Back to photostream

Far, Far Away

View Large On Black Explored! Thank you!

 

Active Assignment Weekly for the Week of December 13-21: Traces

 

Inspired by an emulation assignment in another group, this week’s assignment is based on Nadav Kander's“Signs That We Exist” series. Kander explains the subjects of this series as “…the marks we make and objects we leave behind act as evidence of our existence.”

 

The goal is to take a photo of a scene that shows evidence of our existence, passing, or visitation in a passive and minimalistic manner. The photo should emphasize the clues of our presence or activity in the world. A photo of a building certainly is a sign that we exist, but this is too overt. The more subtle approach is what I’m looking for.

 

There are a couple of folks from AAW who are also part of the group that attempted to emulate Mr. Kander. Welcome back to his idea.

 

Restrictions: No black and white.

 

Dare: Square format

 

WIT

I wanted to really go as minimal as possible, but make the impact very clear. I took several shots of planes with vapor trails amid trees, with clouds, sun, but liked this best. A slight increase in contrast, and crop to square format for the "dare"...

1,678 views
12 faves
30 comments
Uploaded on December 17, 2009
Taken on December 17, 2009