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zosia zija
{K:11106} 10/24/2004
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interesting, creative work
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kita mcintosh
{K:18594} 10/15/2004
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excellent exquisite work, so sensitive and well executed. love the toning and the font for the letters. fantastic. faves
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kita mcintosh
{K:18594} 10/15/2004
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excellent exquisite work, so sensitive and well executed. love the toning and the font for the letters. fantastic. faves
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kita mcintosh
{K:18594} 10/15/2004
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excellent exquisite work, so sensitive and well executed. love the toning and the font for the letters. fantastic. faves
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kita mcintosh
{K:18594} 10/15/2004
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excellent exquisite work, so sensitive and well executed. love the toning and the font for the letters. fantastic. faves
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kita mcintosh
{K:18594} 10/15/2004
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excellent exquisite work, so sensitive and well executed. love the toning and the font for the letters. fantastic. faves
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Omar Rifaat
{K:10141} 10/14/2004
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Stefan,
Thanks for your recent comments!
This one really stood out in your portfolio for me. before I saw the superimposed writing, I liked it, but after, I think it is a really original and powerful image. There is a great rythm and simplicity, which makes it so effective.
Regards,
Omar
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Trish McCoy
{K:15897} 10/11/2004
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Wow this is fantastic. nice work here. excellent.
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 10/11/2004
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Dear Svend - to be perfectly blunt, this letter is not a literary masterpiece, but its four pages still carry a heartfelt message of somebody missing his family and keeping a brave face while stationed far from home.
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 10/11/2004
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Dear Telmo - thank you for the visit and taking the time to find the words. I don't plan edits much in advance but this is an exception. I knew I wanted to put this image together when I was shown the letter by my friend.
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svend videbak
{K:7376} 10/10/2004
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Beautiful and poignant. This is excellent graphic design. Years ago I watched "The Civil War", PBS's magnificent, long documentary on the subject. At various points, a narrator would read passages from a letter written home by one of the ridiculously young soldiers before a crucial battle. Of course they chose letters with literary value, but nevertheless I was struck by the writing ability of these young soldiers. Back then, letter-writing was the only form of long-distance communication and people could really write. The beautiful handwriting in this picture reminds me of this again. Rgds, Svend
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Dina Marie
{K:-1410} 10/10/2004
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this image moves me.
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Telmo Domingues
{K:9639} 10/10/2004
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Dear Stephan...
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As you believe it or not, this one is my 9th, 10th comment on this photo... Every words I wrote before were deleted because they didn?t express what the photo says to me... And I still can't do it right...
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Seems like you gave a face to all those heroes, by puting the handwritting over the photo... By doing that, you gave life to those death people and made them croud our consciences...
Let them live long enough to teach us the value of freedom and of life...
Thank you so much for sharing.
Telmo
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Aira Manna
{K:11187} 10/10/2004
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touching, thoughtful and poignant.
leaves me speechless, really...wonderful.
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 10/8/2004
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stefan, thanks for the reply. i do agree with you that it should be a reflection of both sides. after all, those boys died for this country. whichever side they fought on. i wanted to do a confederate tribute simply because i've already done one for the union and wanted to even it up, for lack of a better word. keep 'em coming!
take care,
tom
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 10/7/2004
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Thanks Tom - this very thing concerned me a little: using the union soldier's letter over the confederate cemetary. The letter is in the possession of a friend, a direct descendant of the soldier, and the cemetary is one of many of course, but around here (Tennessee) they do tend to feature the confederate side. My resolution was that one can read any combination any which way depending on one's notions, but the letter and the cemetary are now both expressions of loss, and in some way it may be appropriate to include both sides in the composition without having one or the other being right or wrong.
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 10/7/2004
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stefan, it's hard to put my feelings into words for this one. suffice it to say that your idea of superimposing the letter over the photo of this civil war cemetery is just perfect. reminds me of the sort of thing you'd see on national geographic. really a magnificent piece.
if you don't mind, i'd like to try this myself as i find it to be a superior tribute to those who died in that war. although i'll probably put a twist in and do it for a southern soldier. living in virginia it's the right thing to do.
take care,
tom
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Lucy Bernadette
{K:5806} 10/6/2004
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beautiful tones and well composed.
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Tim Bronkhorst
{K:9391} 10/6/2004
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Excellent. Can't say a lot more, perfect combination of story and grapics.
Greets Tim.
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Mary Vareli
{K:15826} 10/5/2004
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Respectable tribute dear Stefan, amazing tones and DOF that fir perfectly with the superimposed letter. The characters look like flowers trying helplessly to decorate loss...
congratulations, the seriousness of the place and incidents is well-presented.
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emily savva
{K:21113} 10/5/2004
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this is a most moody image... really like the letters over the pic (add so much to the already dark and dramatic atmosphere)... but i can?t help it but being hooked on the lines of gravestones... they seem endless and the only interuption is made by the trees... like stone letters each of them striving to be read... so many stories and all of them underground... very strong image.... wonderful work.... emy
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Maja Gligoric
{K:13528} 10/4/2004
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Great work,emotional.Well done!
Regards
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b y
{K:2671} 10/4/2004
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Nice work interesting and eye pleasing :)
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Phil M
{K:11526} 10/4/2004
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Excellent work and quite powerful :)
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Stefan Engström
{K:24473} 10/4/2004
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Hi Kim - I agree with you that it is hard to read the text. Basically it is hard to make it legible because the changes from shadow to bright sunlight in the image so I settled for something which one can sort of make out with the help of the title. The message really lies in the long rows of gravestones...
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 10/4/2004
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Hi Stefan,
strong shot, rework and alltogether composing. that's pure poetry.
take care,
thilo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/4/2004
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Hi Stefan, Good graphic design here. A moody image on its own, but the handwriting over it adds the atmosphere. Effective!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 10/4/2004
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I really like this idea.. the script-like font really adds an emotional appeal.
I wonder how it would look if you were to burn the brighter parts of the grass just a little, as I find the Dear ... part really hard to read. I think that as long as the start of the letter is clear then the rest of the lettering if fine if it's not legible... but without knowing that this is a letter (and I really do have to strain) I find that the words are more of a distraction.
This is truly a stunning, thought-provoking image... the sepia toning is wonderful as well.
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Carlheinz Bayer
{K:14220} 10/4/2004
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Fantastic work, Stefan!
C.
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G G
{K:61359} 10/4/2004
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Wow.. impressive and emotional shot.. Excellent composition.
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 10/4/2004
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Impressive shot Stefan.
Jeanette
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Burak Tanriover
{K:16610} 10/4/2004
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I like this one before,I had pleasure to see it one more time.it's very beautiful.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 10/4/2004
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impresive
roby
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