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Response to Signs (Response #107)

Uploaded 574 Days Ago by JIMJIM - 11 comments

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owen-b said 574 days ago:

Some Banksy? or a global impersonator?

duncmc said 574 days ago:

I like the graphical content and strong colours, but compositionally it's all a little too central for my taste.

George said 574 days ago:

Gritty. Dirty. Splotchy. I dig it. I think I might have cropped out the left dark area since to me those vertical lines in the bottom left tend to distract. Nonetheless, a strong image with obvious political and generally life-applicable symbolism. Nicely seen.

philippe said 574 days ago:

Interesting...

psychodudu said 574 days ago:

This is intriguing....I'd love to here a bit more about this.

Yanoo said 574 days ago:

I spent a few minutes wondering about the meaning of the upper sign :) The feeling of dark and weird is reinforced by the strong cross processing applied here (I think this is cross processing ?) and makes the lower sign more yellow, more visible. I have the strange feeling of an old deserted factory : I like this shot.

King said 574 days ago:

Hmmm...not like anything I see in *my* neighborhood. Obviously this photographer is a foreigner or has been to foreign places (i.e., outside my provencial home territory). French-like.

Just kidding here. I do like this, but it is odd and very Frenchlike. What the hell does that mean? I don't know, but I recognize it. High marks.

10 km/h is very slow. Why is the guy on the right waving a little U.S. flag. I bet this would be funny if I had the slightest idea what is going on.

George said 574 days ago:

King, I believe that *guy* on the right waving the US flag is (cough) our current President. He's saying "empty" which I think also implies the vacuity of his administration, etc. I see this as a statement on Bush's foreign policy (namely Iraq) presented in a highly nationalistic and fascist light. If you take a closer look you'll see two people (in blood red) hanging from the flag. Quite a statement this image.

King said 574 days ago:

George...yeah, very French like, and don't get me wrong...they could hang two more from the flag and I would think they were exaggerating.

I don't think it's funny, so far.

JIMJIM said 573 days ago:

George, I could paraphrase King and say you 're an excellent P.R. (and wise Image reader) !! (no political message :)
Thanks everyone for the feed-backs, I agree concerning the weakness of the compo (it's too centerded) but it was difficult to put it different, at least "I saw you saw" !
(-btw : ----peAce-----)
:)

George said 573 days ago:

Peace, bro :-)

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