Statuesque

A marvellous piece of photomontage although it's hard to tell which were original elements and which were inserted. There's a lot going on here and lots to hold our interest. What I find distracting though is the flatness of the image and lack of contrast. Obviously you are an accomplished digital processor and so this must have been a conscious choice, but I feel the image needs extra snap or sparkle to make it jump off the page. I hope you don't mind but I tried an experiment in PS to illustrate my point.

I don't mind at all Milo, but it doesn't work for me. Our screens are obviously out of Sync. I can only tell you that she looks OK in print.

best

Dominic

Dominic,

Congratulations on your recent Spider B&W award. Pretty special award - and a great tribute to your work! Your work has always been at the top of my list. Glad to see others agree. :^) I imagine your images are low key on purpose. I notice this one has values from 0 to 158 and has nothing in the 158-255 range. TRUE low key. Pretty brave! In any case, as the artist you get to make the call.

Many won't understand this, some will. That's art.

Hi Steve,

are you sure I have won something in the spiders this year? I have received no notification of it. If you have a URL I would appreciate it.

regards,

Dominic

Dominic,

My apologies. I really thought I had seen your name. Perhaps I was thinking of my friend, Jeff Alu. In any case, you certainly have won your share of awards! It's really interesting how few photo.net people get to see award winning work - which rarely receive high marks by the way!!! Jeff Alu won a Spider and few know who he is.

http://www.photolucida.org/cm_winners.aspx?aID=e60a0fe1-e4ee-4177-a091-f70238466d4e

http://photoawards.com/contest/P_dominic_rouse.asp

http://www.lacda.com/exhibits/rouse.html

Exhibitions & Awards

Dominic's work is exhibited regularly in various parts of the world. In August 2002 he showed at the XII Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia in Buenos Aires for three months and during September and October at the Benham Gallery in Seattle with Jerry Uelsmann. In February of the same year he had his first solo London show at Plus One Gallery in Seymour Place and also exhibited at the Schneider Gallery in Chicago from June through August. In March-May 2003 he had his first US solo show at the Carmel Center for Photographic Art and will be exhibiting in Honolulu and Houston in early 2004. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for his advertising work and was a winner of the International Digital Exhibition Awards (IDEA) in 1999 & 2000. In March 2002 he was awarded the Ultimate Eye Foundation grant in California and in December 2003 won the 'Special Photographer' category in the first International Photography Awards (Photography's Oscars) held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. In October 2004 he begins a residency at Light Work in Syracuse, New York.

Hi Steve,

thanks for clearing that up for me and for all the kind comments you have made over the past few years in regard to my work. They are greatly appreciated.

warmest,

Dominic