Years ago, I remember one of my photographs in juried show being criticized for being "too symmetrical", "too perfectly aligned". I realise that, compositionally, we are to avoid putting things in the centre of the frame, but you know what – sometimes symmetry and centrality work – this is one of those times.
Ivan, you've made a wonderful photograph that captures the essence of a hot afternoon in the Karoo. And if anyone thinks that this looks too much like some lonely road anywhere, I must disagree. This has the feel of Africa. Perhaps its the lack of a verge or the clarity of the air or the shapes of the hills or the type of tarmac or not any one thing but a combination of them.
Wonderful - thanks for sharing. It immediately takes me right back there.
