I'm only breaking a moment from work, so I'm not giving this due attention--but I very much like your post and I scanned through your husband's work (I will have to go back) and enjoyed his photos very much. I love the one on the opening page. I like that photos (and good camera work in film, as well) can direct a person to things that may be in front of their eyes all the time, but that the don't normally see. People often go place to place with "function" in mind. A doorway is seen just as function--to get from one place to another. But a camera can make you stop and focus and see moment to moment as you move from one place to another--the light and shadow on the doorframe, the angle and how it changes as you pass through it...etc . So that the world of concrete things comes into focus--not just the function as a midpoint between destinations, as it were. And it's a good lesson to train ourselves to look and see that way without the aid of a camera. IMHO.
I must run--but thank you much for sharing this!!!
I so agree with your notion that it's a good lesson to focus less on "function", but more on... yes, on what? Maybe we could call it the "being" of the concrete things? Hubby benefitted muchly from a wonderful book on photography: The Tao of Photography by Philippe L. Gross, Ph.D. and S.I. Shapiro, Ph.D. Both authors are psychologists and photographers, and both have a taoistic view on photography. Here's an excerpt of a review: "Central to Taoism is the concept of liberation. The authors stress that photography, as a force for aesthetic liberation, should be able to free itself from the formal constrictions that convention has imposed. The photographer should train to see beauty, order and meaning through the lens, rather than study to reproduce, in various forms, the traditional subjects and structures of the art. (...) They [the authors] quote Ernst Haas: "I am not interested in shooting new things, I am interested in seeing things new." Camera angle, point of view, use of shadow,
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts on photography and the motion picture One Hour Photo. I thought Robin Williams was great as Sy Parrish. He really gave me the heebie-jeebies.
Your husband is an extremely good photographer. I love them all. In the landscapes gallery I was drawn to the photographs of water and the Stormy Sky. Lots of mood and emotion.
I love the images of the fetching woman who full of mystery.
One Hour Photo got very mixed reviews, as far as I know. Some critics complained about the "clinical" imagery of the film, or that Robin Williams couldn't fill out his role properly, but I beg to differ. I found his portrayal very moving and I really got watery eyes several times during the film, since I almost couldn't bear the suppression of all the feelings of his character. And golly, he WAS creepy!
I told hubby about all your wonderful comments and he is happy about. :-) Unfortunately he is quite stressed out at work currently and can't indulge his passion as often as he'd like, but I hope this will change soon. *calls for holiday*
Hi Whiteling, Skatergirl here. It took me many years after it was in cinemas before I decided to watch One Hour Photo, but when I did I really loved it. Robin Williams is so good when he calms down and stops being manic, and that comment about people only recording the happy moments in their lives really hit home.
Your hubby's site is really good and I adore the picture with the tag Staffelsee3. It would make a really stunning painting done in oils with a pallete knife rather than a brush.
Skatergirl!! What a lovely surprise to "see" you here! *hugs* I like your nick name. Morrelli - the sound of it makes me think of an Italian Renaissance lord. :-) I, too, didn't watch One Hour Photo when it was in the cinemas, but I have it on DVD now and enjoyed watching the extras like the "Making of" featurette (it's fascinating to see Williams' outbursts of energy between the takes; but the moment the camera rolls, he's a completely different person) or the comments of director Mark Romanek. I just appreciate it very much when directors do their job with such a great love to the detail.
Kalle will be delighted to hear that you like his site. :-) (By the way, did you recognise the photo on the main page? ;-)) You're so right about the Staffelsee picture, it would make a gorgeous painting. But then, I love all of the Staffelsee shots. Hubby really caught this landscape's magic in them. The area is called "Das Blaue Land" ("Blue Land"). Blue and picturesque, indeed.
Hey, Eva! Danke für diese Post! Ich liebe die Foto deines Schnuckelchens. Der Film ... er war super ich habe mich schon lange nicht mehr so "unwohl" gefühlt, wenn du weißt, was ich meine. Und Elijah als Fotograf? Wer möchte da nicht Modell sein *grins*
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You hubby's photos are very nice. He could be a commercial photographer I reckon! Also, that Eva woman, whomever she is ;-), is very pretty!
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Hm, I still haven't worked out who this mysterious "Eva woman" is. :-D I'd be grateful for any hint!
(Thanks, Honey!! :-*)
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I must run--but thank you much for sharing this!!!
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I so agree with your notion that it's a good lesson to focus less on "function", but more on... yes, on what? Maybe we could call it the "being" of the concrete things?
Hubby benefitted muchly from a wonderful book on photography: The Tao of Photography by Philippe L. Gross, Ph.D. and S.I. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Both authors are psychologists and photographers, and both have a taoistic view on photography. Here's an excerpt of a review:
"Central to Taoism is the concept of liberation. The authors stress that photography, as a force for aesthetic liberation, should be able to free itself from the formal constrictions that convention has imposed. The photographer should train to see beauty, order and meaning through the lens, rather than study to reproduce, in various forms, the traditional subjects and structures of the art. (...) They [the authors] quote Ernst Haas: "I am not interested in shooting new things, I am interested in seeing things new." Camera angle, point of view, use of shadow, ( ... )
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Your husband is an extremely good photographer. I love them all. In the landscapes gallery I was drawn to the photographs of water and the Stormy Sky. Lots of mood and emotion.
I love the images of the fetching woman who full of mystery.
--Estë
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I told hubby about all your wonderful comments and he is happy about. :-) Unfortunately he is quite stressed out at work currently and can't indulge his passion as often as he'd like, but I hope this will change soon.
*calls for holiday*
(Hey, the fetching woman says "Thank-you"!! :-*)
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Your hubby's site is really good and I adore the picture with the tag Staffelsee3. It would make a really stunning painting done in oils with a pallete knife rather than a brush.
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I like your nick name. Morrelli - the sound of it makes me think of an Italian Renaissance lord. :-)
I, too, didn't watch One Hour Photo when it was in the cinemas, but I have it on DVD now and enjoyed watching the extras like the "Making of" featurette (it's fascinating to see Williams' outbursts of energy between the takes; but the moment the camera rolls, he's a completely different person) or the comments of director Mark Romanek. I just appreciate it very much when directors do their job with such a great love to the detail.
Kalle will be delighted to hear that you like his site. :-) (By the way, did you recognise the photo on the main page? ;-)) You're so right about the Staffelsee picture, it would make a gorgeous painting. But then, I love all of the Staffelsee shots. Hubby really caught this landscape's magic in them. The area is called "Das Blaue Land" ("Blue Land"). Blue and picturesque, indeed.
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Der Film ... er war super ich habe mich schon lange nicht mehr so "unwohl" gefühlt, wenn du weißt, was ich meine.
Und Elijah als Fotograf? Wer möchte da nicht Modell sein *grins*
*Bussi auf Bauchi*
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