Elisabeth Spector says:
My (current) favorite photo from ShelSerkin, who has so many exceptional street photography images. Each of the 3 figures in this one is like a mini-portrait, and they all contribute to the story line--the woman (grandma?) fumbling for change, the boy waiting eagerly/impatiently for the ride to start, the younger sibling transfixed by the horse and probably wishing he/she were big enough to ride. I also love threes in images, and these 3 are arranged in such a nice triangular composition that keeps my eye moving from one to the next. I'm also amused by the relative proportions of the rider vs. the steed. I smile every time I see this photo, and I think I've looked at it several dozen times by now! One of my favorite street images from *any* photographer.
Elisabeth Spector says:
Wow--simply one of the best black and white images I've ever seen. Amazing composition with the abstracted areas of light and dark. I love the immediate sense of ambiguity I get when I look at those abstracted areas, trying to figure out what's what and how it all fits together in the real, 3D world. The area of roof, stovepipe and sky in the center of the image is so wonderfully 2D, almost an Escheresque optical illusion. Of course the walking figures (at least one of whom has a hat), and the word "Ideal" on the signage are just icing on the cake.
Elisabeth Spector says:
The color work here is just drop dead gorgeous (I could just bathe in those purples and warm reds all day); the composition feels perfect; and I just love the glint of light defining the contours of the car. The inclusion of the tree is a welcome element amid the hard lines and materials of the surrounding structures, and the inky black shadows (with *just* enought detail within) pull everything together into a superbly tight, concise package, leading my eye without distraction to the center of the image. An antidote to all of the ubiquitous HDR images out there if I ever saw one.
Elisabeth Spector says:
The title alone makes this one of my favorite Faves! Just brilliant, and I laugh out loud every time I read it. The characters here are amusing, but not in a sideshow/voyeuristic way. Instead, they all seem to have a strange blend of the exotic and the familiar and I find them completely relatable and sympathetic. What strikes me the most is how they all seem so similar to one another in terms of their body shape and demeanor. I also love how all the women in the center of the image are wearing thong sandals while the men are in shoes. Great placement of all the figures, too--the chorus line really couldn't have been staged any better! My favorite characters are the gentleman at far left and the woman at far right; they make great bookends as I scan the scene back and forth.
Elisabeth Spector says:
Shades of Cartier-Bresson, but suprisingly not trite or cliche. What makes the image for me is the reflection of the umbrella, which helps the image tell a story that a simple foot/leg could never do. The reflection of the buildings rounds out the story, giving a welcome context and creating a very pleasing composition.
Elisabeth Spector says:
Gorgeous colors and textures, and I have such a weakness for images with elements in threes. Love the stair-step change in size from the biggest to smallest tree, and each one is like a portrait in itself. It's not hard for me to start personifying each of the trees, imagining their personalities and interactions with one another. The layered grasses in the foreground are exquisitely painterly, and the fog makes a perfect backdrop.
Elisabeth Spector says:
I was lucky enough to see a print of this at the Mobile Photo Awards exhibit at ArtHaus in San Franciso this summer (but it was in my Favorites from seeing it on Flickr much earlier!). What a perfect street image; couldn't ask for a better character or expression, and for some reason I just love the bits of trash near her feet.
Elisabeth Spector says:
Another print I saw at the Mobile Photography Awards exhibit at ArtHaus in San Francisco, by Anton's better half (or is it the other way around? :-)). I also had this already in my Favorites folder, so I was extra pleased to see it at the exhibit. This one has such a timeless feel to it, and I just love how the important parts are nicely in focus with the rest of it showing motion blur. I'm quite impressed by how this lady isn't even holding on with one hand!
Elisabeth Spector says:
I just love the repeating colors and forms in this one, and the sort of yin-yang balance to the composition. The orangey-reds are just breathtaking, and complemented so nicely by the turquoise blues and the subtle dark greens. My favorite part of the image is the way the red tree+its background makes a perfect inverse of the tree's shadow against the red brick building.
Elisabeth Spector says:
The bright streaks (reflections, I assume?) somehow remind me of music/sound streaming out of the guitar--almost like a ghostly or spectral representation of the music that once came from this instrument, which now stands dusty (love the dust!) and silent. I think this is absolutely magical.
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