Another Face from the Street
Posted 25/08/2009 - 09:36
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Good portrait, Paul. I like the way that the logo on his shirt looks like a tatoo and the blue of his eyes is the same colour as the ink.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
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Posted 25/08/2009 - 10:22
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Thanks a lot, Ken.
I know its a challenge to see beyond his tattoos...
But there is a little more goin' on in this photo. Of course the tattoos dominate his face but there is an analogy between his tattoos and the embroidered badge on his shirt, so after all it all jus' amounts to a form of decoration, really.
I'm happy you spotted this analogy, cheers.
I know its a challenge to see beyond his tattoos...
But there is a little more goin' on in this photo. Of course the tattoos dominate his face but there is an analogy between his tattoos and the embroidered badge on his shirt, so after all it all jus' amounts to a form of decoration, really.
I'm happy you spotted this analogy, cheers.
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Posted 25/08/2009 - 12:25
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Seeing beyond the tattoos...
I knew two men who always wore long sleeved shirts, my grandfather was one of them, they always believed their careers had been blighted by getting tattoos in their teens.
I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
I knew two men who always wore long sleeved shirts, my grandfather was one of them, they always believed their careers had been blighted by getting tattoos in their teens.
I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 25/08/2009 - 12:41
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gartmore wrote:
I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
I also wonder how much of the homeless guy's problem is down to peoples perception of him because of the tattoos.
I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
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Posted 25/08/2009 - 13:33
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bforbes wrote:
I should have made myself clearer, I wasn't referring to Paul's subject at all, just a generalisation, really.
gartmore wrote:
I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
I also wonder how much of the homeless guy's problem is down to peoples perception of him because of the tattoos.I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 25/08/2009 - 18:24
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gartmore wrote:
No It's me that should have been more general. I really meant Paul's subject would not be the only person subject to predudice based on how they look.
bforbes wrote:
I should have made myself clearer, I wasn't referring to Paul's subject at all, just a generalisation, really.gartmore wrote:
I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
I also wonder how much of the homeless guy's problem is down to peoples perception of him because of the tattoos.I wonder what will happen to all the tattooed people today when it goes out of fashion again?
Barrie - Too Old To Die Young
https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
https://pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/barrieforbes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/189482630@N03/
Posted 25/08/2009 - 18:47
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At the risk of hijacking Paul's thread, I was talking to an anaesthitist doctor friend and she told me that they wont give pregnant women an epidural if they have a tattoo on the small of their back because of the risk of introducing ink into the spinal fluid.
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
Posted 25/08/2009 - 23:14
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I'm never gonna' be able to turn this thing around now, Ken.
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Posted 25/08/2009 - 23:24
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You certainly know how to take this kind of photo Paul all of them are exceptional.
Jack
Jack
Posted 26/08/2009 - 01:38
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Details details.....Keeps you going back to it....Well done shot!! lighting and colouring.
Posted 26/08/2009 - 11:15
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Jack, Darlene, thanks a lot.
"All the technique in the world doesn’t compensate for the inability to notice." - Elliott Erwitt
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Posted 26/08/2009 - 14:12
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Another Pauly classic - great shot!!!
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I manipulated the colour in this a little.
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