Education...

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Fantastic work, well executed and thought up.

 

jon

why did you have to do 7 shots for this?

Awesome. Congrats !

excellent !!! a very high quality work.

Thank you all! :)

 

P.S. I'm really curious about the anonymous 3/3 rater. I mean, if he would've rated it a 3/5 that would have been "understandable", but in what way is this shot unoriginal?

 

What can I say? People are people!

 

Thanks again all,

 

Andi.

Nice one Andrei, but in my oppinion you should take care with the shadows which are not natural (the shadow from the girl`l leg who is sitting on the floor is pointed in front-left, but at one meter behind, the second`s model shadow is the exactly the opposite). Also the male`s shadow had it`s own orientation which is different from the previous two...

It is a beautiful and interesting image. I like the concept and the execution. As far as someone giving you a low rating, I am guessing they didn't look at the image. As far as I am concerned, nicely done. Dan

Thank you Dan! :)

Fantastic - I particularly like the 'discarded' figures in the lower right. Very good story.

Emancipation: Why ? Where ? The father and the son and the ... . ! Say Im a lady I am proud - not a slave ! Lets look forward: 2009. Well done ! BR joerg

Actually the title is "Education", not "Emancipation" and the shot is not about enslavement, it's about manipulation.

 

Thank you,

 

Andi.

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This is a very attractive concept pulled off well. I don't "get" the 'Education' title though. Interesting combined elements here with the focus to be on the puppet lady but always tends to drift to the downed lady. (The dad teaching the little kid something?)

Nice modernistic or super-stylistic photography!

I really find this funny and interesting... Only one little negative, perhaps: blurred edges and blurry corner of the room are a little awkward for me. All else is a real delight and should please all enquiring minds...:-) All the best for your next pictures of this kind - and other kinds too...

OMG!
It's an honor.
Thank you for the appreciation.
It makes it all even more worthwhile.

Andi Popescu.

 

Lighting is not good, very confused by which is the main subject and what relationships between subjects, and the composition is also not good. This picture didn’t have any photography’s techniques. In my opinion this picture is very unsuccessful.

An excellent conceptual image, open to several interpretations. A couple of the elements don't quite seem to match up, but that is sort of a minor point with an image like this. I could've done without the four copyright imprints. I'd also like to see more shadow detail, but overall, the image and the concept work for me.

an intelligent shot....I really like this for gestures and the peoples who are playing the puppets....good details in this one....regards((bobby)).

I see a lot of people who disagree with the idea of the image automatically express a bad opinion of the image itself.
FYI the larger theme of the image was EVIL, meaning that the author actually does think that the idea portrayed in the image is an EVIL one.
I think this needs clarifying so that people can view the image as it was meant. I know this because the author is a friend of mine and I helped him to degree in producing this image.
In my opinion the lighting part of the image could have been much better but unfortunately we did not have the technical capabilities for more.
Great work Andi!

has the mother of this boy been manipulated?

 

I can see already this image is going to drag up a lot of equality, politically based issues. That's not what it's about. It's about the image itself. Which, by the way is conceptually so well done. The idea is so original. Very much deserving of POW

Excellent POW selection! Props to the Elves, and congrats to Andi!

This image puts me in mind of a Hans Bellmer exhibit I saw at ICP nearly 10 years ago. His work, like this image, is, at one level, disturbingly captivating, and at another, just beautifully well-executed art. Fantastic image; 7/7.

Michael J Hoffman

Wow. Not sure why I'm jumping in on this discussion. Opinions are really strong. To me, the image is engaging, unusual, and creates a mood right away. It keeps me looking and thinking. I think you did a great job (and gave it 7/7).