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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/28/2006
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Indeed he is, Andre. He brings back the silent thoughts of a raw B&W in a times where everybody is trying to get even more color, even more contrast, even more this and that on a photo.
Take a look at http://www.laif.de/de/article/11328.html?viewtype=list&batch=1&WGSESSID=d31bb52a88da21babcbf41dd24b0f12e&POTID=849005e78409c8ef3b8d6f42dd561c7e
The photo of the boy looking through a hole on the wall is no more a photo. It is an A-bomb! If somebody doesn't get shook, then, as honest Pete Townshend once said on stage:
"They wouldn't notice that they have a heart, even if it would be violently ripped out of their a***s!"
Sorry for the strong expression but I think it says so much! ;-)
Take care and keep it up!
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 9/28/2006
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Hi Nick,
I think Eugene Smith is a very important photographer. His raw images have had a lot of influence on a lot of people. Some of his images are still branded in my mind.
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/24/2006
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Yes, it is like some kind of school, if you like, and the teachers reveal to us their view of the world. Eugene Smith almost smashed me to pieces with the book "Open Wound - Chechnya 1994-2003". I still have in mind all those silent witnesses of a burned up country.
Such people are not only excellent photographers, but also history writers. They document the times in which we live, without any try to make something better or worse in their photos. Perhaps it is that why they are excellent photographers.
Take care and thanks again,
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 9/23/2006
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Hi Nick,
I think it is a wonderful thing how we can be influenced by the images that we see. Some of my favourites are Stiechen and Eugene Smith. I also grew up liking Annie Leibovitz's images of Rock stars in Rolling Stone Magazine. What a great job she must have had!
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/22/2006
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Hi Andre and thank you very much for your great comment. Yes it has been Alfred Stieglitz, one of my all time favorites. Wow, only having his name in a comment about one of my photos sends gooseflesh to my back. Thank you sooo much for this, Andre!
Those photos in Central Park are milestones! Masterpieces of the combination Art-Documentary.
Thanks again and best wishes,
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 9/22/2006
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Hi Nick,
The effect works well to convey a feeling of being there with tired, weary eyes. The image also reminds me of many of the old style images you see from the 20's and 30's. (except the cars of course) There are a few famous images of horses and buggys in New York's Central Park at night in snow with a similar "lazy" focus. Not sure who the photographer is. Maybe Steiglitz?
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/20/2006
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Andre, thank you for noticing. It was a thing of main importance to me to keep it soft, just like looking with very tired eyes after a long day. To be willingly *slightly* out of focus in low light consition can get harder than to be in focus.
As about memories, well, it depends on their consequences. If they are like these that wake me at 5:30 then... give me the mind eraser! ;-)
But then again, they also have their good sides, keeping me in live connection with distant humans in Canada. ;-)
Gasp! What? Already 6:30? Emergency procedure necessary!
Starting emergency procedure
Loading mind eraser (hammer)........100%
Starting mind eraser (hammer).......Bang!
Direct hit, memory clear
Shuting Nick down - good night!
zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Andre Denis
{K:66407} 9/20/2006
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There is a nice, soft, mood to this image Nick. It does remind me of the past. As you say "late winter nights, last bus, last train"...been there, done that. And for me, the memories are good :)
Andre
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/20/2006
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Hi Ace
and thank you for the explanation.
This is rather an interesting postulate out of personal "feeling", that uses experience in order to explain "truth". It is not a proof, but it does describe the feelings about that through using of psychological/spiritual analogies. (The problem is that analogies can lead us astray though they don't necessarily have to.) Postulates can be used to build up theories based on them. They are the fundaments. If the theory agrees with observation, then the postulates are usable ( but not necessarily true.) If the theory disagrees with observation, then the postulates are false.
So it remains a matter of observation to see if the theory build up on the above (and perhaps additional) postulates will be falsified or withstand experimental tests. Let's hope.
Thanks again and best wishes to you my friend.
Nick
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 9/19/2006
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thanks Nick for understanding! i can explain easily through this quote about what i said before
In point of fact truth is simple; it is man who makes it difficult for himself. For all other aspects of knowledge he has to get from outside, but truth is something which is within man himself. It is something which is nearest to us though we imagine it to be farthest; it is something which is within, though we imagine it to be outside; it is knowledge itself we want to acquire. Thus the seeker is engaged in a continual struggle: struggle with himself, struggle with others, and struggle with life. And at the end of the journey he always finds that he has traveled because it was his destiny to travel, and he discovers that his starting-point is the same as his final goal.
when we talk about Spirituality and ourself we always feel depth in it because it takes us within ourself same when as you listen to music or meditation etc
good luck my friend
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/19/2006
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Many many thanks Dario!
Keep well,
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/19/2006
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Thank you very much Annemette! It is very hard to put it all down to words, but I am glad that the viking maid knows...
Take care,
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/19/2006
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Many thanks, Ace!
Though I am much more for the clarity of the mathematical way, I can imagine what you mean. And it hits somehow the nail on the head....
Best wishes,
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 9/19/2006
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Thank you very much, Nicola my friend, I am glad you like it!
Ciao,
Nick
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Dario Stefani
{K:4938} 9/19/2006
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Nice street image...
Dario
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Annemette Rosenborg Eriksen
{K:55244} 9/19/2006
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Moody, Nick. I know what you mean.
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Ace Star
{K:21040} 9/19/2006
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Deep it is life i mean .... without depth there is nothing to explore that's why as Mystic i learned that this depth in us can where we find answer of our lifes and universe :)
excellent work Nick
good luck
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Nicola Barbieri
{K:18000} 9/19/2006
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nice image, my friend.. well done. I like it a lot
Ciao, Nicola
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