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My World: Back from Black

Jarmo Juntunen

Jarmo Juntunen

Well-known member
(the prefix should read My Life which would be more appropriate)

This is a meaningful picture on a personal level. Nothing tragic happened on the day it was shot, on the contrary. But later, when I saw this picture, it immediately connected with earlier, much sadder days.

Back from Black

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Mark Hampton

New member
Jarmo Juntunen said:
(the prefix should read My Life which would be more appropriate)

This is a meaningful picture on a personal level. Nothing tragic happened on the day it was shot, on the contrary. But later, when I saw this picture, it immediately connected with earlier, much sadder days.

Back from Black

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Yes

yes, thanks for posting an image that burns into my head.
 
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Sam Hames

New member
I find this a bit haunting. I don't read it as positive or negative: just a kind of stark ambivalence.


It is very interesting, I've been staring at it. I feel like there's more of the story to be told. Or maybe that is the appeal?
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Jarmo Juntunen said:
(the prefix should read My Life which would be more appropriate)

This is a meaningful picture on a personal level. Nothing tragic happened on the day it was shot, on the contrary. But later, when I saw this picture, it immediately connected with earlier, much sadder days.

Back from Black

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This work reminds me of seeing barefoot Bangladeshi children working to salvage scrap iron from the dark cavernous dead ships brought there to beches such as Chittagong to be salvaged.

Asher
 
Jarmo Juntunen

Jarmo Juntunen

Well-known member
Thank you Sam and Asher! I'm very pleased to see this picture evokes a reaction. I do have a very strong personal relationship with this photo. It is sort of a retrospective interpretation of things in the past. If I try to forget that approach, I find Asher's story quite appealing.
 
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John Wolf

New member
Isn't it great when a photograph has strong personal resonance or a message? They don't come along that often, but when they do they offer something special.

John
 
Jarmo Juntunen

Jarmo Juntunen

Well-known member
I agree John! Photography feels worth while on the rare occasion when I manage to accomplish something else than just a record of life.
 
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