As they say: "... is in the eye of the beholder" and dpc'ers don't behold this image well. Clearly I missed conveying the point which was the modern, superconnected, world-wise and even cynical Alice for whom "wonderland" does not exist. In fact, her wonderland (or fantasyland) is only in her mind and those of her peers and her real world constantly fails to meet her expectations.
[Oct. 18th, 2013 02:05:10 PM]
To me her expression tells it all.
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A four for you, though it's not entirely your fault. I'm completely jaded by pictures of people on cell phones. It's low hanging fruit as far as street photography goes. Her grumpy face makes me chuckle though.
she has the "chasing the white rabbit" look alright; though it seems she's already obtained her spot of tea for the mad hatter's party.
the expression is what sells this image for me, regardless of location/era.
i give it a 7
I an one of a few that have taken on the” Comment on every vote challenge”. I will post the score I gave you then try to explain my reasons for said vote. Hopefully nothing below will be taken personally, and maybe we can both learn from it..
A modern day rewrite? Hell I don’t know. I know I am fascinated by this woman. There is a story here, and her name might be Alice.
A 10 and faved.
Hmm. Perhaps we read a different novel of the same title, this isn't the Alice in Wonderland that I remember.
I am a fan of street portraits though, and perhaps if this was in a street photography challenge, I would have rated this higher. For now I will give this a 5.
At first I didn't think that this played well with the story. I'm still on the fence, but in a weird way I can see her falling down a rabbit hole into a much different version of the story. 5
For me, the fishnets and boots are a little surprising, coming out of that print dress. This sort of friction is reminiscent of Alice being out of place in Wonderland. You could also say her iPod is a wonderland that she is currently lost in. So, there is some connection there. Negatives are a rather dull composition, plus I'm not fond of candids of people absorbed in their iAnythings. 4
I think Alice is trying to play croquet with her iPhone ;) It seems like a random snapshot, so it may have worked better as a b&w or using a vignette for a bit more drama. 5.
The modern Alice in a world of technical wonders. Just got out from not such a great place where she got her potion that will probably make her teeny tiny ..
A good spoof I think but when it comes to marking it, I cannot go past 5 since I cannot appreciate this photo as much in itself, out of this context.
Shoehorn in Wonderland? :) Loose connection to the title not withstanding, quite like the edgy portrait, but not so much the distracting elements in the reflections and windows. I think for this image to work, it would need a UWA perspective to capture her in the crazy wonderland of urban city life
Not working for me, not even as an ironic take. Try as I might, I can't bring "wonderland" out of this at all, and beyond that, the grace of Alice is that she's naive and trusting, which this woman looks like she's anything but, so I get no sense of the book here...
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