SPNC yr4 #7, watcher selection

John Ellis says: This is another very strong shot marrying a Shakespearian Romeo and Juliet scene (complete with look-a-like balcony) with the ultimate in modern naval warfare (well, it might be a bit long in the tooth but you know what I mean!). One is carried from bottom to top and from land to water. It is also tonally spot on.

by paulu.

20 23

John Ellis says: This is like a still from a film by a top European director - replete with the oddities and excesses of life.

Lunch by Violet Kashi

627 79

John Ellis says: I just love the depth here, so subtly drawn without any flashiness. Three modes of transport with one pulled into contrast and focus in the centre - the most eccentric (but worthy) one. The car in the foreground is more abstract, while the bus in reflection is more ghostly.

* by Luis Reyes

8 9

John Ellis says: The people are dressed in their day to day clothes and yet they seem to be taking refuge in some fun - cheap, judging by the price on the cellophane-wrapped doll. The mask is a sad echo of grander masquerades.

by Maria Kappatou

149 61

John Ellis says: This shot takes the more literal layering from reflections but makes the woman a figure to remember afterwards. Clever use of lines and colour linkages, and the vanishing point, make her the anchor for the shot, particularly the colour red.

by pratyay

248 94

John Ellis says: I still see this as a Far Eastern dance superimposed on a snowy mountain scene - slightly surreal and visually gripping.

* by chrisowenrichards

23 31

John Ellis says: B-side. This is a bit like Alice in wonderland with the red queen not pleased at being discovered. Weird faces on the walls, a man about to stand on a bucket and a woman admiring some sort of handiwork strut their stuff while a very concerned bearded man wonders how he can get the red queen out of this heathen place.

by cjcrosland

6 5

John Ellis says: A good use of portrait mode to turn horizontal layers into vertical layers as well. The colours play well in this framing and the man counter-balances the red vest well.

Mont Blanc by Mike Reed

14 18

John Ellis says: I actually preferred a B-side that had a stronger narrative about age and the dislocation of time but it was not available for a gallery. So I reverted to this one, where the strength is in imagery and a bringing together of contemporaneous moments of time.

Echo by Danielle Houghton

338 77

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