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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: RSL on November 13, 2014, 09:34:31 am

Title: Korea, 1953
Post by: RSL on November 13, 2014, 09:34:31 am

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Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 13, 2014, 12:31:49 pm

A fine moment, captured very nicely.
You did good people photos even way back then.

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 13, 2014, 12:45:27 pm

Has that Eugene Smith feel to it.

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Post by: petermfiore on November 13, 2014, 01:20:57 pm

Great shot Russ...among the very best.


Peter

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: RSL on November 13, 2014, 03:27:45 pm

Thanks all. Wow, Slobodan, Gene Smith? I'm tremendously flattered. Back in those days I'd never heard of Gene, Henri, Walker -- any of them. Later on -- after I got back to the States -- I ran into them in various publications and fell in love.

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Post by: Harald L on November 13, 2014, 06:28:24 pm

It's kind of picture that touches your heart deep inside. I'm really impressed by that.

Harald

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Post by: shawnino on November 14, 2014, 09:43:21 am

Nice capture.
Really human photo taken in an inhuman time for that part of the world.

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: RSL on November 15, 2014, 04:00:21 pm

Thanks all. If I remember correctly, that was the very first picture I shot with the Ikoflex after I bought it.

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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on November 16, 2014, 02:10:19 am

Excellent.

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Post by: Chairman Bill on November 16, 2014, 05:10:18 am

I htink Slobodan is right - superb

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Post by: armand on November 16, 2014, 11:28:42 am

I like this much more than some of your later posts with "what the heck is this about" feeling. Maybe great photography appeals to everybody, not just to the connoisseurs.

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: petermfiore on November 16, 2014, 11:55:13 am

This is very much a timeless picture with universal understanding....A true Classic.

Peter

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 16, 2014, 01:26:45 pm

Quote from: RSL on November 13, 2014, 03:27:45 pm

... Wow, Slobodan, Gene Smith? I'm tremendously flattered...

Funny how my brain associations work, Russ. There are two Gene's images that came to my mind when I saw your photo. One is The Walk to Paradise Garden, and the other is the Minamata.

Two kids and the strong vignetting are the visual associations that link it to Paradise. The Minamata association is more complex. In terms of content, greater significance, and seriousness, it is hard to link Gene's Minamata tragedy to the cuteness of a childhood moment in your image. And yet, in terms of pure visual elements, my brain sees similarities and creates associations: vignetting, the embrace, those eyes, the bent wrist...

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: William Walker on November 16, 2014, 03:06:05 pm

Better late than never...

I can only add my voice to those already spoken. Really good, Russ.

William

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 16, 2014, 04:05:00 pm

I thought of "The Walk to Paradise Garden" too, when I first looked at Russ post. Gene's is nice, but I prefer Russ's.

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: RSL on November 17, 2014, 09:08:43 am

Thanks again, all. Having a shot compared favorably with a Gene Smith is an honor I've never before received. Having it compared with two Gene Smiths is a compliment that's almost embarrassing, but I'll probably get over the embarrassment.

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Post by: petermfiore on November 17, 2014, 10:53:05 am

Hi Russ, remember we all have our URN photos too....

Peter

Title: Re: Korea, 1953
Post by: RSL on November 17, 2014, 11:33:24 am

Right, Peter. I see that guy with the bell going before me.

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Post by: seamus finn on November 17, 2014, 12:28:29 pm

Been away for a few days and only came across this shot today. What can I say that hasn't been said already!