an absolutely stunning abstract. i could gaze at it for hours. congratulations.

oh, sorry if i didn't file this response properly. i couldn't get anything to work in sequence where the image originally appeared.

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), October 02, 2000

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Thank you - I like it too :) It4s one of the joys of shooting blind that you come home with 99% crap, and then once in a while something that makes you gasp. When I originally posted this image to Photocritique, it generated quite a debate and some people were very outraged because I had the nerve to present it as "photography". When presented with this type of response, I always ask - if it were a painting, would you like it then? I guess a lot of photographers just look more at film, camera, aperture etc. than at the actual picture - which is why some of them are so d%$# unimaginative! - Present company ofcourse excluded :) Where would the world be without Jackson Pollock anyway? The random creation process can be extremely rewarding, and in the end always involves a concious choice anyway, which is why I feel it is just as valid as setting up a tripod, arranging lighting and carefully composing an image. My choice is my art, basically...

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), October 03, 2000.

Exactly where might one gaze upon this marvel?

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), October 03, 2000.

...hope this works...

I used the image as an example in Mike Dixons "Shooting blind" thread, where I should also have posted my above comment.

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), October 03, 2000.

I think the "Walking" example is interesting, but not close to being in the same class as Christel's other work. Christel's b&w and "black" series have a stunning clarity of purpose that is hard to describe. I looked at every single photograph that I could get my eyes on. In a single word, I would have to say it is unpretentious, but I can't say why. If a collection of work can bear a resemblance to the character of its creator, i.e. "every photograph is a self portrait," then this must be an example.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), October 04, 2000.

Whew Tony! Maybe you just saved me a few hours of therapy there! I hadn4t thought of it myself, but the two galleries you mention - the black and B&W - are the ones that contain most of my "lifeblood". I4m glad it shows. If I look at them now, will I know who I am...?

Thanks

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), October 04, 2000.

Wow...my guru says that looking at a blank image enhances one's vision...thank you.

Need help on posting images?...please ask...seriously, and, with kindness.

-- Todd Frederick (fredrick@hotcity.com), October 05, 2000.

LOL! It worked and then it didn4t. I just found out that the web host where I keep my photo galleries does not allow linking to single images, so I guess they cut us off :)

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), October 06, 2000.