It boggles the mind that it's 2012 and we still compare photography with reality. Photography doesn't capture reality. It never has and never will. Had Chris Clor's photo been a painting, this article wouldn't exist.
By placing a red light source in this mailbox, Peterson transformed what would have been a normal street scene into a menacing mystery and storytelling image.
I'd really like to know what the story was from either the photographer or the one born from that viewer's imagination. 9 times out of 10 when a photo is said to have a "story", it doesn't. At least not the kind worth telling. Now I'm all for photos that are vague and leave a lot to the imagination, provided it actually goes somewhere, but if at the end of the day all you have is a red light coming from a mailbox chances are the story sucks.
By placing a red light source in this mailbox, Peterson transformed what would have been a normal street scene into a menacing mystery and storytelling image.
I'd really like to know what the story was from either the photographer or the one born from that viewer's imagination. 9 times out of 10 when a photo is said to have a "story", it doesn't. At least not the kind worth telling. Now I'm all for photos that are vague and leave a lot to the imagination, provided it actually goes somewhere, but if at the end of the day all you have is a red light coming from a mailbox chances are the story sucks.
go yanko. it's gotten to be that when someone says "story" I begin to shudder.
I disagree with the story thing.. I see a story in darn near every photograph, It may not be the "story" the photographer was intending to tell, but photo's intrigue me because of the story.. For instance Brent_S profile shot.. I imangine he's at a New Years eve party all the glitter n glitz going on in the background, Cory, even he's headed for class on a collage campas somewhere... Yeah I know the college of smart-azz .. LOL
The red light mail box, there are a ton of hooker fairy's inside the red light district...
By placing a red light source in this mailbox, Peterson transformed what would have been a normal street scene into a menacing mystery and storytelling image.
I'd really like to know what the story was from either the photographer or the one born from that viewer's imagination. 9 times out of 10 when a photo is said to have a "story", it doesn't. At least not the kind worth telling. Now I'm all for photos that are vague and leave a lot to the imagination, provided it actually goes somewhere, but if at the end of the day all you have is a red light coming from a mailbox chances are the story sucks.
Well, from that story, I learned about this photographer. Fascinating work in my opinion.
Oh no, you aren't going to start urinating on your prints now are you Ben? ;)
Actually, I'm not so sure about some of his prints splashed with liquids. But somehow I think a print done on paper made from products from the captured scene is kind of cool.
