leanne_newton

Cruel and tender. The 'defects' in the lighting are the key to the meaning of the image, and elevate it from being unoriginal. Very elegant statement, I think.

Congratulations Tim :) I like this very much...makes me think of Norman Parkinson. Very stylish indeed.

 

Best,

Rereading my comment, I guess I should have said 'in the driving snow', not 'against'. Against the elements. I don't think the shot would have been better with him walking towards the photographer - different, possibly more ordinary...almost certainly more obvious and so less poetic.

An image which stands on its own. Even if this was the only photograph you had ever taken it would still be great, Maria.

The man struggling along with his burden against the driving snow : I find it absolutely poetic.

I prefer the original image, by far. I feel

that detail has been lost in the second

version, due to the increased contrast. I find

the slightly tatty wallpaper

and skirting board rather touching,

and in wonderful contrast to

the innocent simplicity and purity

of the wedding dress, which by it`s very shape suggests

youth and tenderness.

Personally I am shocked that Mary no longer

has this negative.

This is a photograph which is certainly more

interesting to the photographer than to the bride,

in my opinion.

Even if permission was arranged,

for whatever reason, as it of course

would have been, the act of taking

this picture could have been as instinctive as

any photo taking should be,

hence the slightly imperfect framing

(the arm cut off), and most of all I rather

think this is a `mirror`

rather than simple documentary shot,

and as happens,

by revealing the subject,

the photographer has also revealed himself

( at least to me ).

It also makes me wonder what the man thought

of the photographer`s workday,

just as we are wondering about his life and work.

Did this man pause for a moment,

to observe

the photographer at work,

and in that shared glance ,

open and empathic,

did this image came into being, a reflex, a snapshot,

of a human connection....?

Unique, and therefore original,

in no way posed.