On Tuesday, January 29, 2002, Lisa Reddig wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: R Duarte <rahji@rahji.com>
>> Here's my embarrassing contribution to the two topics...
>> http://www.rahji.com/images/pinhole_chairhole.jpg
>>
>> Here's why it happened.. This is a polaroid land camera that I bought for
> $2
>> and modified so that the shutter stays open as long as you hold the button
>> down...
>> http://www.rahji.com/images/polaroidmishap.jpg
> Rob,
> I love the photo. The hole is almost round, but slightly smashed in on a
> couple of sides. And it goes real well with the metallic confusing subject.
> I kind of feel upside down when looking at it.
> And I happen to like light leaks on the side. It adds an extra dimension to
> the negative. Makes it more than just an illusion. I do like the solid
> black border as well, but the addition of the light gives some abstraction
> to a non abstract photo. It's doing just what emulsion does, it's
> registering light that hits it. It kind of knocks the viewer out of their
> reverie that the image they are seeing is real. It's not, it's just light
> hitting film or paper in some sort of order.
I think the light leak hints at a third reality. First, you've
got the subject. Then you have the inside-looking-out
perspective. Cool enough. But then, it's like someone is prying
the whole thing apart from the side. What is out there?
Scott
-- Scott Sellers mailto:scottsellers@mindspring.comReceived on Thu Jan 31 21:19:40 2002
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