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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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The people don't seem to be the focus of this picture, even with the very shallow depth-of-field resting directly on them. The man is thinking about something, not looking at the camera, or even the photographer. His hand idly holds a coffee cup, but he is not drinking his coffee—it is cool to the touch. The woman is very excited, perhaps about having her portrait taken. She is looking around and smiling, but her hands are held tightly in her lap, suggesting some anxiety. The blank, unfocused foreground and background offer no contextual clues toward the situation.
This seems to be a self-referential photograph about the act of taking a spontaneous portrait. One could say it is a highly conceptual self-portrait. I think it belies the generally auto-reflective quality of your work: exquisitely lonely landscapes, sanitized of human presence; portraits of people intently waiting for you to photograph them; "people-scapes" of events that you have stepped out of in order to photograph. This picture is a peek behind the curtains where, instead of seeing what you usually want to show us, we see the situation unfolding around you, with you a part of it.
5/5 for Technique and Impact, because the picture so lucidly depicts your process; 4/5 for Vision and Originality, because though you have brilliantly seized on the impact—beyond your usual work—it seems somewhat accidental.
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