single photos interface

well.. I gonna ask you many things... ;-)

o what about the title ? does it make sense to you ? any suggestions?

o I can't remember the name and painter of the "background" image

o like it ?

This is a great concept! Great expression on the model, it interacts well withthe painting -- he is fascinated and inquisitive, she is demure and coquettish. The angle of light matches up well.

 

I like what you've started here. I have a few suggestions, take 'em or leave 'em. The contrast on the model is great, but the contrast on the painting is too light. The painting should be burned in a bit to place both of them in the same contrast range. Also, I would prefer some balance in the placement of the picture frame in the composition; the spacing on the right edge doesn't match with the left edge. Also appears that the camera was not entirely level; the vertical lines (frame) appear slanted just slightly to the right.

 

If digital manipulation is acceptable to you, I would suggest positioning her arm and shoulder closer to his right hand, then manipulating so that his hand appears to be laying on her arm with the thumb "projecting" from the painting. Similar treatment would be neat with his left hand on her thigh.

Great idea! Very nice. Wouldn't change anything.

Thank you Christian for your comment. Actually I picked that photo after digging into negs from 2001 taken in NYC. You are right with camera level, I had to rotate the whole picture quite a bit :-( Conditions during the shot were not very good and today I'm not happy with many aspects of this picture. However I like the general feeling of it.

 

About digital manipulation, I like your idea, althought I prefer manipulating my pictures to a minimum level.

 

Thank you for taking the time to comment it.

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The painter is Jan VerMeer. He's considered one of the, if not the top, best painters in the history of Western art. The title doesn't mean anything to me and I would not want to waste any time researching it for the fact that you did not know who the painter was leading me to believe that not too much thought was put into the title.

 

I think the photo is good though! Intriguing.

 

- James

Concerning the meaning of the title, "interface", is obvious, but the numbers afterwards left me dumbfounded. - Just to clear up what I meant.

 

- James

How the hell did you pull this off? That painting is priceless, she's very close to it... amazing. What's the story behind the making of this picture? I expect is was done either without the knowledge of the Curator, or after careful negociations with the Museum. I expect the former, or you would have had more time and taken greater care with leveling and props (the white fabric below her is too bright). I'll bet this was big fun to do. I'm envious... t

Wow this is quite original.

Thank you James for the painter's name. About the numbers, it's just the photo index number from my files which appears after the caption - not something I have a grasp on since it depends on PN html layout.

;-)

 

not that I do not want to answer your question but... let say that sometimes things are better left unanswered... I am quite happy your imagination worked full steam when looking at this picture. Would have it been the same if I had given full details...?

This is funny. This idea is frequently exploited by Russian ad designers - they like to take some famous paiting and make some evil (add vamp eyes, change poses, add advertised goods, style like 1910-20th posters, etc). Your work is particulary valuable for expressions.

MS wrote "This is not high-concept, just cheap silliness--and not even that well done, in terms of framing, contrast, etc."

Thank you for your comment however I don't remember pretending this picture is "high-concept" as you say.

Full marks for impertinence! I do admire your ingenuity and your wit but is this really a photograph? I have quite a few of these recreations in my own files but I wouldn't have the cheek to show them here.

Thank you for your comment. What is your definition for a "true photo" ? As for me I believe we - people from western "civilizations" - tend to analyse things according to different criteria or levels and forget to grasp things as a whole. I would say the only important criterium about photo is simply the 'experience' people have when viewing at it and the sincerity/genuity of the author.

Very good idea!

....... Believe me I like this very much.It's a kind of hybrid of photography and painting that is full of wit.You would have had my unstinted praise if the elemnts had been more skillfully integrated here. There is a slight disparity of scale between the two figures and the actual reproduction of the painting is a bit rough. You obviously made a decision to do it in b.w. rather than colour - I wonder why? David

Well, I mostly ie. 99% work in b&w - I consider color photography far more difficult, and I'm not there yet before taking color pics... one day may be... ;-) As for this picture b&w is I think more appropriate since the blending between the two "layers" operates better in b&w.

Thanks for the explanation. Black and white has so many possibilities, colour can be too literal. I'll be interested to see other of your works in this vein. David

Interesting... the Astronomer (the actual name of this VMeer painting) seems changing hobby!!;-)

 

Interesting one. I have 4 suggestions, 3 of them concern that picture:

- the grain is a bit too different between 2 parts.

- get the man's hand closer to the woman

- framing the picture with the original painting frame would have give more credibility to this montage.

The third suggestion: J.Vermeer did this study on Astromer but he did another one "the Geographer" so that I post here my idea about discovering the world in house (a mix of M.Fröderberg image and J.Vermeer painting) in a similar way. What do think about it?!:o)))

PS:If you, M.Fröderberg or a descendant of J.Vermeer complain, I will erase this picture from my comment.Cheers:-))

:)

 

thank you for your comment and your version of the geographer...

Top marks for a top effort. I really like this image & the look on the models face makes it for me. If you ever have prints done, you let me know as I want one!

 

Gavin

Thank you for taking the time to make the model a part of a story. Too many 'photographers' think if she's naked it's art.

I'd love to see more.

excelent !!