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Submitted: January 18
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2013-018 Night trainby =pearwood

Photography / Urban & Rural / City Life

The one before ours, as I remember.

Yashica-D TLR
Kodak TMax 400 120 roll film
Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner

Critique by *clippercarrillo Jan 19, 2013, 4:14:07 AM

The drama of this image demands a response from the viewer. First, of course, there is the balance of white and black that brings order to the mind, which is something we seek in terms of meaning from a random slice of urban existence, here a journey from one city to another at night. That balance is primarily achieved by the glossy cross of white from the time exposed lights of the train and the platform which command the eye and draw us into a depth of recognition that something great is happening in the unequal balance of machine and people. The train is powerful, moving, and blurred as it looms into our eye; the people are small, distinct, and mostly obscured. But those three small figures are none the less the focal point of the photograph. We know that the photographer has made them so, but without heavy-handedness, and gently we have become aware of their great adventure, and the meaning they give to their lives. That is human compassion, and the photographer has brought us there seamlessly in a finely exposed square piece of film. Nicely done. The natural vignetting of the total photograph may or may not be well served by the black border, but one would have to see the image matted and framed in black to decide.

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