Saturday, April 20 will be the 3rd anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado.

Here are my memorial pictures.

Sorry they weren't taken with Leica (we were all young and foolish once, right?) But at least I was on the right track (Contax G/21/35/90).

Critiques gratefully accepted.

-- Andy Piper (apidens@denver.infi.net), April 16, 2002

Answers

Thanks Andy. I was living overseas back then and it was really strange watching this unfold on satellite TV, while trying to explain to the foreign nationals how this is not the norm for the States. I like this photo best because of the mood and timelessness of it.

-- Al Smith (smith58@msn.com), April 16, 2002.

Nice shots, Andy. I can't beilieve it's been three years since that all happened! I REALLY like the shot of the cross!!

I also noticed the sharpness and contrast of the Zeiss lenses....(couldn't help it...had to throw that in!).

-- Todd Phillips (toddvphillips@webtv.net), April 16, 2002.

Thanks for the memorial tribute, Andy, I liked the shot on the mountain top best myself. Very spiritual.

-- Bob Fleischman (RFXMAIL@prodigy.net), April 16, 2002.

Nice work!

1 & 2 do it for me what lens did use for No.2? looks wider than a 21/20 works really well

Brian

-- Brian (Briandavidstevens@talk21.com), April 17, 2002.

Andy, I have always enjoyed looking at your images and this time has been no different. I particularly like the shots of the hill and the condolence note board. I would like to see more if you get the time to put them up. A great view of the result of a terrible tradegy. It would've also been better if you got closer shots of people showing their emotions, but I assume it would've been difficult for many reasons including respect.

Good work mate:-)

-- Kristian (leicashot@hotmail.com), April 17, 2002.

reading the pictures left to right, I found the first two excessively wide angle - too stylised for my taste, esp. considering the solmemnity of the subject matter (I suppose I thing wide angle is a bit sensationalist/trivial - do others disagree with me? quite probably, ho hum). The next 2 I really liked, the final one could of used fractionally more depth of field so that a viewer could make out, even vaguely, who/what is in the field behind. I think, despite my criticisms, that this is fine work - just felt like giving some (hopefully constructive) criticism.

-- Steve Jones (stephenjjones@btopenworld.com), April 17, 2002.

Wonderful pictures. They are nice individually, and are even stronger as a short essay. I like the simplicity and focus (artistically, not technically speaking). Thank you for posting them.

-- Masatoshi Yamamoto (masa@nifty.co.jp), April 17, 2002.

Good work, Andy. Thanks !

"simplicity and focus (artistically, not technically speaking)" Yes indeed.

Regards

-Iván

-- Iván Barrientos M (ingenieria@simltda.tie.cl), April 17, 2002.