photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Kal Khogali | all galleries >> The Vault >> Urban Realism >> Life Through A Lens > Lunch On The Move
previous | next
21-AUG-2005

Lunch On The Move

Sony DSC-P43
1/250s f/5.6 at 5.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time21-Aug-2005 05:31:19
MakeSony
ModelDSC-P43
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length5 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Kal Khogali22-Aug-2005 00:33
Thanks Phil and Marisa. The tilt was deliberate, intended at the time to emphasise/compliment the angle of his head and create a more dynamic movement of the food in to his mouth. The foreground was intended to lead us to the subject and create a three dimensional effect. It struck me after reading Marisa's and your comments Phil that the tilt has emphasised that space/time effect even more than I had intended. Something I will remember to use in the future where necessary.
Phil Douglis21-Aug-2005 20:41
Marisa makes a good point here, Kal. You have indeed explored an "identity between both time and space" within this image -- you freeze the food going into his mouth as his world seems to decay around him. Its incongruity is based on the fact that while he nourishes his body, he is oblivious to his surroundings, which seem to lack such "nourishment." The tilted perspective disorients him, and rude slabs lead us to his dirty throne of old brick and stone. Meanwhile, a pipe seems to be attached to his body, as if it was a drain on the spirit. That crack between the buildings, the gaping empty window, and the crumbling wall all suggest poverty, disintegration and decay. In a way, he can be interpreted as a metaphor for people everywhere, who manage to survive in the present, yet are tethered to a broken and littered past. He carries his belongings in a small bag on one arm, eats with the other, and sits within a rotting infrastructure, and never seems to notice where he is or why he is there.
Marisa Livet21-Aug-2005 18:07
What I like in this pictures is the voluntary ( I guess)not straight perspective, as if also the ground wanted to stress the quick timing and the movement, an identity between time and space. Fascinating texture.
Marisa
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment