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Comment on Bon Jovi and the teapot by Jack Smith

Jack Smith — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:24:24 +0000

i think that the best song of Bon Jovi is the Bed of Roses;’`

Comment on Rupert’s near death experience by Pendragon

Pendragon — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:50:03 +0000

Sorry Lysh, i would rather read a blog than that twitter stuff. Discussed your previous comment about invasion of privacy with an OS member after viewing photos of the Show at Ashfield Mall.

I knew the Photographer was there but didn’t know he was taking pictures of me!

Comment on Ethics of photography by Jeff Beddow

Jeff Beddow — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:37:00 +0000

I think we all feel the dilemma, even moreso today than when I started doing street photography in 1969. I often feel diminished by taking a person’s photo unawares. In San Francisco last June, I snapped a picture of a very dishevelled looking woman crossing the street next to a shiny new maserati, as the contrast was too perfect to pass on. She saw me, and came up to me without breaking eye contact. “Do you want a great photo?” She asked, opening her jacket. Underneath the thin cotten jacket, there were hospital dressings, dirty and oozing. “I just had surgery” she said “What’s the matter, don’t you think that was a great photo?” She walked away without waiting for an answer. There are other stories like this, of course, and mine isn’t the worst. But it caused me to wonder what my motivation was to “take” a picture. We don’t have the option of “giving” a picture. It’s always “taking.” Some photographers have begun paying street people for their photos. That is weird, as though their job is to miserably colorful now. I have decided for the time being to make eye contact, so the subject knows they are being seen and acknowledged as a person, and not an object. Then before I click I wait for a sign from them. IF they flinch or wave me off I smile and walk away. If they pose, so much the better. The only payment I give them is a direct friendly smile. If I don’t feel their equal, I discard the photo. It is a tough discipline. Really feeling others as equal is a tough discipline.
And of course, I slip and fail too.

Comment on What old woman? by Pendragon

Pendragon — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:06:11 +0000

Hi Lysh, i can see her too. Didn’t have to squint. Maybe only visible if you view the painting from a distance.

Comment on What old woman? by Cyndi L

Cyndi L — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:25:59 +0000

Ohmygoodness! It looks like she’s sweeping something and contemplating the moon. layers upon layers in your painting

Comment on Our resident possum by Pendragon

Pendragon — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:57:39 +0000

Lysh, he/she cute.

Comment on Bon Jovi and the teapot by Amber Phillips

Amber Phillips — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:56:25 +0000

Bon Jovi in the 90’s is super popular and can i say the king of rock and roll on those days.’*

Comment on Bon Jovi and the teapot by Florence Mills

Florence Mills — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:50:39 +0000

Bon Jovi definitely rocks, the best rock and roll band in the planet*..

Comment on Typical by Darren Daz Cox

Darren Daz Cox — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:26:42 +0000

this is a powerful piece, will you tell us the story behind it?

I wish you were on twitter or Facebook so I could know when you update stuff! I’m @darrencox on twitter and darren.cox on FB!

Comment on Fragments by Pendragon

Pendragon — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:49:42 +0000

I’ll second the thought about the “armschair” ….is that the right word? Very, very comfortable!