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10/11/2008 11:02:16 PM · #1
I was editing a couple of pics from my archives today when I suddenly realized I had just edited 2 dog pictures but both show an amazing amount of emotion both good and bad.
I also found it striking that I used the same camera and lens and almost put both on the same third.
Would love to know your thoughts on this.
Taken as the first buses started to evacuate people out of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.



A new line of doggy clothing had opened up for sale at Harrods in the UK



10/12/2008 01:35:17 AM · #2
Great shots, Jeff. I love the Katrina one. I don't have anything to add to your own observations -- it's indeed an interesting contrast, especially considering the many similarities!

10/12/2008 01:52:59 AM · #3
Quite different emotions at first glance, but strikingly similar in style. Not only are the dogs roughly in the same 3rd, but the tilt is nearly identical. The doggy day-wear shot is a "cute, adorable" dog shot, but I find the Katrina photo much more compelling - knowing the damage and danger wrought by Katrina, seeing the fleeing of the people there, yet combined with a bit of humor from seeing the dogs' head sprouting from the bag. I would be curious what the time (date) difference between shots was: stylistically, they are very similar.
10/12/2008 01:59:30 AM · #4
I wish I could think of a good way to juxtapose these two. I am totally struck.
10/12/2008 05:43:29 AM · #5
Hi,
Thanks for the comments - I too was interested in the time line and went back to the file info - Amazing both were taken on the same month but 3 years apart!

Doggy clothing was taken on 24th Sept 2003 - F10

Katrina pic was taken on Sept 2nd 2005 - F7.1

Both using the same lens.
10/12/2008 06:28:55 AM · #6
Personally I think both photos are excellent but for me the Katrina image is much stronger. It proves that whatever way you compose an image, it is the subject and its surroundings that will create the mood and atmosphere of an image.


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10/12/2008 12:41:21 PM · #7
I'd like to vary the last post somewhat: the photographer has composed each of these images to display not just context but emotional/social dimension. One is telling, the other profound.
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