Frankly, My Dear

[raygunn_revival]

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[drsmax]

Wow!

Cool alt title, too.

[raygunn_revival]

Yay!

Double yay!

I've been going through some old Henri Cartier Bresson books and realizing that I am so inspired by his work and I want to explore more in the artistic photojournalism area. Less creepy nightmarish stuff, I think, will be the order of the day.

But to those who enjoy the horrorshow, I'll try to keep a (severed) hand in. I wouldn't want to alienate anyone.

[moosemonster]

Can you combine them?

Lovely photo.

[raygunn_revival]

Two great tastes that taste great together, eh?

I'll see what I can do!

And thanks.

[spasmsproject]

I dunno, I think I'd like it better if I saw it sans the actors in the reflection. But I've never seen "Gone With the Wind," so maybe there's a reference I'm missing?

[raygunn_revival]

Hey! Thanks for the crit :)

You're not missing much of a reference beyond what's there, though.

For my own part, I was entranced by the juxtaposition I saw between reckless youth and fiery passion, as emblematized by that scene in GWTW, with the dottering camaraderie of the elderly couple.

I'm not sure if I'd like the picture without Viv and Clark.

[spasmsproject]

I always figured Rhett and Scarlett wouldn't last. I'd rather have what the old people have.

My father's parents are in their late 80s. They still hold hands. That's what I want.

[raygunn_revival]

I wholeheartedly second that.

I want what my grandparents had too.

But I refuse to believe they weren't passionate about each other when they were young.

Further Proof Colleen is NOT a romantic...

[colleenaf]

My first thought was "HA! He's pulling his own finger."

Leave it up to me to take a beautiful photograph and make it all about gas.

Re: Further Proof Colleen is NOT a romantic...

[raygunn_revival]

Ha!

I don't make passes at folks who pass gasses.

Eh. Farts are a part of life. Especially at that stage. I bet they love each other toots an' all.

While we're in the gutter

[moosemonster]

I'm not entirely certain he's wearing anything under that overcoat, or that he knows the woman, or that she minds.

Re: While we're in the gutter

[raygunn_revival]

You'll be gratified to hear that he was wearing a Batman-esque fake six-pack chest underneath that overcoat.

And that the woman was his sister, and had seen it all before.

And that I'm full of hooey.

[slinka]

I love how the couples are in diagonal corners from each other. It's technically and sentimentally beautiful.

[raygunn_revival]

Thanks, angelpants.

I've had various and sundry adversarial run-ins with sentimentality. I think we're going to be on better terms in the future. I appreciate the encouragement!

[slinka]

I've never been called angelpants before! :D

Is My Age Showing?

[auggiewren]

The reflection over the poster strikes me in the same way a picture fades on an old television. It was hard to comprehend that these people could be the children of Gable.That would place them at my parents' age. "IMPOSSIBLE!" says I. In my mind's eye (or eye's mind...), they are contemporaries of the pictured picture stars.

Re: Is My Age Showing?

[raygunn_revival]

My general policy is not to undercut anyone's interpretation of my work, but here is the straight dope on the age question:

William Clark Gable was born in 1901.

The elderly couple I had guessed to be in their mid- to late seventies.

Therefore, it's possible that they could have been the children of Gable, but unlikely that they could have been contemporaries. That would make them 104.

However, neither child-of-ness nor contemporary-ness were themes I had intended or even conceived of when I shot this picture.

[auggiewren]

I understand all you've said. For me, approaching the legendary "hill"*, it is just amazing that I've seen the young turn into the elderly.

[raygunn_revival]

What, Blueberry Hill?

Seriously: very well said. For what it's worth, it doesn't show.