Theodorus,
I can imagine this on a large canvas or printed on tiles and being enjoyable. This, works, but as a final product, there's more that I'd consider doing to exploit what's there.
I happen to avidly collect pictures just like this. Some are made by sheer accident, others, (as you've done here), by design. When they lack a dominant impressive gesture, they are not shown as taken. Rather they are used to build..........
- either pleasant compositions for engaging one's dreamy imagination
- or else socially challenging content created out of abstractions.
I'd put this into the first class. There are no social implications I see here, just a way to start musing in a relaxed way and getting distracted from the present.
So I like the shot here as the
start of artwork. (BTW, I don't expect, (except for news, crime, product, wedding and other "vertical market" photography), the picture
taken isn't necessarily anything like the one to be
shown. Far from it! Ansel Adams did much more of his creative work after the shot! He engraved lines, shadows, and used so many different modes of processing to get
what he wanted.
As for blurred or swing shot images, sometimes, following a graceful person in a gallery, one can get a slow blurred image that is just right,
as it is. That's because the pose and lines of the person are already beautiful and clearcut. Here, your work, to me at least, has some of the raw elements of potential art, but not all of the final art itself. But that's just one view. I have taken the liberty to process your images the way I'd like to see it exhibited and with your permission I'll share one or two.
Asher
