Where a kid can be a kid
by kellyo

Comment:
For all the slightly clumsy composition - the overlap of the dog and the child, and the dynamic of the figures that takes us straight out of frame - there is certainly something that speaks of suburbia here.

missing out on the double take
by posthumous

Comment:
Jay mentions the first thing that struck me with this: the tonality straight out of the 1970s. Can't expect the digital children to understand that, I guess. It's all helped by the structure, and the lack of any of the impedimenta of the contemporary - where's the iPod, the cell phone, the PSP? - and the plastic-looking glass speaks of that 60's 70's shock of the new thing - as does the melamine-looking table and the scratchy man-made material feel of that bench seat. It could be the corner of some quiet road-side diner somewhere, and you'd have to bet that those kids have just seen some big-finned brand new motor car pulling up outside.

All that, and it's beautifully composed. They have their own stories going on here, but actually it's the impetus to imagine the surrounding family life that entrances.

Sexy Soul
by pawdrix

Comment:
beautifully done, my friend; perhaps a little dominant in the mid-greys for my eye, but that's personal. I always have a slight concern about an element of making fun of people in these kind of shots: there's a temptation to think your intention is akin to 'look at his weirdo, hahaha!' - something I get very strongly from Diane Arbus for instance - a lack of sympathy. I'm not quite sure where this stands, but in the end I think he's just having too good a time by himself for that to be an issue. The spillage/staining down his leg pushes things the other way. Properly interesting and thoughtful photograph though, all the same. Fine indeed.

Two Pair
by pawdrix

Comment:
POSH - !! Bizarre, and intriguing. I find all sorts of ancilliary dualities after looking at this for a while ...

bound
by Mephisto

Comment:
Stupendous, sinister, categorical photograph. Almost, dare one say, Mephistophelian.

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"Getting so much better all the time" (Lennon/Mc Cartney)
by jjbeguin

Comment:
Oh but its the newspaper - the sport section; how could this be more affecting than this slightly wrecked old gentleman still pursuing his dreams through the sports reports? And people worry about the exposure on the curtains?

Old Town Auburn
by jdannels

Comment:
Oh man, I had no idea about this from the thumbnail. You really understand black and white I think Joe - shoot more of it. Now. :-)

monopods
by nixter

Comment:
Great shot Nick; did you have the nerve to try for one from the front, or was it just not working from that angle? Nice seeing, nice framing.

Lefty -- Audio Technician for Def Leppard
by Tirasco

Comment:
Sure, with that cheap a sound desk? Still, you were never hoping to sell that story to someone who is a FOH engineer, were you ...

Lincoln Cathedral
by ShugPug

Comment:
Quite like the effect of this - there's enough variation here to keep the eye from moving straight on. Perhaps not enough to really entrance, however: there's no sense of real sharpness to it, no sense of texture, which might have helped your cause.