you get it done during year. So, good luck with the project.
ps. I also like the Obiwan picture as well. :-)
|