Forum: Photography


Subject: The day that Spencer Tunick came to town.......a long story

Rork1973 opened this issue on Jan 06, 2002 ยท 29 posts


APFrey posted Mon, 07 January 2002 at 8:34 AM

IMHO It is my own personal opinion that the child in the photo in reply #6 should not have to witness this behavior simply because it is confusing and at this age can't possibly make their own decisions or conclusions. The photo bothers me. That's just my opinion. However, this is an amazing photograph. I could go on for an hour about what makes this photo a great one. Attention is focused directly to the child in an otherwise totally abstract sea of people. This photo works for me because #1 I have emotion about it. This should be the goal of any photographer. To make the viewer feel something. And #2 I can't help thinking about how inappropriate the child in the photo is. It makes me want to ask the parents questions and maybe smack them in the head. I was totally drawn into this one for amazing aesthetics and a magnetism, while it may be totally negative, is still the goal of any photographer. Amazing photo...Sort of... Andrew