Cedric MASSOULIER
New member
Leica CL & Hexanon 2/50
Portra 160 NC
Cedric,
Leica CL & Hexanon 2/50
Portra 160 NC
These three pictures work well together. They all carry an idea of time lived and a restricted space where we are interested as to what is outside. I like this complex theme as it invites us, the viewer to be attentive to our own ideas and bring them into these small worlds.
With an image of beauty, like a rose, there are many more poems, songs, paintings we can think of. With these old portals, however, there are less associations with being agreeable and attractive. Portals seem more serious. We see division of life to "in and out", "up and down", "with you and with me". As such it is an instrument that invites our own participation in thought of existential consequences. Not only that, there is a communal aspect to this. When we see another person lost in such a world, we feel that we might perhaps be bonded somehow in this activity.
Here's a different take on the possibilities of portals. Here we have a picture i recently was introduced to at the Photo LA Exhibition, Jan 9-11, 2009 in Santa Monica. It was made by Bill Brandt in 1936 in London, U.K. The building is not dead. However, we see this image of a woman on the inside of a world where she, herself exists outside of that high ranking upper class world while serving their privileged owners.
I hope that you will continue your study in this great theme according to your own ideas. Don't take too long! Even if I'm the only one that responds to your post, I hope that will be sufficient. It takes a while for other folks to catch up!