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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: sdwilsonsct on August 13, 2017, 05:29:00 pm

Title: August evenings
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 13, 2017, 05:29:00 pm

Feedback welcome.

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: luxborealis on August 13, 2017, 05:32:51 pm

Lovely, golden light and you've made the most of a flat landscape.

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: RMW on August 13, 2017, 06:59:13 pm

A very soft and lovely photograph. I have nothing but admiration for the artistry of this foto.

But, sadly, I feel it does romanticize a landscape that has suffered from the terrible migration of farmers off  their land and the ascendence of industrial corporate agriculture. Since WW2 rural people and the nations agricultural fertility have both been dealt a terrible blow.

I know LuLa is a place to share our photographic work. And I for one am grateful for all I've learned. However, I hope we'll ask ourselves this one question: Do we want our artistry and technological finesse gravely mis-representing the world we love to see?

Richard

PS- Read 'The Unsettling of America' if you want to know more.

richardwallerphotos.com

 

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: RMW on August 13, 2017, 07:00:39 pm

I'm referring to the last photo. Sorry to be confusing.
Richard

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: degrub on August 13, 2017, 08:03:47 pm

We are still farming.

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on August 14, 2017, 03:51:25 am

Wonderful. Reminds me of "Grapes of Wrath".

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: Cornfield on August 14, 2017, 09:13:23 am

The White House shot is wonderful.  A peaceful place, unlike the other mad house!

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 14, 2017, 09:36:43 pm

Quote from: RMW on August 13, 2017, 06:59:13 pm

Do we want our artistry and technological finesse gravely mis-representing the world we love to see?

I think we're on the same page here, Richard. I hope the images show a world empty of families and people. I hope that they are attractive enough to get the viewers' attention, and that the viewers will think about the content the way you have.

Thanks to everyone for the feedback.

Title: Re: August evenings
Post by: RMW on August 15, 2017, 12:35:45 pm

Hi Scott.

Thank you for replying to my posting.

I'm glad we're both in agreement on this issue of what meaning a photograph can convey. I didn't intend to single your "White House" out as the only or worst example of a mis-leading image. Rather I see it as I see many of my own fotos. And I wonder how something like a beautiful sky, which your foto certainly has, relates to the abandoned farm house. Does it mollify the sadness of a family no longer there or does it increase, by it's contrast, the sense of loss ?

As a photographer I feel a responsibility to respect my subject matter while encouraging the viewer to reflect on it's significance. I'm glad you do, too.

Richard