steven_muller

Actually not that original. Saw this 8 years ago when rolling stone showed this as an opener to an article about the band phish. Shot my mark seliger...http://www.markseliger.com/home.html

Go to the "musicians" section of his site

hmmmm,I rarely ever contribute to the discussion of POW but this one has brought some

intersting points. First and foremost, the image is lacking any REAL content. It has been

noted that it is the simplicity of the three sticks that is so intriguing. I say, "SO WHAT"

Is this supposed to be a toned black and

white image? Is this a color image? It looks a muddled mess to me. There is no definitive

tonality in the image itself. The contrast is such because of poor metering and nothing

more. the composition looks to be a terrible interpretation of the rule of thirds.

If the three sticks were butted up against the left side of the frame it would def. make a

more dramatic impact and would help to at least lead the viewer somewhat through the

image. The way it stands now, it just feels lost to me.

I don't think the subjects are elevated to character status, they read to me as three sticks

propped up on a back drop. There are no human characteristics to them, there is no

ethereal quality juxtaposed, there just isn;t anything in the image that captivates me.

I do applaud the artist for trying, and thats all we can really do, but my negativity is not

directed at the artist as much as it is the judges for choosing this.