a standout in the challenge .. something that takes the viewer to places they may not have otherwise gone ..
i do like titles most of the time .. they give another perspective .. so its not just the photo .. they often tell me what the photographer was trying to convey ..
this was one of those images for me .. the title gave it impact .. although it was both the title and the image that took me down roads i’ve gone in the past and also quite recently ..
i absolutely loved the editing on this .. the grain .. the black and white .. and the way the oof droplets give this an almost ethereal feel ..
and the vignette and border work so well .
the electrical wires going off in different directions and the way the structure is standing makes me think of how we can all be pulled in different directions … do i satisfy my need or someone else’s .. and that can create glitches in our lives ..
Books have titles, poems have titles, even music needs a certain connotation or a name. Paintings and photographs can stand anonymously if so decided by the artist. I like titles in general - sometimes they become a distant voice of the artist to introduce his work or to play a trick on the viewer and annoy with another riddle. Sometimes they can be misleading as I thought in this case. The title "Glitch" took me on a too common reality. For me this image was an AHA moment. A fraction of a second when looking indifferently from a speedy train, a lost idea, a clue of an unsolved mystery appeared clear in the mind and the eyes saved the moment. Saved as a slide for further reference.
Grainy, black and white photographs have always appealed to me, perhaps because they create a mood rather than simply providing a record. Here it imparts a bit of a rainy afternoon sadness. The water spots and vignetting nicely balance the lines of the structure, too.
The title suggests imperfection, or perhaps an interruption in the orderly nature of things. Visually, the composition registers as deliciously imperfect, too: Hints of something mundane made profound by the circumstances of the seeing. A water-smudged lens and grainy processing which enable us to see what the artist sees. It's a study in abstract geometry and garish artifice that interrogates as much as it exalts. Is the human feat represented by the subject a crowning achievement or a questionable adulteration of reality? As any good piece of art does, this image leaves that up to the viewer to decide.
I really love this image, peppered with grain, the lines going up and stretching out. The structure takes on an almost human feel. And even the outer frame works to an advantage IMO. I do wonder how the "glitches" were constructed.
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