Hi @cahleen , it's great to see your work here again.
For me, the strong point of the series is the look you cast at the most banal and ordinary, following in the line of William Eggleston and many others. And you do it very well. Colors and lights are very important, but your look at shapes is also very sharp in images like the first three. I think it's amazing the pace you were able to print in static compositions.
Then you start to include more people, and the work changes a little bit. The moments start to gain weight, to the detriment of this quieter look that there was in the first three.
I really like the ending sequence, especially 8 and 9, where black and dark predominate. The last photo works well, but I'm left wondering if I would end this very poetic series with an image that is more descriptive and factual than the others. The scene here is very clear and defined, you know? And in the others I feel a greater ambiguity, they are more about a certain climate than about everyday facts.
Anyway, I like the series, and I think it's still possible to fine-tune the editing, maybe prioritizing images in the same vibe as 1, 2, 3 5, 8 and 9.
@gustavominas This is so helpful, thank you! I found that I felt unsure about focusing on quieter images. Instagram has trained me to prioritize the single images that are more well-defined, as you say, and I found that putting together a series of images that work in tandem required an "attention muscle" that I'm not used to using. I'm glad to hear which images you thought carried the message better, because I'd like to keep exploring these spaces of "winding down" and emptying in a place that's usually humming with people and chaos like Taiwan is. Now I know which direction to go and got an important reminder that what works in a photo essay or project is not the same thing as what works on Instagram. Thank you! =)
Cahleen
P.S. I think this is the only time that William Eggleston and my name will be mentioned close together. Thank you for that!
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Docent PlusHi @cahleen , it's great to see your work here again.
For me, the strong point of the series is the look you cast at the most banal and ordinary, following in the line of William Eggleston and many others. And you do it very well. Colors and lights are very important, but your look at shapes is also very sharp in images like the first three. I think it's amazing the pace you were able to print in static compositions.
Then you start to include more people, and the work changes a little bit. The moments start to gain weight, to the detriment of this quieter look that there was in the first three.
I really like the ending sequence, especially 8 and 9, where black and dark predominate. The last photo works well, but I'm left wondering if I would end this very poetic series with an image that is more descriptive and factual than the others. The scene here is very clear and defined, you know? And in the others I feel a greater ambiguity, they are more about a certain climate than about everyday facts.
Anyway, I like the series, and I think it's still possible to fine-tune the editing, maybe prioritizing images in the same vibe as 1, 2, 3 5, 8 and 9.
Hope this helps!
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@gustavominas This is so helpful, thank you! I found that I felt unsure about focusing on quieter images. Instagram has trained me to prioritize the single images that are more well-defined, as you say, and I found that putting together a series of images that work in tandem required an "attention muscle" that I'm not used to using. I'm glad to hear which images you thought carried the message better, because I'd like to keep exploring these spaces of "winding down" and emptying in a place that's usually humming with people and chaos like Taiwan is. Now I know which direction to go and got an important reminder that what works in a photo essay or project is not the same thing as what works on Instagram. Thank you! =)
Cahleen
P.S. I think this is the only time that William Eggleston and my name will be mentioned close together. Thank you for that!
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