I like the first two, especially number one. Kind of a dancing-around-the-maypole feel to it (dancing with jellyfish?).
(Please forgive me if the following is too frankly put...) The third image brings thunderheads to mind; but also evokes blood in an, er, O'Keefe-ian sort of way that I find disquieting. Should the fact than an image makes me uncomfortable count against it, or should that count in its favor?
First - no worries ever about sincere comments on my stuff! :)
Art is one of those interesting things. At best it, it is like a seesaw. The photographer attempts to move the viewer (ie evoke a response). The degree of that response is the reciprocating motion of the viewer. I feel successful if I evoke an actual feeling in someone - that is not an easy thing to accomplish! If the viewer enjoys it - great! If it makes them uncomfortable or other strong but "negative" emotion, i think, in a way, that is equally as powerful.
So... i am totally comfortable if someone doesn't like something of mine because they are reacting to it. The more so the better!
I like the first two, especially number one. Kind of a dancing-around-the-maypole feel to it (dancing with jellyfish?).
(Please forgive me if the following is too frankly put...) The third image brings thunderheads to mind; but also evokes blood in an, er, O'Keefe-ian sort of way that I find disquieting. Should the fact than an image makes me uncomfortable count against it, or should that count in its favor?
First - no worries ever about sincere comments on my stuff! :)
Art is one of those interesting things. At best it, it is like a seesaw. The photographer attempts to move the viewer (ie evoke a response). The degree of that response is the reciprocating motion of the viewer. I feel successful if I evoke an actual feeling in someone - that is not an easy thing to accomplish! If the viewer enjoys it - great! If it makes them uncomfortable or other strong but "negative" emotion, i think, in a way, that is equally as powerful.
So... i am totally comfortable if someone doesn't like something of mine because they are reacting to it. The more so the better!
;)
Nice