glenview mansion exhibit James

. . . the name of the apartment building

Well seen, good composition, cheers Jana

Hello Carl.

 

I love the irony here - you have created a very witty image!

 

7/7

 

Regards, Nick.

The same little stories. I like the diagonal lines. It looks like images of a running movie...

Carl, first impression - contact sheet. Each image is interesting and eye-catching in its own right. The mis-aligned bottom right corner creates a strong sense of tilt for me, but not unintended on your part I'm sure. It rather lends itself to the appearance of chaos in the individual images within. I like it!

I am at a loss for words at the moment. This is a very impressive photograph, but that is what we have come to expect from you.

 

This photograph, which is literally a collection of images, just seems to peg the impressiveness needle at the way too cool end of the gauge. It is as though something just happened that was so fast and bewildering that it takes a while to wrap your mind around it.

 

The thumbnail gave me the initial impression of looking down at large prints displayed on tables outside, because to me the brick looked like paving rather than exterior walls. It looks like the courtyard at a Civic Center or a large Public School. Just imagine what that many 30 inch prints would cost.

 

 

I snuck this in the show at the last minute. Two of my camera club colleagues, who know my work as well as anyone, showed up at the reception and expressed their reservations that this was real and wanted to know If I had cloned each "picture" into the composition. After given them a hard time, telling them they should have known better given my usual approach to manipulation, I had to confess that at a certain level, I was delighted with the deception.

 

The confusing part seems to be the variety of dark and light, as well as the degree of distortion. Both are easily explainable, but I feel fortunate to have found a composition that was so extreme on both accounts.

I've looked at this many times and I have not yet made up my mind.

 

The way each window talks of a different story is magnificent. I think contact sheet, of course, as many others, but also something of almost organic, yet of regular shapes, pulsating its way through the central and lower strips.

 

The fact is, I really do not manage to like the slanted composition. I understand (maybe) some of the reasons for which you've chosen it... still, I might have liked it more boringly horizontal. Is it just me?

The idea was to show vertical as well as horizontal progressions. With this orientation, each window is as large as possible while still showing three rows of windows. I also think the brick lines and single blue/gray line offer a more dynamic graphic for the windows to play off compared to the more familiar and arguably boring row upon row of horizontals.

 

(I did shoot several horizontals and very much prefer this one, although I realize many viewers find the obliques objectionable.)

Point taken... but you'd have the bricks and the gray line also in an arguably boring composition. Incidentally, I like them both.

 

The problem I have is that I know this is a building and hence desire the straight lines. Shall I try and forget it, I like the L->R rythm that you get from the two red triangles in the bottom and top corners. They seem to keep pushing the eye to go through the frames.

I think looking down onto a sidewalk or light table rather than out towards a wall suggest that the obliques contribute to the ambiguity of the subject matter. It's a wall, but don't look at it that way and you'll be fine. :-)