Delia is having the agreement of the parents and awaiting the Model Release form to be signed, we present her picture with a direct link to her album. Bravo Delia! EVALUATION: Symbolism can be operated under any circumstances in photogrpahy. However, it unleashes its real power only in unstaged street photography. Staging a photograph is a serious endeavour. It takes vision, resources, models, lighting, directing capabilities. Those who are successful in such an attempt they have great chances in professional photography. But, be warned, no staged photograph will ever attain the highest levels of ambiguity necessary for captivating and locking the uncertainty of the viewer. A staged picture quickly enough unveals the mastery of the photographer to put everything at the right place. And yet there is much more in the spontaneous, unstaged, obsessive photography. Something that no staging would ever be able to attain. It offers the reality suspending moment. When there is no certainty whatsoever about the elements, the circumstances, the actors or the tools that have been needed for the creation of the image. Everything seems random and still in equilibrium. Fragile but incisive. Ordinary yet compelling. Photogrpahs like the present one are serving as an example for the others to study and to recreate whenever they will need a similar impact. But this will remain the blueprint. The archetype. Street photography creates in fact archetypes. The metamorphosis here is complete and immediate. The beer tables become church stalls, the childs waiting becomes prayer, the ray of ligh becomes mystic. The absence of context is serving perfectly the abstraction and when the reading stops the questions are starting to fall. The details (sand, plastic shoes) are eloquent but the power of the symbolism is such that we prefer to ignore them and share the perpetuity of the doubt as opposed to the futility of the certainty.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:03:15 +0000