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Critique By:
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10/30/2006 1:38:58 PM
A pastoral sense .. looking up into blue sky from ground level. Nice addition to the series!
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| Photo By: Emgy Massidda
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Critique By:
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10/5/2006 2:11:36 PM
An asset to the series ......... and the colors on this one are wonderfully metallic. Nice work, Emgy!
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| Photo By: Emgy Massidda
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Critique By:
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9/15/2006 7:17:04 PM
Ana ........ I also wanted to point out that the bad word used by Ames, in his first comment, has been changed to all asterisks. I tried to include mention of it in the above comment but it resulted in the entire comment being blocked. If you make any mention, using certain words, that the comments on this site are being watched it will result in their being blocked from posting. I've had comments quoting from the Bible that were not able to post ........ strange place.
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| Photo By: ana ribeiro
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Critique By:
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9/15/2006 7:04:49 PM
Ana ......... that comment was directed to me, and it was in response to my reply to Mr. Ame’s first comment .......... which was also directed to me. I received email notification of both the comments from Mr. Ames, and if you received notification too it’s most likely because they were posted on this picture of yours.
When you originally posted the picture I saw its similarity with the Constructionist “black on black” paintings of Alexander Rodtschenko’s from the 1920s ........ so I quoted [in my comment at the time] from Rodtschenko’s well known Futurist [from the Russian perspective of the era] Manifesto as an acknowledgment of the connection between your work and his.
Now, three years later, along comes Mr. Ames with some complaint about the Rodtschenko quotation ......... and in spite of my explanations he seems to have it in his head that I’m somehow connected with the opinions of Rodtschenko. Not that it’s any of his business if were, but I did offer to explain the connection between your photograph and the Manifesto. But I suggested he take up his problem regarding the opinions in the quotation with someone who would defend or support it. It’s that point he doesn’t seem to understand. His command of English seems limited and his level of cultural literacy low.
Now, because of the childish nature of his last comment .... the one you are concerned about ........ I suspect he feels foolish and will go away. As for removing the comments I do not know how to contact anyone managing this site ........ but I’d leave them up as a reminder to Mr. Ames, and hopefully they’ll dissuade him from butting into conversations in the future.
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| Photo By: ana ribeiro
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Critique By:
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9/15/2006 2:06:57 AM
Hi Ana ........... got the message you posted to my picture.
What happened here is that Mr. Ames made a comment to me from this page by clicking “Reply to john dittrich” on the old comment I had made to you back in 2003 ....... and I got notice of it via email.
He seems to take offense with the Rodtschenko quotation in my comment. ......... doesn’t understand the context in which it’s presented [not that it’s any of his business] ............ yet wants to complain about it. Doesn’t seem to have anything to do with your picture though.
Just a pest and I’m sure he’ll go away ....... and I’m sure A* would take the comments down if you asked.
So, I see you now posting again here ........... and some interesting work as always. Few people here that I know anymore ........ except Fabio and Jeanette Hagglund. I’m not posting many pics these days as my business needs attention ......... but up until recently I was posting some snapshots on my Zert page here, but even took those down because I couldn’t keep up with the few comments they brought.
I do check your Photos**n pages to see what you’ve been up too.
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| Photo By: ana ribeiro
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Critique By:
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9/15/2006 12:25:49 AM
What debate, Mr. Ames? I just told you that if you have a problem with [ or wish to “debate” ] Rodtschenko’s statement you’ll need to go find someone to defend it. That’s not clear? And you don’t understand that connecting the statement to the picture is not an endorsement of either the statement or the picture? Then perhaps you think the ability to connect guillotines to Jacobeans would mean one is in favor of terror and beheadings?
My advice to you is not to attempt to debate anyone, not to be a pest, to keep the “F” word confined to your own UF page ......... and to find a new hobby.
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| Photo By: ana ribeiro
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Critique By:
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9/14/2006 7:38:35 PM
If you don’t understand the connection between the quotation and the photograph I would be happy to entertain a question ....... however, if your problem is with the quotation itself I suggest you take it up with someone who will defend Mr. Rodtschenko. And if you should decide to do either I advise you to dispense with the juvenile language and affected angst.
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| Photo By: ana ribeiro
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Critique By:
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8/27/2006 4:17:25 AM
I want the '55 Cadillac Eldorado convertable in the background 
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
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7/6/2006 6:08:06 PM
Hey! I know them guys that’s redistributing all the wealth ........ they’re the same ones that’s making all those gigantic circles in the cornfields at night.
Pretty pic...... BTW. Pastel coloring gives it a very 18/19th century Romantic sensibility. I can easily see it [ with a few less stars ] as the battle scared flag flying from the mast of the Bon Homme Richard after it prevails over the Serapis.
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Photo By: Paul Lara
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Critique By:
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7/5/2006 3:34:27 PM
............................ love it!
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| Photo By: Bea Friedli
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Critique By:
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6/2/2006 6:10:09 PM
kexp.org
a small Uni radio station until Paul Allen [Microsoft cofounder] put money and moxie behind it ...... now the center of alt/indie radio in the US and the the best streaming quality on the net ...... and, because Seattle is the place bands come to see if what is said is so it has live broadcasts almost everyday and a well appointed cellar of live studio and club recordings ........... cheryl walters is my favorite dj [ 6pm - 10pm uk time ]
also ..... if the radar on your side of the pond hasn’t picked up on Elvis Perkins yet go to ..... http://www.myspace.com/elvisperkinsindearland .......and download “Ash Wednesday” ... I think it’s the version [compressed] that will be on a cd soon ........... if it’s not there you can stream a lesser version at ..... http://www.elvisperkins.net/ .......
and with that i leave you these immortal words from The Flaming Lips:
“Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah”
............................... z
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| Photo By: Lubi Star
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Critique By:
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5/15/2006 2:04:50 AM
........ a master's craftmanship too
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
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1/28/2006 6:43:25 AM
WOW! .... wonderful color.
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| Photo By: Larry Donnelly
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Critique By:
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1/15/2006 8:09:59 PM
this is wonderful
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| Photo By: karen clarke
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Critique By:
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1/12/2006 9:28:32 PM
intriguing individual images with an unusual graphite toning........ each one strong and interesting ...... unique.... sharpness works great too
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| Photo By: karen clarke
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Critique By:
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12/27/2005 11:08:08 AM
superb! .... love it
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| Photo By: Nuno Peixoto Branco
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Critique By:
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12/26/2005 9:20:31 PM
I always sense a sort of Manichean dualism in hard equal contrasts like the one you have here...... and maybe the face is that of a gnostic revealer. A new-age neo-manichean icon? In any event this one should keep 'em guessing))))))) Superb image and excellent photographic qualities, Karen.
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| Photo By: karen clarke
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Critique By:
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12/10/2005 5:35:54 AM
You just think men swap car parts here because that's what they tell you ............. but did you ever notice the large antennas? The men are probably talking to Venus on galatic HAM radios ........... and most likely trying to work out a deal to swap their wives for Venusian women. Don't tell anybody I told you..ok?
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
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12/10/2005 5:18:58 AM
...... the Lilliputians contemplate the curious nature of Gulliver's piano
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
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12/8/2005 5:45:19 AM
this is a perfect example of what I was blathering on about in my last comment
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| Photo By: karen clarke
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Critique By:
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12/8/2005 5:45:19 AM
this is a perfect example of what I was blathering on about in my last comment
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| Photo By: karen clarke
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Critique By:
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12/7/2005 5:44:07 AM
So it wasn't God afterall?...... it was really the core of an apple that started all of us? I'm sure this will lead to an interesting discussion ...... and possibly a cult )))))
I didn't see the layering of the apples at first and thought you'd stumbled upon a cleaver wall graphic ....... but it's you being clever! Good, Ina.
ps...... has something to do with Eve, doesn't it?
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
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12/7/2005 5:28:03 AM
The Infanta is the narrator and I think we should absorb the room before we listen to her story......... maybe it should surprise us to find her here. That's one reason I prefer the full frame; the other is because I find the larger view of the room so rich and interesting. Super image, Ina!
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
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12/7/2005 5:13:16 AM
Tower of Babel as a fading wall poster + the strong vetical members of a bridge reaching into the sky [romanticism?] + a type of horse I don't see at the Track + you as narrator ......... hmmmmmmm ........... an interesting assemblage, if not a story.
And the rendering is a stunner...... clear and sharp and powerful ..... super realism. I like this one!!!
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
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12/7/2005 2:10:40 AM
I think you have the transparency of the layer exactly right here...... they always seem odd to me when they're not opaque enough. And this image is a stronger design than the previous one ...... and the design of an image is one of your strong points ..... but I think I'm partial to the dark one. They really are quite different impressions. Nice work, Ina.
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
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12/7/2005 2:01:25 AM
oh wow! ......... best street mirror distortion image I've ever seen, and I've seen it tried many times. And you got this one without losing the hard light and contrast that characterizes much of the work you have posted here. [I bet you cleaned the mirror first] Now I want to jump up and go looking for one to play with too!
ps ...... distortions get you boiled in heavier oil then simple PS post-working
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
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12/5/2005 5:00:42 AM
This takes me right back to the first time I saw one of these and the memory of being stunned because they are so immediately accessible to the viewer. And, as I tried to think out "why" I decided it's because they fit exactly Ezra Pound's description [in regards to the Imagist Movement in poetry] of an image as an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time ............ which I took as implying an equal balance between reason/reality and emotion/feeling in the same instant in time.
And because this was my goal in making pictures too my second memory was of being a bit envious that you had acheived it in such an elegantly simple way. And by simple I mean using the reductive qualities of reflections to remove superficialities that distract the mind and give the "reality" side of the equation too much weight. In these images the connection to reality is well balanced with the whimsical feeling, and that's what I think makes them so powerful and magical.
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| Photo By: karen clarke
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Critique By:
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12/3/2005 9:50:11 PM
Has that "pin a badge on me and I'll go roundup everyone who knows more than I do" look. Brownshirt scary....... and really well done, Ina!
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| Photo By: Ina Nicolae
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Critique By:
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12/3/2005 7:57:56 PM
The fading color is really nice in this ........ and unusual as i've never seen an inflatable this color. And it's a good detail/abstract .... but something more too. Although I can see the shape and construction of this picture through your eyes something about it seems alien to most of your work of this type; and I'm sure I wouldn't guess that it was yours. I'm thinking maybe the subject plays into this although I'm not sure how, and in some strange way it immediately seemed recognizable and familiar to me as if I were making this picture, and not you.
Too much coffee for me this morning, no doubt... )))))))))
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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Critique By:
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12/3/2005 4:12:56 AM
love the color in the sky in particular..... nice "straight" shooting!
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| Photo By: Jeanette Hägglund
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