a strange one - not sure, if this works for anyone else. Does it?

[call me Skippy]

I visited my mother recently. We do not see each other very much - although we stay in pretty close contact via phone and stuff. On the visit, I found this "view".

I do not want to explain to much - in order to see, if this one works for anybody else. For me it was: seeing it and wanting to take the picture.

I instantly had to think of a poem by Rilke - a German-writing poet from early 20th century. Specifically, I had to think of this poem: Link to German-English version of poem



For me, it is the first time, I make these connections between photography and "wider interpretation/connection" - which makes this picture special to me. But: This may be to individual... dont know.

Comments and critics welcome.

 

[Bill Wallace]

It's cool, the main thing is if it works for you and has a special meaning for you then what else matters. Not nessiarily a fine art shot but what it means to you is special. You'll always have that shot to remind you of that particular visit to a very special person....

makes me miss my mom!

cheers to you and Mom...

Bill

 

[call me Skippy]

Thanks for the comment. Guess I already explained to much about the context of the picture. The point is: the whole "mother-thingie" doesnt really plays into it for me. For me it is about time, organizing time and how one spends his/her life.

 

[Martin Ocando]

I visited my mother recently. We do not see each other very much - although we stay in pretty close contact via phone and stuff. On the visit, I found this "view".

I do not want to explain to much - in order to see, if this one works for anybody else. For me it was: seeing it and wanting to take the picture.

I instantly had to think of a poem by Rilke - a German-writing poet from early 20th century. Specifically, I had to think of this poem: Link to German-English version of poem



For me, it is the first time, I make these connections between photography and "wider interpretation/connection" - which makes this picture special to me. But: This may be to individual... dont know.

Comments and critics welcome.

I think the combination of elements is very nice. Although composition wise, I would have tried some other framing, like leaving more room in the bottom, or the top. Or maybe a bit more to one of the sides. I usually shoot various options and the decide in PP. The stain on the upper right draws a bit of attention from the mains subject, so I would clone that out too.

Miss my Mom too. Lost her in 1999 :-( Jesus!!! 15 years already. I can't believe it

--
Martin
"One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear a closer resemblance to it" - Galen Rowell

 

[Colin K. Work]

I visited my mother recently. We do not see each other very much - although we stay in pretty close contact via phone and stuff. On the visit, I found this "view".

I do not want to explain to much - in order to see, if this one works for anybody else. For me it was: seeing it and wanting to take the picture.

I instantly had to think of a poem by Rilke - a German-writing poet from early 20th century. Specifically, I had to think of this poem: Link to German-English version of poem



For me, it is the first time, I make these connections between photography and "wider interpretation/connection" - which makes this picture special to me. But: This may be to individual... dont know.

Comments and critics welcome.

I'm sorry to say it doesn't work for me BUT you are trying to do something that is very difficult - 1- translate a physical artifacts into an abstract concept and 2 - make that concept apparent to a 3rd party. Not many photographers do this well without resorting to obvious cliches

I think photography is one of the more difficult forms to convey abstract concepts because by its very nature it is so literal - and I think people tend to view photographs as records of what was seen.

We perhaps look at photographs in a different way to, say, a painting because the artist's presence is not so obvious and we don't tend to think "what does it mean?".

I think this is why some photographers prefer to work in B&W as it makes the viewer look a little harder at the image and think about it a bit more.

So perhaps you're half way there ... you have made the jump from everyday objects to other associations, now you have to work on making the association more clear to anyone who looks at the picture - of course an easy "cheat" often used is to give the picture a title!



--
Colin K. Work
www.ckwphoto.com
www.pixstel.com

 

[call me Skippy]

Thanks. That actually helps a bit.

 

[BaneUK]

Thanks for the comment. Guess I already explained to much about the context of the picture. The point is: the whole "mother-thingie" doesnt really plays into it for me. For me it is about time, organizing time and how one spends his/her life.

Nice. The poem is beautiful too, thanks for posting.