LIVING IN STYLE

Barbie always knew a thing or two about style.

Style is soooo subjective.

This style is real funny...does not fit the neighborhood..LOL....

Gord, glad to see you!

I'm grateful for your views and comments. I have gone to your page, and find no images. I noticed this some time ago, but did not act upon it. Your posting here reminds me of that. Can you tell me what is going on?

Well, I post, but nobody sees them. Such is life. I'm determined to keep posting anyway. This scene is probably not too similar to Israel (I hope anyway).

Thanks for viewing and commenting.

Some "Higher Power" guiding you to this places. I can't imagine otherwise. Incredible.

Cheers.

I had planned to leave an explanation on my homepage, but for various reasons decided against. 

 I grew increasingly concerned that the Ken and Barbie doll team now running PN would ban me from the site and I would be no longer able to edit, delete or otherwise control the content on my pages. As PN becomes increasing more of an embarrassment to be associated with this becomes of greater concern. When they deleted my link to a UK newspaper report on US drones killing dozens of Afghanistan wedding attendees and sent me an email stating " no thanks Gordon"  I figured it was time to get outta Dodge City.  Within a few weeks of my removing my portfolio Ken and Barbie banned Fred G from the entire site, I believe that it was over a comment Fred made on the same forum thread. This left Fred with his photos on a site he no longer had access to.Eventually the ban was partially lifted, however as I understand the situation, a ban to all forums remains. This is precisely the sort of nonsense I wanted to avoid by taking down my images. I may in the future put up a few images at a time and take them down before posting new ones. When I do post images these days I post them to Facebook. At least over there someone looks at them and gives me feedback. PN has become a ghost town. With few exceptions ( yourself included ) the photographers whose work and opinions I respect have been driven off or left. I'm not in need of the opinions of bored housewives and wannabees however I do miss you and some others so I stick my nose in the door once in awhile.

Thanks for the information. I guess I'm pretty much out of touch, since I did not realize all that was going on. Of course I've noticed the decline of activity, but I attribute some (maybe much) of that to my own lackadaisical performance. I'm on Fbook as you know, and I also post to Flickr. I've not found either one all that satisfying. On Flickr I get much more activity on my images than I do here on Pnet. Unfortunately, it's mostly of the "I love this" nature, or "Awesome!"  Very little really critical stuff. I'm okay with that, but it doesn't expose one to the deeper thinkers that were available here on Pnet. Guys like you, Fred, Jack, Jeff, Pnina and many others are great intellects and gifted artists. That side of folks doesn't come out on Flickr or Fbook. But maybe I'll have to settle for less. In the meantime I'll continue to post here and will have to decide in February if I wish to renew. I hope we can stay in contact, as I truly respect your outlook on life and art, and thoroughly enjoy the work you share.

Peace

Dave yeah agreed, I do not use flicker but I have put images up at Photosig.  over the years and the experience is often underwhelming.  Facebook is more about connecting with a large group of acquaintances than eliciting hard edged photo critique. I like that at FB my scuba pals and my avant music pals and friends from PN etc. all check out what I'm up to and often interact with each other. FB also makes it easy to see what you all have been up to.

PN has become a minor part of my life but it remains a part.  I do not know that we could will ever bring back those spirited days when we had such a tight and dedicated group of wonderful folks all sharing their perspectives, ideas and knowledge on a regular basis but I do hope that we all stay in touch. Despite the  geographic distances and having never met, the friendships feel very real aand worthy of continued efforts. In that spirit I'll dig up some of my crazy ass images and post a few. Your photos always make me think and make me smile, which are two of my favourite pastimes.

Cheers

Gord

Agreed. For awhile there we had a really fine group of troopers who had a great time with the interaction. And, without a doubt, I feel a certain kinship with that merry band of pneteers. But, nothing lasts forever including Pnet. Facebook is on the ascendency, but its time, too, shall come. And we come and go like the wind. Well, I'm a sentimentalist, and I'll try and stay connected to some of you as long as I can. 

In terms of keeping in touch we do live in wonderful times. I remember  the days when I had to actually put pen to paper and then get stamps and post my communications. Nowadays with the click of a mouse the world is my soapbox!!

I had intentions on adding a further note to the image, but haven't gotten around it until now.

The key thing that fascinated me wit this image, was the vague difference in scale. I find it difficult to tell if I'm looking at a very large Barbie car or very small backdrop. This strange place between the real world and fantasy appeals to me and your image hits the spot. I hope this make sense to you and maybe inspire you to do more in the same style.

- Svend Erik

Thanks again for your input. If you did not see the scene first hand, it would be difficult to know the scale. For instance, one could take a little tiny model car and place it so that it appeared as large as this one. In reality, this is a large child's toy car that would accommodate two kids of an age up to 10 or so. It was beat up pretty bad, but I'm surprised that someone had not taken it to see if they could make something of it. When new, I think it might well have sold for several hundred dollars.

I'm glad you stay, and I 'm glad to  see Gordon visiting as well! ;-))

Thank you.