Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Photograph Critique

I love photography. Might I say it again: I love photography. If you look on the right-hand side of my blog you will see a few of my favorite pictures from photo.net (great website). For this assignment, I used Creative Commons' search feature to find an image of interest on Flickr, and I ended up with this:
















I found this image, titled "Soft Moon/4" by "
lorZ" very interesting for several reasons. When I first encountered the image, my reaction was "What the heck is that?" This piqued my interest, and hence I spent a while looking at the image. Any photograph that can hold my attention for more than a few seconds is worth it's digital weight in my book.

For me, this is a very sensual photograph. The bed is a "sacred" place for many people, and the way this photograph is framed evokes the need to see/experience more. The viewer wants to know what is on the bed, in the bed, and what has happened there. Why is this place worthy of such recognition? Why have the sheets been stripped leaving the bed bare? Anyhow, great image!

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