Asher Kelman: Triptych Girl With Yellow-Green Scarf #1
Natural Time
I then thought of how the picture might be read differently by changing the order of shots:
Asher Kelman: Triptych Girl With Yellow-Green Scarf #2
Twisted Time
So I'd love to know how you like these and hope you do have opinions on how order might make a difference in the reading of the pictures.
Asher
Asher - I have enjoyed these - playing with the sequence does allow different readings as you point out - the idea of not including the eyes - is rich idea - that artist have explored.
Piero della Francesca - Cupid Blindfolded
the denial of contact between the subject and the viewer give us a space to play into - when the eyes are covered we move around the other key points in the face - but we will keep coming back to the where they should be.
when i Read one of the images i move to where the eyes would be and find only the scarf - it is not a black mask - or a sleeping mask - the choice of fabric - it colour (its not black) - point to something that is sexually ambiguous. by this I mean it does not appear to an image from a part of a sex game.
in these type of images there is a trust built between the maker and the subject - when you cannot see you can be attacked more easily. this can be read as intimate.
making the 3 images into a panel type work works for me on some levels - i like Repetition and subtle changes between things - i am not sure that there is enough in this case. It may be that I just want more images.
I am still not sure about the lack of space in-between images and also the gesture. I think i would also look at the saturation on these - pop a yellow B&W and play with the opacity - there are beautiful tones in these images - that if you want to you could exploit.
i am looking forward to more of this work.
cheers