Photo Appreciation Class 101 Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Millenium Monument, in downtown Beijing often holds photography exhibitions. Recently they had a National Geographic Exhibit where I took my Watch People Watching a Photo of a Photo pic.

This is the follow on exhibit from that - a single photographer (whose name escapes me). These pics are of Havana... a lot of people were taking photos of the pictures, but I liked taking photos of the people watching the pictures :)

I've posted a workshop of a different photo... this chap seems a bit Confused.

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tuffellow (533) 2004-07-20 1:14

You always seem to get really good perspectives on your photos. Well done on this one. I really like the way you displayed this in 3 different cells. I can't suggest a single improvement, everything seems to be perfect here.

pridel (233) 2004-07-20 8:02

Très très bon ! j'aime beaucoup votre tryptique. j'aime beaucoup quand les photos racontent des histoires. Et c'est le cas ici. Techniquement vos photos sont très réussies. bravo

joseelias (367) 2004-07-20 8:28

Very good composition of images. The way you've chosen to organize the photos created a very well balanced image. Maybe a little more brightness could have been nice.

RGatward (19749) 2004-07-21 3:01

Very good original idea, which comes off well. Points tomorrow.

avis2avis (4244) 2004-07-21 3:29

Interesting idea Josh and well executed. Wonder if a lower POV would have highlighted the people visiting a little more.

MKING (3050) 2004-07-23 7:50

Curious how they let the public take pictures of the artwork; I don't think we can do that Josh in Australia, though I've never tried...

I like the colour follow on from your linked shot- the three pictures work so well together as a single presentation, what I like the most is that each group of people is looking at a different panel and at different parts of each respective panel. If only it were a bit larger but that's a constraint of this website. Well done!

timmiles (0) 2004-11-03 13:08

Great idea! I watched people taking photos of the 'Earth from the air' exhibition, but never thought of something like this! Very well balanced - people interacting differently with the photos. The only minor criticism I have is that the same couple appear in the top two shots - maybe it would be better with completely different people?

Excellent nonetheless.

jinju (14265) 2004-12-10 1:13

Excellent idea to combine the photos to tell a story. Good sharpness and nice subtle framing too.