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After seeing this photo, on a two page spread, in the most recent edition of Time magazine, I could not help myself but thinking:

When photography meets Art, it really does so in a wholly crushing, breathtaking superior level.

I am speechless and bowing in reverence.

By Damir Sagolj:

http://www.we-find-wildness.com/2011/10/damir-sagolj/

(...It is not an one time event. Check out his work...)

PK

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Where is that photo taken? Can you read the banner (in the printed version in Time magazine)?
 
It's okay, I guess. Doesn't do much for me.

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Peter 13 said:
Where is that photo taken?
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Pyongyang, North Korea.

Can you read the banner (in the printed version in Time magazine)?

I could, if I spoke Korean :)

PK

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ljfinger said:
It's okay, I guess. Doesn't do much for me.
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Cool.

For me, it jolted my mind so hard, it's still buzzing almost 10 hours later. :)

PK

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This is a brilliant photo.

At first I noticed the mood of the low light (presumably before dawn) exposure, then the geometry, texture and layout of the buildings, then the fact that no lights were on, and then the lit photograph of the "Great Leader".
 
Yes, it is very good - but not great. What stops it being great - ie why it isn't, as you say, a meeting of art and photography - is the obviousness of its message.
 
PK, I seen this image just a short while ago online, and I was actually moved by it as well, it was and is a powerful image.
PhotoKhan said:
After seeing this photo, on a two page spread, in the most recent edition of Time magazine, I could not help myself but thinking:

When photography meets Art, it really does so in a wholly crushing, breathtaking superior level.

I am speechless and bowing in reverence.

By Damir Sagolj:

http://www.we-find-wildness.com/2011/10/damir-sagolj/

(...It is not an one time event. Check out his work...)

PK

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“Loose praise may feed my ego but constructive criticism advances my skills”
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http://www.pbase.com/photokhan
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Do you mean "Is the message really obvious?", or "Is an obvious message really a problem?".

IMO, a work is "art" if it uses artistic methods to say something serious about the world we live in. Inseparable from seriousness is recognition that we live in a complex world, and, therefore, inseparable from art is capacity to reflect the real complexity of the world. Here is a photographic example by Sebastiano Salgado, from the Sahel series:





(This is a copyright image. I consider this fair use, because (a) the use is in the context of bona fide comment and cirticism, (b) the version displayed is low quality, and (c) the use is not commercial).
 
I wonder if I'm missing some subtext - in which case how great can it really be if background or contextual knowledge is required in order to appreciate it?

Can't say I'm moved or buzzing.

Puzzled

Kevin
 
KCampbell said:
I wonder if I'm missing some subtext - in which case how great can it really be if background or contextual knowledge is required in order to appreciate it?
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When printed big, you can probably get the idea that this is NK.

On the other hand, the context does not really matter. The well lit image of "the great leader" surrounded by all this gray ugliness, is/was unfortunately, typical for too many countries.
 
...and they have a special power source illuminating the great leader in the middle of a blackout!

"Your Majesty is like a stream of bat's p1$$!... Because you shine out when all around is shrouded in darkness!" (an imperfect quote from an old MP skit)
 
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