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While it has a sad aspect, the more I look at it, I get a strong feeling from it. Kinda "Never give up", but maybe thats only me. I work with handycapped people, and I know how it´s like in the homes for them - loud, noisy, most of the people there never listen to you or your problems- there´s no time for that. All day choices are made for you.
So he goes out, takes the hindrances on his way to the park for given, struggles with his power which leaves him day by day more. Just for this moment, where he can find silence, which only belongs to him. Because, this is one of the last choices he can make.
That´s maybe far from the truth. But I think, creating pictures like this which open the possibility for interpretations like this are a talent, which you have.
Thank you!
Of course this pic absolutely had to be B&W. I can't imagine it being in color. That would take away from the bleak effect. And with this topic, I want a bleak effect. This is a sad person. Trying to make the photo more cheerful would ruin the whole effect. I don't want to let the viewers off easy; I want them to think, maybe change the way they do things.
The man is way off in the distance, almost lost in the background - just like in real life. There's no sense of him moving, going anywhere, or doing anything. He just seems to be stuck where he is somehow.
I consider this shot to be original, even though some might argue that pictures of the Forsaken are common. What makes this original is the fact that the guy is kind of lost in the background, not front and center as many artists try to do. Your view is more realistic in my opinion. You're showing how this guy is unimportant (to society), and that requires him to be lost in the distance.
I gave you a slight ding (half a star) on technique. I would have preferred an image with more contrast and exaggerated graininess. I don't know why - Maybe it's the way newspapers kind of look. You may feel I'm being picky about this. Maybe I am. Maybe it's because I come from a time when most photos like this were contrasty and grainy because everything was on film using less highly advanced lenses, and it was mostly B&W. I don't know; I hope I'm not being unfair here. But somehow that dark contrast and grain would make it even grimmer, in my imagination.
Finally, impact - well, it hits me where I live, so of course I gave it five stars. Too many people ignore this stuff, so I'm glad when someone takes the time and effort to show how it really is for some people.
Good work. Bravo! I hope you'll try to do some more of this kind of thing...
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