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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: stamper on October 19, 2015, 09:57:54 am

Title: In Pursuit
Post by: stamper on October 19, 2015, 09:57:54 am

I think she is going to catch him?

Title: Re: In Pursuit
Post by: francois on October 20, 2015, 03:29:39 am

Very nice and many possible interpretations… Is the woman trying to catch the man in suit or the guy further down the road  or… ?

Title: Re: In Pursuit
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on October 21, 2015, 03:49:04 am

Quote from: francois on October 20, 2015, 03:29:39 am

Very nice and many possible interpretations… Is the woman trying to catch the man in suit or the guy further down the road  or… ?

Or is she just coincidentally riding her bike (illegally, on what in the UK we call the pavement when she should be on what in the US they call the pavement) in the same direction as they are walking and behind them? Are we looking for meaning and coherence where none exists?

Nice shot, though.

Jeremy

Title: Re: In Pursuit
Post by: stamper on October 21, 2015, 03:54:25 am

She is probably riding the bike illegally but if the viewer uses their imagination then it looks like a pursuit? If the image gets you thinking about something other than the obvious then the image "works"?