Thanks for saying so, Anon. After a month of posting, I'd begun to feel that I'd painted myself into a corner, subject matter–wise. Perhaps the way forward is more people. Any thoughts?
People are good. Pigeon shit may also be interesting... kidding (kind of).
What about some shots from a rooftop? Is this strictly an on your way to work thing, or could it be an illegal afterwork rooftop adventuring kind of thing?
It's pretty much a lunchtime thing, though I like the rooftop perspective idea.
Re needing more people as subjects: I guess in this project there are two main things I'm interested in: on one hand documentation and “meaning,” and on the other visual composition (i.e., colour, pattern, form, texture, juxtaposition, etc. as purely abstract, visual phenomena).
Some photos (e.g., The Overriding Priority, April 14) are more toward the pure documentation end of the continuum and don't have much to recommend them in terms of composition per se. Others are more purely about composition, the pigeon shit shot being probably the purest example of that. (I guess you could argue for there being a social meaning to Spadina being pigeon-shat, but that isn't really what I was going for – I just thought it was kind of pretty... in an ugly kind of way.)
Probably the most successful shots are the ones that best combine both these elements – and there's nothing like people for providing a focus and making a photo more concrete and injecting “meaning.” Maybe that's what makes this El Mo shot work?
Hope that doesn't sound pretentious. Just looking back at what I've done here so far and trying to figure out what it is that I'm trying to achieve...
I hadn't seen the pigeon shit shot until after reading your response to my comment.
You're right, though. It is kind of pretty.
And I don't think your response is pretentious. Your approach to this blog (photos with only titles attached; no notes or explanations) had led me to wonder about your hopes and intentions for the project.
Anyway, I hope you keep up with this blog. It has become something I look forward to.
There's always something to see on Spadina. I work half a block away, so I see something unexpected pretty much every day. I figured I might as well start taking my camera with me.
I like this picture and I like this blog.
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Thanks for saying so, Anon. After a month of posting, I'd begun to feel that I'd painted myself into a corner, subject matter–wise. Perhaps the way forward is more people. Any thoughts?
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People are good. Pigeon shit may also be interesting... kidding (kind of).
ReplyDeleteWhat about some shots from a rooftop? Is this strictly an on your way to work thing, or could it be an illegal afterwork rooftop adventuring kind of thing?
It's pretty much a lunchtime thing, though I like the rooftop perspective idea.
ReplyDeleteRe needing more people as subjects: I guess in this project there are two main things I'm interested in: on one hand documentation and “meaning,” and on the other visual composition (i.e., colour, pattern, form, texture, juxtaposition, etc. as purely abstract, visual phenomena).
Some photos (e.g., The Overriding Priority, April 14) are more toward the pure documentation end of the continuum and don't have much to recommend them in terms of composition per se. Others are more purely about composition, the pigeon shit shot being probably the purest example of that. (I guess you could argue for there being a social meaning to Spadina being pigeon-shat, but that isn't really what I was going for – I just thought it was kind of pretty... in an ugly kind of way.)
Probably the most successful shots are the ones that best combine both these elements – and there's nothing like people for providing a focus and making a photo more concrete and injecting “meaning.” Maybe that's what makes this El Mo shot work?
Hope that doesn't sound pretentious. Just looking back at what I've done here so far and trying to figure out what it is that I'm trying to achieve...
I hadn't seen the pigeon shit shot until after reading your response to my comment.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, though. It is kind of pretty.
And I don't think your response is pretentious. Your approach to this blog (photos with only titles attached; no notes or explanations) had led me to wonder about your hopes and intentions for the project.
Anyway, I hope you keep up with this blog. It has become something I look forward to.