I enjoy the off-kilter framing of your series and the vague hints at humor, as though you the photographer found these happenings funny for yourself, but it left to the viewers to find why for themselves. (The alpacas don’t need any help in immediately noticing what is funny in the frame – I think it is their human element) They also tie nicely together because of the color palate; although divergent colors would not have detracted from the photographs themselves, I think having these muted colors help to look at them as a series. Somehow I am having more trouble including the first photo; all of the others have very linear geometric shapes marked out by the objects in the picture (even the puffy alpacas), but the onions are much more messy (and round). Additionally, because it is all one hue, I cannot abstract the shapes as I can in the others.
I think your framing of the alpacas, as well as the column, is fresh and interesting and challenges the notion of the "decisive moment." You seem not to have captured something at the opportune moment; Rather, with the alpacas, you seem to have completely missed it. The alpaca had already bowed its head by the time you clicked the shutter. But that's so great! I really like the implied sense of time and action I get because of that timing. I also like the column a lot because the color and the framing really violate the traditional notion of "column" as something with a base, a captial, an entablature, etc. It's great to see you cut off what is presumably the most important part of the column (the part holding up the roof).
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I enjoy the off-kilter framing of your series and the vague hints at humor, as though you the photographer found these happenings funny for yourself, but it left to the viewers to find why for themselves. (The alpacas don’t need any help in immediately noticing what is funny in the frame – I think it is their human element) They also tie nicely together because of the color palate; although divergent colors would not have detracted from the photographs themselves, I think having these muted colors help to look at them as a series. Somehow I am having more trouble including the first photo; all of the others have very linear geometric shapes marked out by the objects in the picture (even the puffy alpacas), but the onions are much more messy (and round). Additionally, because it is all one hue, I cannot abstract the shapes as I can in the others.
I love alpacas. Seriously.
I think your framing of the alpacas, as well as the column, is fresh and interesting and challenges the notion of the "decisive moment." You seem not to have captured something at the opportune moment; Rather, with the alpacas, you seem to have completely missed it. The alpaca had already bowed its head by the time you clicked the shutter. But that's so great! I really like the implied sense of time and action I get because of that timing. I also like the column a lot because the color and the framing really violate the traditional notion of "column" as something with a base, a captial, an entablature, etc. It's great to see you cut off what is presumably the most important part of the column (the part holding up the roof).
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