British Army Photo Contest (Daily Mail)

Keep it about the photo.....

It touches the Soul.

 

Anyone got a photo of women in the US military with a rifle by Arnett ?

Edited September 26, 2018 by Moving On

Touching the soul...perhaphs.

Or,maybe...

OK, OK.

This seems necessary.....

There are perhaps two interpretations of “touches the soul”.....

The soul of the viewer and the soul of the subject.

 

Different perspectives.

Edited September 26, 2018 by Moving On

The boy with the puppy.

Interaction works.

Similar quality to the third picture in the original post of “Alfie”

Or...

The last photo... a photo of …..for me....a great sadness of a fellow lifeform, very close to death.

I have seen so many, far too many pit bulls abandoned and starving on the streets of South Memphis after fighting/breeding was used up......

A picture of it falls far short for me.

The eyes, the cowed look of simply wanting the tiniest bit of kindness are so imprinted in my mind, few photos stand out anymore.

"tiniest bit of kindness are so imprinted in my mind, few photos stand out anymore." moving on.

 

A photograph is not bound by time or memory.

 

It remains oblivious to such banalities.

It is ( bound) when the light reflected from it hits the retina......

The photos do not speak here.

The viewers do.

"There are perhaps two interpretations of “touches the soul”.....

The soul of the viewer and the soul of the subject" moving in on.

 

Indeed, but the two are not necessary inclusive...you are making a wall of inclusion between them. We are all members of humanity and not so different as you appertain to.

 

"It is ( bound) when the light reflected from it hits the retina......

The photos do not speak here.

The viewers do".

moving on.

 

The viewer only has a blank canvas to speak to unless the Art communicates....

Anyway, thanks for the conversation and good night. God bless.

 

Do not forget your nightly prayers despite thie late hour.

Thank you for posting these, Mr. Vongries, I really liked no.1 and the photo of the young Nepalese soldier. I was fortunate enough to have contact with the Gurkhas and was always impressed by these polite and content young men. The proud display of the standard issue two kukris, one ceremonial and one service, gives the other side of deadly efficiency and the photo brings this out well. A little reading reveals very interesting things about them, have a look at the exasperated plea made to them during D-day not to collect. Do military photos work better in monochrome? All the best, Charles.

Pesky facts.....

A Queen firing a machine gun.

queen elizabeth firing machine gun - Google Search:

Howzat?

I was talking about scientific well established and researched facts of evolutionary psychology and biology of how and why men are more prone to aggression and aggressive competition (in war, sports, careers, posturing,...) than women.

The thing about scientific research is that it has to be fairly and intelligently applied to specific situations. I’m talking about photos of soldiers, male and female, and you’re talking about studies of aggression in the overall population of men and women.

 

Two things about soldiers and photos. I’m not going back to reread everything but I don’t remember your even mentioning the photos here, certainly not emphasizing them or taking much notice of them in your comments. That, in itself, is telling.

1. The relative degree and necessity of aggression in soldiers may very well not reflect the degree and need for aggression in the general population.
   
2. This is about photos of soldiers and their portrayal. I believe photographers are under no obligation to seek out scientific research before portraying anyone they want in a photo. Nor are viewers required to do so in forming opinions about what is being shown, especially in a culled series of competition photos for a newspaper article. Portrayals of aggressions or any other human quality come at the discretion of a photographer and the predispositions of the specific subjects they shoot. I don’t know if there were simply no female soldiers with guns found by any of these photographers or if the “curator” of this particular series consciously or unconsciously left out images of more aggressive female soldiers. Either way, I find it a flaw of the series.
   

Research is one thing. Knowing when and how to apply it is another.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell

 

Phil, even if you have worn a uniform, you speak for yourself. If you haven't...well, there you have it.

There you have it.

Truth - apparently fungible. Please keep your language civil - I have not insulted you, just questioned your perspective.

We're good - just remember, though likely I stretch it a bit, as a Moderator (as with Uniform), I have to observe different rules.

IMO some very fine shots among these.

British Army public vote on Army Photographic Competition 2018 | Daily Mail Online

There were some great shots, all keepers, and a number outstanding. Thanks for putting that link up.