mama's boy

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This one was shot a couple of evenings ago at my usual coffee shop.

-- Mike Dixon (burmashave@compuserve.com), August 02, 2000

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Beautiful composition. Not sure what to think of the little bright triangle in the lower left; I almost wish it wasn't there (Tom said it best about one of my posts, Kid/Shovel, "...unimportant little light spots whispering in my (visual) ear..."), but the work is successful in my book. The arm detail is cool, but obviously the hand is the focal point. I notice also that you have an uncluttered background which is nice. I seem to always find cluttered backgrounds. Nice work.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), August 03, 2000.

a very impressive piece of work. the features that have strength in the image (the arm and hand, the ironically cherubic face of the tattooed subject) are wonderfully emphasized by their emergence from underexposure. and the elimination of the little light blip is easily accomplished by cropping. incidentally, this may be a first for our fledgling group of critics: tony r and i actually agree on the quality of an image. :)

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), August 03, 2000.

Interesting, Wayne! Although I don't think we've actually disagreed on every single one, it did seem like it for awhile, didn't it? :)

I like the phrase, "...emerge from underexposure."

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), August 03, 2000.


Yeah, the darkness really creates graphic and emotional strength. The expectation gleened from the title didn't match the feeling I got from seeing the image, "Mama's Boy" means something different in my head. Perhaps you know him (and I don't). It does makes me wonder about him, more than if you had titled it "Smart Ass Whiner". (smiley face here)

p.s. Did you really make this on sheet film? 'cause that notch code is in a funny place... t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), August 03, 2000.


Thanks for the comments. Next time I print it, I'll probably crop out the distracting white spot.

Tom, "mama's boy" is actually a reference to his tattoo (and I thought it added a bit of irony). It's printed full-frame from a Pentax 645 negative--the "notch marks" are actually the top edge of the film data that's burned on at the factory.

-- Mike Dixon (burmashave@compuserve.com), August 03, 2000.



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