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Siesta time...


Siesta time...
Photo Information
Copyright: George Grabarczyk (Polonaise) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1770 W: 802 N: 3271] (16744)
Genre: People
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 1981-10
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: PRAKTICA Super-TL, CARL ZEISS JENA 135mm/2.8, Cheapest crap
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Working people, Being observed..., Pushing my way through the crowd [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-07-13 5:47
Viewed: 476
Points: 21
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Being observed... continues…

They say : To be a photographer is to be an observer...

Oh, well...
Let us think for a moment...

Throughout my entire life, as soon as I hang that black box on my neck or on my shoulder - I am the one who is being observed...

Constantly.. Non-stop... Closely...

Another example…
Three ladies from a loco, big La Standa Supermarket on a siesta time…
But, do you have any doubts ladies and gentlemen WHO is calling the shots out there…?
Who is the boss…?
Who's closely observing a predator approaching his herd…?

Observing! Being observed…!

Who knows? Maybe that guy with camera is some kind of pervert or pedophile…?
Hey…! You never know… Better be sure…


How you guys out there… How you can work as the accomplished artist photographers in such conditions - beats me…?


Being constantly watched… What a pain in the neck…! :-)))







Talk to me folks, about your experience...
I know it happens constantly to all of you out there…


Or... Is it only me…?

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Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To riclopes: What the hell do I know?Polonaise 2 07-15 02:58
To faubry: the boss with a strong glancePolonaise 2 07-15 02:35
To polter: namiestnictwo...Polonaise 1 07-14 17:22
To zmey: The boss stole your focus... !!Polonaise 1 07-14 17:20
To noborders: the choice of focus...Polonaise 1 07-14 17:17
To chris04stop: The no: 1Polonaise 2 07-13 16:24
To bantonbuju: Zlaz na ziemie ???Polonaise 7 07-13 11:56
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pitty for out focus on these women... but may be, of course, you had wanted this focus on man, the boss with a strong glance behind workers women...? i put a yellow only... but i am sure you are ok by my honesty??
have a good sunday
francine

So far, it seems that it's only you, George ;-) Most of us can't work in these conditions and you know that - just look at the gallery. Just a few can work from a close approach like you. The others are like me and give up, or pretend that are taking the photo to the dog from a distance :) You surely got nervous here and didn't perform well because it's oof. Or may be it isn't....I don't know, I'm confused. May be you pretended to be photographing the girls and got him well right on the corner. What the hell do I know? I'm just an amateur :)))
all the best,
ric

focusing? why in this way?
i may try to understand your quest for something "original", something that stands out...
i may accept that you break the rules...
i might even share most of your projects... but if there is one that does not "talk" to me - i feel uncomfortable... highly... as - you being a top class photog of this site - you set the standards... and this photo i do not read, i do not want it to be the standard...
(and jurek, for god's sake - nie mów mi że pamiętasz, jaki był twój zamysł 27 lat temu jak robiłes to zdjęcie... chyba, że się mylę...)

ale daję te dwa punkciory, skoro tak ma być, za odwagę w chęci przewalczenia czegoś "innego", chociaz osobiscie się z tym pomysłem nie utożsamiam (a co tam, stac mnie na 20 punkciorów dziennie, haha, bogatym jest....:-))

graba, panie jurek, graba
j.
(nie bierz tak wszystkiego do serca, wyluzuj, świat nie jest pełen oszołomów którzy czyhaja na ciebie i twoje ego, przyjacielu...:-)))

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  • japiey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1822 W: 331 N: 2577] (9337)
  • [2008-07-13 11:34]

Dear George,

HIS looks maybe the decisive fact, in one sense of the frame concept.
But that screams loud.... where the entire world witnesses a different volcanic eruption from you..
Focus on the subject, or not , is not the matter here... it lies close, where you tried to balance the emotional calmness, and the deep concentration we all need... and that's given the laugh(or is that George's smile) to its sense.
Let me take from you, this conceptual vision, and do it, in my way... when i get a cam to shoot again.. because I don't have one.. and I love to learn, and learn.. and shoot..

For you, George, Hugs :)

jp

One thing is certain, your photos leave no one indifferent !
These days, I arrive in your gallery with a smile and often, like with this one, I start LaughingOL after just a few seconds - these photos have a something, I cannot just say what but here, the way "they" look at you, the way you present the image, the choice of focus...

You'll never finish amazing me !
Not your best IMO but I like it too - in fact, provided it's not about things, I'm ready for any-thing !

Keep running the streets, George, never forget your camera(s) and of course, keep posting !
Best,
Cath.

Idea kadru jest swietna, naprawde swietna. Przeslanie niestety malo czytelne. Calos z polemika z panem Jerzym B. cudowna. I nie pisze tego z przekasem. Ogromnie mi sie podoba.
Uklony
W.

Oh, George...this is the life, okay? And SO often life is without colours, tired, flat. And like a pic without focus...
You stopped just a moment of life. Sad life. Normal life? Bravo, George, bravo. As always.
Ciao, Anna Paola

Ciekawskie zdjęcie. Budzi niepokój - to oczywiste - jakżeby mogło nie budzić z tym stalinopodobnym facetem za trzema proletariuszkami w fartuchach... Mam wrażenie, że za bardzo sobie go do serca bierzesz, znaczy, że on nad tymi kobietami jakaś władzę tajemną sprawuje i Ciebie lustruje tylko pod tym względem, czy mu się w to namiestnictwo nie wtrącasz ;)))

Serdeczności T.

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  • zmey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1290 W: 101 N: 1310] (5076)
  • [2008-07-14 8:27]
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i see, i see, george. you were taking a photo of these nice ladies, but the concerned boss stole your focus... right? ;)) as someone mentions here: your fotos surely do not leave us indifferent. my hat off to that!

kristaps

The observer is the hero, and he is in focus, others are blurred.
He may be thrown aside, but this works well to increase the intended "hidden observer" effect. I don't get what the big deal the debates are all about...
Cheers,
Deniz

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  • ninaL Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1800 W: 244 N: 1902] (15895)
  • [2008-07-17 11:59]

Robi spore wrazenie...
Lekko polterowata produkcja ;).
Jest w tym cos filmowego, przedwojennego, wojennego...Nie wiem, jak to okreslic, ale takie asocjacje wywoluje...
Pozdrawiam. Grazyna.

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