Comments for grasswire http://grasswire.wordpress.com curious sights of a black eye Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:25:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Some more pola(d)roid pairs by grasswire http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/some-more-poladroid-pairs/#comment-1922 grasswire Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:25:58 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1676#comment-1922 Actually, I did - it is not amongst the most popular films on photography but makes several really relevant points on meaning and images. I even screen it regularly in my vis. culture class - and tie it with some of postmodern theory of photography. The drive-in movie scene is always fun to watch :) Part of Memento can be read in the same way as Proof, i.e. image-caption relationship and meaning fluidity. Actually, I did – it is not amongst the most popular films on photography but makes several really relevant points on meaning and images. I even screen it regularly in my vis. culture class – and tie it with some of postmodern theory of photography. The drive-in movie scene is always fun to watch :)
Part of Memento can be read in the same way as Proof, i.e. image-caption relationship and meaning fluidity.

]]> Comment on Some more pola(d)roid pairs by razzbuffnik http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/some-more-poladroid-pairs/#comment-1921 razzbuffnik Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:50:32 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1676#comment-1921 Yes I did and for another interesting movie involving photography, have you seen "Proof"? Yes I did and for another interesting movie involving photography, have you seen “Proof”?

]]> Comment on Found symmetry by razzbuffnik http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/found-symmetry/#comment-1920 razzbuffnik Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:49:02 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1701#comment-1920 Really nice shot. Well spotted. Really nice shot. Well spotted.

]]> Comment on When people protested Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the large majority of them did not ask for capitalism. by grasswire http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/when-people-protested-communist-regimes-in-eastern-europe-the-large-majority-of-them-did-not-ask-for-capitalism/#comment-1919 grasswire Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:12:11 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1692#comment-1919 :)) It's good old hand colouring job, with PS-enhanced saturation. At first I tried to make the edges perfect but than the rugged look seemed to suit the motif better. Plus I think it maches the nostalgia/memory theme - i.e. adding some/obscures other details, shades and impressions. An yes, socialist recycling wasn't always at its best - for a while, building bricks were made here from (radioactive) ash of thermal power plants. :))

It’s good old hand colouring job, with PS-enhanced saturation. At first I tried to make the edges perfect but than the rugged look seemed to suit the motif better. Plus I think it maches the nostalgia/memory theme – i.e. adding some/obscures other details, shades and impressions.

An yes, socialist recycling wasn’t always at its best – for a while, building bricks were made here from (radioactive) ash of thermal power plants.

]]> Comment on When people protested Communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the large majority of them did not ask for capitalism. by razzbuffnik http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/when-people-protested-communist-regimes-in-eastern-europe-the-large-majority-of-them-did-not-ask-for-capitalism/#comment-1918 razzbuffnik Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:08:36 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1692#comment-1918 I really like the treatments of these shots. An old joke from those days (capitalist propaganda of course). Q: How do you double the value of a Trabant? A: Fill it up with fuel. Every time I see news footage of the people hitting the Berlin wall with sledgehammers etc, I can't help but wonder about their health nowadays, considering that much of the wall was built with recycled asbestos mixed in with the cement. It would seem that everything has a hidden cost. I really like the treatments of these shots.

An old joke from those days (capitalist propaganda of course).

Q: How do you double the value of a Trabant?
A: Fill it up with fuel.

Every time I see news footage of the people hitting the Berlin wall with sledgehammers etc, I can’t help but wonder about their health nowadays, considering that much of the wall was built with recycled asbestos mixed in with the cement.

It would seem that everything has a hidden cost.

]]> Comment on Looks like by razzbuffnik http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/looks-like/#comment-1917 razzbuffnik Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:45:28 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1689#comment-1917 It's always about the light. The top shot is quite a sophisticated image. The bottom shot looks like the sun got hit by a truck and got squashed into the asphalt. The sun as roadkill! It’s always about the light.

The top shot is quite a sophisticated image.

The bottom shot looks like the sun got hit by a truck and got squashed into the asphalt. The sun as roadkill!

]]> Comment on Oppositions by matejMM http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/oppositions/#comment-1913 matejMM Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:43:13 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1683#comment-1913 Nice one! Suitable for stock too ;) Nice one! Suitable for stock too ;)

]]> Comment on Oppositions by razzbuffnik http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/oppositions/#comment-1912 razzbuffnik Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:20:09 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1683#comment-1912 I love this shot so much, I wish I took it! Contrast (or chiaroscuro if you wish) is one of the things that helps us in so many ways to see more clearly. As the old Buddhist monk once said, "without evil there would be no good". I love this shot so much, I wish I took it!

Contrast (or chiaroscuro if you wish) is one of the things that helps us in so many ways to see more clearly.

As the old Buddhist monk once said, “without evil there would be no good”.

]]> Comment on Some more pola(d)roid pairs by grasswire http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/some-more-poladroid-pairs/#comment-1910 grasswire Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:35:01 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1676#comment-1910 Agree. And as we are on the subject of memory and polaroids - did you see Memento? Agree. And as we are on the subject of memory and polaroids – did you see Memento?

]]> Comment on Some more pola(d)roid pairs by razzbuffnik http://grasswire.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/some-more-poladroid-pairs/#comment-1909 razzbuffnik Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:14:50 +0000 http://grasswire.wordpress.com/?p=1676#comment-1909 I think the strange colours of polaroid are a good match for how unreliable memories are. Transient and inacurate. I think the strange colours of polaroid are a good match for how unreliable memories are.

Transient and inacurate.

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