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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
11/14/2006 5:46:21 AM
reminds me of aaron siskind. you should check him out. i like implication of the empty, dark window. this has a very strong composition with the thirds and the 9 implied rectangles. the monochromatic color scheme works well with the implied rectangles almost as if it is a paint study of value. i am drawn in by the simple complexity of this image.
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| Photo By: Jason Elkins
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
11/14/2006 5:45:11 AM
i like the combination of flat, silhouette shapes with the moulded, realistic clouds...the bushes have a very sinister feel to them, it enhances the feeling of being in purgatory, stuck somewhere you can't get out of...the tonal gradation in the sky really pulls your eye down to the menacing bushes, then back up to the clouds as if there is something beautiful just beyond, just out of reach....
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| Photo By: Jason Elkins
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/25/2006 11:45:24 AM
your face is so amazing in this image. it is so intense. the fact that you can't see all of your face makes it so much deeper, the darkness obscures the details that could potentially ruin the image with too much information. it becomes distilled down into pure, animalistic emotion. the tendons in the neck and the definition created by the molding of the shadows on the shoulders intensify the reaction to your expression. the diagonal implied by the connection from your head to your shoulder creates more movement, more tension. i am stunned and amazed by the emotions evoked by this image. hatred, pain, rage, despair, hopelessness, helplessness, futility, insanity.
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| Photo By: Jason Elkins
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/17/2006 10:00:52 PM
absolutely stunning. the posture is so bleak and forlorn...you really get a sense of tragedy and despair. the blurred focus works extremely well with this image, representing not just the figure as out of focus, but your thoughts, your feelings, your life...like you are lost and cannot find your way back, don't know which way to turn. the molding of the form with the shadows and highlights helps to perpetuate those thoughts as if you are half in and half out of awareness of the world around you.
the composition is very strong with the triangle being formed by the figure. as we know, three points define a plane in geometry, which is why the triangle or sets of three make an image so visually stable. it is grounded, yet grounded in that sorrow...as if the figure wishes to stay and absorb that pain as a lesson, or savor every bit of sweet agony since it is the only remaining aftertaste of what is gone.
the van dyke process works very well with the mood and tone of the image. the brush marks almost like dirty windows smeared to block the light, or bars on a window, put there by who? the figure? to keep inside? or to keep others out? there is so much symbolism in the image that i am amazed. i think that this is such a powerful, eloquent image.
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| Photo By: Greg Jones
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/13/2006 3:52:29 PM
thank you. yes...i am very intrigued by the unique phenomena that you can create by utilizing the scanner as a camera.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/8/2006 1:59:17 PM
haha...i won't. i promise.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/8/2006 1:58:09 PM
thank you. i am flattered. i felt the same way at first. this is not usually my favorite kind of work. but i found that i could work very quickly and capture a more raw form of emotion this way. i can think a shoot to death, this is definitely a step away from my self imposed strictures and comfort zone. but i feel like it was successful. all of the things that you mentioned as eye catching were the very reasons i halted my work at this point. it was done here, finished. i am glad that it inspired a response in you.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/7/2006 12:00:56 PM
thank you, elaborate?
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/6/2006 6:57:09 AM
thank you.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/6/2006 6:56:46 AM
thanks, mel. it felt like i felt that day. empty, masked, picked apart and broken down.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/3/2006 9:19:57 AM
it is the bottom of a couple drinking glasses overlayed with two versions of that same glass rolled along in time with the scanner..
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/3/2006 9:16:35 AM
thank you very much! i am glad you enjoyed it.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/3/2006 1:37:54 AM
the title is quite fitting. when i read it, that is exactly what i expected to see...it is quite erotic, just a glimpse...that symbolic idea of bliss. i really like the concept. i think you handled it very well, i am quite drawn to this image, i keep peering at it, hoping to see more.
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| Photo By: James Cook
(K:38068)
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/3/2006 1:20:06 AM
ahhh...maybe i should have read all the comments first...sorry...
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| Photo By: James Cook
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/3/2006 1:18:14 AM
are those legs through a skirt? i will save further critique until i know for sure...
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| Photo By: James Cook
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/3/2006 1:02:13 AM
all done with the scanner. it is an interesting concept to use the scanner as a camera just like any other. i have seen some work done that way, but never tried it. i am quite happy with these. they allowed me to work faster and more emotionally than i was able to with a camera or film. the distortions are anomalies unto themselves, and can be amazing if embraced. glad you like it!
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
10/3/2006 12:56:18 AM
i utilized my scanner as a camera for my new series. the hand is against the scanner, but the other element is plastic for the texture. thank you...i hope the digital elements don't turn you off...it happens every now and then, sometimes even to me. but this whole set was very expressive to me.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
9/1/2006 10:24:05 AM
what do you mean?
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
9/1/2006 8:33:21 AM
the gesture of raising your arms as if to embrace the light creates a sense of yearning or searching...like you are waiting for that soul-defining moment. the halo of the light, the shadow of your arms, the wrinkles in your shirt and the gradient light on the wall all make you focus on the interaction between you and the light. as if the light is a tangible object or entity.
it is bleak and forlorn...the stark patterns, low key lighting and litter on the ground seem reinforce the lonliness...yet you are reaching out of it.
very interesting.
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| Photo By: Greg Jones
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/31/2006 5:52:14 AM
thanks, mel...but a girl has to have her secrets! it is just a method that i developed to control the light so that i could use it the same way i would a pencil or a piece of chalk to be able to "draw" a latent image on photo paper. then i develop it and cross my fingers that what was in my mind came out on paper.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/31/2006 5:37:56 AM
in my opinion...this is one of your best portraits. all of the different body gestures give off a lot of information to be interpreted. at the same time that you are being a protective mother, you are also being bold, aggressive...staring down any who would challenge you, your family, what your family is or how you take care of it...almost daring anyone to attack you. almost as if you are waiting for the threat to come, by the tilt of your head...but not concerned if it did. the look in your eyes is almost cynical and sad at the same time.
it seems as though hayden is becoming aware of the world apart from you by the way he is leaning away and staring with that questioning look in his eye. but marreck is still safely tucked away.
very eloquent.
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| Photo By: Melanie Reynolds
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/31/2006 5:14:34 AM
thank you!
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/31/2006 5:11:23 AM
i saw this image and without even seeing the title, i got this amazing sense of life and nature perservering. this tiny, little plant growing froma an old, broken down concrete structure made such a loud sound! it almost yelled that it would be...society, technology, innovation be damned! life will find a way...all of our great monuments to civilization will one day be fallen...just like rome and the earth will claim her scattered pieces again. the halo of light areas in the bokeh make your eyes travel straight to the little plant and focus on it...really "see" it. very visually articulate. kudos.
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| Photo By: A. W. Osnafotos
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/27/2006 8:58:11 PM
thank you very much. i am a big fan of grain. i actually bought a bulk roll of 3200 that had been expired since 1998 and the grain is fantastic. i didn't have it for this, sadly.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/27/2006 8:58:06 PM
thank you very much. i am a big fan of grain. i actually bought a bulk roll of 3200 that had been expired since 1998 and the grain is fantastic. i didn't have it for this, sadly.
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/27/2006 10:27:43 AM
thank you very much!
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| Photo By: Jennifer West
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Critique By:
Jennifer West (K:243)
8/25/2006 7:51:04 AM
that is so true...it took me forever to get them to stop posing. i ended up sitting under the dining room table for an hour while shooting before they started ignoring me and i got some good shots. i blew two rolls on fake poses...thanks for seeing so deep.
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