Commenting on this page requires full PBase membership.
Please login or register.
Guest
29-Dec-2005 18:45
It's great when an artist finds a new way of presenting something we've all seen so many times before. This is definitely a creative image, I like the way it's about the experience of viewing the Mona Lisa rather than about the Mona Lisa herself.
For me, this is a powerful photo with impact and purpose. From my first glance there is nothing frivilous or shallow about it. There is no satire. It has clear lines and it draws me in. It has strong psychology in many ways, not the least of which would be isomorphic correspondence, equilibrium and a strong continuation to the point of an ad as you might want to make it. To me, it's a good candidate as a photo to anchor an ad campaign. With a clever headline and some good ad copy, you can vividly lead customers with this image in several different directions. It's a photo that draws interest, comforts and sells.
Guest
29-May-2005 16:03
This is an outstanding picture.
Even this picture derives some form of credibility from the Mona Lisa. But even apart from this it is a "great" image.
Stan Schutze
28-May-2005 10:01
This is outstanding concept, composition, and execution in so many ways. It's a riveting and provocative photo. It opens our thoughts to many suggestions. This photo and the imagery and messages it conveys is a stellar winner in my book.
Guest
25-May-2005 15:46
I though, as you, of the postcard when looking at No2 in this series, it’s all they need. How can anyone feel uplifted by viewing in this way? I gave up video photography years ago because you only see life through a mini [in those day b&w] TV screen. At least with still photography you see with the eye before capturing on film or chip.
Could I relate a similar moment? I recall seeing Tutankhamens death mask in the Cairo museum. There was no big sign or razamataz, I walked in to a side room - my jaw dropped and I raised my camera. I look 4 pictures, the first was the best and I still think it beats anything I’ve seen in print. Then for 20 minutes people came, snapped and left, while I walked around and around the plexiglass box that was such an unassuming display case, drinking in the beauty and craftsmanship of the Gold and Lapis et al. Despite the number of times I had seen it’s image, to see with my own eye was a revelation.
To treat Mona Lisa in this offhand way is an anathema to me. Bravo, that you reveal their folly.
this is my favourite of the 3. my thoughts about it are as i posted in my comment onhttp://www.pbase.com/ruthemily/image/43821465 everyone looks at the painting through their lcd screens. this woman probably closed her camera and walked away, simply happy that she has a photo of the Mona Lisa to prove that she was there. she could have just bought a postcard in the shop and be done with it!
This works best as the finale to a three picture satire on the Mona Lisa as Tourist Attraction. It reduces art to a game of "Capture A Masterpiece" -- she who collects the most important paintings on her memory card wins the Ruthie Hanson Award for Iconic Idiocy. You do indeed have a wicked sense of humor, Ruth, and you let them have a dose of it here!
Commenting on this page requires full PBase membership.
Please login or register.
Please login or register.