In the Station (08-11)

Why such low ratings? I think it is good, really good. The hand says a lot, there is a mood and a story here.

Thank you, Staphane. I don't recall submitting many to the ratings cue, so I can't explain why there are ratings in the first place. The low scores don't bother me, though, as long as people like you come along every once and a while and see their worth. Thanks for your comment.

The hand is simply gorgeous. It replicates the twisted, knotty, gnarly body poise required to read papers placed left and right of the lap. I find interest in the kind of shabby, non-tailored trouser turnup too. Someone, somewhere in this bunch mentioned the delicious quality of the blacks. I'd love to hold a print on glossy and see the light shine off it.

wonderfull use of light, toning and expression.

greetings to your sensitive soul!

I don't know why, but this reminds me of the magical-realist story "The Very Old Man with Very Large Wings"... or something very similar to that-- the book is buried under a pile of other books and I think they would come crashing down if I tried to dig it out. What I mean is that there is something very off about this, like he is falling off of his legs or has taken them off for a rest. Something magical but inconsequentially magical-- magic that doesn't do anything but make you stop and marvel for a split second. I'm always drawn to his right to see if there is a person next to him that would explain the out-of-place leg, but there's not. It's just striking. Others commented on the hand, but i was taken in by the illusion of the leg.

 

Re: Low ratings-- my guess is that people just rocket past and see a headless portrait and wham, nail it. It's too bad that that is how the system works. Durn numbers.

Matt, thanks for your thoughts.

The hands and body has all the information needed for reading this situation, ( no need for the head.....) especially the light on the veined hand reading the different papers. The metaphor title of the sequence is interesting and thought provoking about our passing life( the dated paper, the way he seats, the waiting, and more). The low selective/dim light adds to the atmospher. Interesting series Doug.

 

I understand your protection on your work, but I would have liked to see it without, it is disturbing....;-))

Thanks Pnina,

Yeah, it's disturbing, but I'm tired of finding my work all over the internet, and who knows where else it is, in print. I was reading a student run university newspaper a few years ago, and came across a half page advertisement for an appartment complex featureing this picture by Tamara Loncar-Agoli. I wrote to her and found she hadn't authorized it. So, I'll leave the notice off my images when I first load them, but after a short while, I'll make them smaller, and apply the text.