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12-NOV-2009

Parting shot, Monument Valley, Arizona, 2009

This image speaks for itself. She has spent much of a morning at the bottom of Monument Valley, and it shows. When I shared this image with her, she said “I really don’t even think about what is happening to my clothes when I am making photographs. I do whatever I need to do to get the shot.” She is my kind of photographer.

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Phil Douglis26-Nov-2009 22:41
Thanks, Tim -- this image is about more than just getting down and dirty at Monument Valley. That's the incongruous aspect here, just as the rear vantage point abstracts her and makes her more of a symbol of our art more than a specific photographer. However, the human values expressed here are what made the shot work for me: this photographer locks her knees, energizes her elbows, and peers upwards into her camera with great intensity. You are right -- this image is very much about a photographer springing into her art. It is all about passion and energy, two very important human values.
Tim May26-Nov-2009 00:24
Carol speaks honestly: http://www.pbase.com/mityam/image/75506059 What gets me about this image is the crouch - it is as if the photographer is springing into her art.
Phil Douglis24-Nov-2009 03:10
That is what expressive photography is really all about, Carol. It takes passion, thought, concentration, and often some physical effort and little bit of dirt, to make pictures that go beyond description and instead trigger the imaginations of our viewers. I don't know what she is seeing here -- probably that big hole at the top of the Big Hogan (seehttp://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/119662849 ) But I can tell you that whatever she may see, she is really into it. She has just spent an entire morning in Monument Valley -- the dirt on the seat of her jeans is her badge of honor. She wears it well.
Carol E Sandgren24-Nov-2009 02:24
Ha ha! We've all been there one time or another. Getting totally immersed in making your image is like nothing else...meditative and contemplative...... and messing up your jeans means little when you've been rewarded with your results.
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