a friend of mine tried to end his own life last week. fortunately he was unsuccessful. it was shocking to me that i saw him days before and after and didn't notice anything off in personality/emotion/behaviour. this image tries to capture the idea of being blind to the important things in life, colour in this case representing fragility/hopelessness/whatever.
i was actually pretty selfish submitting this during the dpl, but i'm glad that it resonated with people on here. the colour one may not have done quite so badly:
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I was wondering why the choice of black and white. I am really sorry to read about your friend. I am sure he will have many difficult days ahead but I hope he finds some bright spots this go around. My thoughts and prayers that he finds peace and comfort. Thanks for sharing this story.
There was nothing in the challenge description that said the image had to be colorful — only the objects. I understood your intention with this image, although I didn’t know the sad and disturbing story behind it. So many of our best photos come from our subconscious trying to work out disturbing and painful things.
I remember when bsspurgen?? Entered the black and white image of the red wagon in a red challenge opened my eyes to voting with my mind not necessarily my eyes. Too conceptual for the soccer mom types on here judging by the comments, is imagination is dead in this age of technology?
i was hoping for a bw in this challenge i think something slightly more obviously colourful would have made it easier for all the dpc's giving you 1 for it but im giving you a 9 :)
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