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By johnwillems (2007-08-15 23:32:30 ): Thanks to all the PWS-members for sending your criques and votes. John Willems.

By johnwillems (2007-08-15 19:36:15 ): Thank You very much for posted Your vote. From John Willems

By jhoman (2007-08-15 11:15:54 ): Has rated this image

By BeatriceFriedli (2007-08-15 02:07:32 ): John, I have the utmost respect for other opinions and value deeply. This is not being disrespectful. I am seriously asking you what the relationship is of the ruler and face ? I don't understand ! I will look at your new one and will try to figue it out. Thanks and have a great night !

By johnwillems (2007-08-15 02:00:12 ): Hi Beatrice, try look-out of your body and viewfinder. Your photographs are very great, but I think, you must respect the opnion of other PMW-members. A mounth ago, I posted different photographs likes the "Info-Screens". A week ago, I se that the Staff has announced a new "Assignments"-thème: Phone cells. Read the explanation of the staff and You shall better understand my posted images. To close these discussion: I posted now a new Photograph for You. Respectly from John Willems and see the posted image as a fun from me.

By BeatriceFriedli (2007-08-14 02:30:22 ): thank you John OK.. I still don't understand the relatiionship between ruler and wavy lines and cow ? like I said, maybe I'm just stupid...Sorry I don't see your intention clearly.

By johnwillems (2007-08-14 02:21:33 ): Dear Beatrice, (what a nice name). Thanks for your time! Sorry, that you don't understand this photograph, your portfolio is so splendid, but you must learn look outside the lens of your body,... is my meaning.

By BeatriceFriedli (2007-08-13 13:37:36 ): call me stupid..but I don't understand this image.

By Jim915 (2007-08-05 16:11:57 ): John, I really like this series. This one is especially nice. The ruller and wire work very well together by creating repeating patterns, one linear and the other cyclic. I also like the colors, the diagonal line and the way Jimmy's eye is looking out from behind one wave of the spring. Excellent job.

By sepavel (2007-08-05 07:42:56 ): thanks for your reply :)

By johnwillems (2007-08-05 02:00:34 ): Dear "sepavel": To make a good photograph we don't nead great apparature. The idea behind the photograph is more important. Acerbity, the number of pixels,… that is not important. The message is much more important than the rest. The message can be are simply artistic are nothing,... But photography is an expression of "emotions". Photography can be also e.g. provocative, beautiful, intelligent, traditional, modern, - the horse-photograph is for example more intelligently and provocate,… than classic. Not All PWS-members do understand this. Let You go with Your own style and take pictures, but very important, made "photographs" and create Your own style. You are good busy.

By smokeydawg (2007-08-04 20:51:36 ): Thanks Doug, appreciate the explanation, LoL, guess it works. :o

By SenoritaSandee (2007-08-04 16:17:33 ): John I love your work. You have inspired me to look outside the box! Thank you for sharing your ART!

By maureenyoung52 (2007-08-04 01:58:01 ): So if you have to explain it to me I wouldn't understand anyway?

By DougWilkening (2007-08-04 01:22:02 ): The spiral and the ruler belong to a class of artistic devices whose purpose is to APPEAR TO have meaning, even though they have no actual meaning. The way they work is, they arrest your mind briefly and get you to start thinking about the image, trying to "figure it out" (even though the result of any such thinking or figuring will be unproductive), and thereby they cause you to dwell on the image for a much longer period of time then you otherwise would. In other words, their purpose is simply to catch you and lock and hold your eye on the image.

By smokeydawg (2007-08-03 16:29:19 ): I really enjoy your composites, just not sure of the meaning of the spirals you include. Enlighten me if you will, thanks. :) Carl

By sepavel (2007-08-03 08:11:31 ): Hello, can you give a short description of how you create such images from horse seria ? :)

By Isachsen (2007-08-03 06:18:44 ): John, I was in a hurry earlier this morning and my comment turned out a bit short. When seeing Maureen's question, my mind quickly raced back to the old man himself - Picasso, and what he said about understanding art. When seeing a piece of art, this be a sculpture, a painting or photograph, it always make me think. Yes, the question marks are there - like, what did the artist want to tell me? But looking into a picture and try to find my way of seing it, that is always a fun thing to do - also a good mental push-up for us photographers. I am never worried if I don't come to the same conclusion as the artist who made the picture. Just look at a bunch of snappers standing around a monument in a major sculpture park. They click away with their instruments and, later, when the pictures are compared - the joy and exitement is high because we all see things in such different light. I can stand next to another snapper and we both create two completely different pictures. That is the greatest fun for me in photography. Somone earlier commented on my African bar picture here at the critique page (yesterday) something that it must have been a nice bar. No it wasn't really a nice bar, but I like places a little bit in decay. And what intrigued me in this bar was the light coming through the ceiling/roof and making patterns on the pillars in the room. To find beauty in ugly places is something that interests me. Other people maybe only see filth and ugliness, while I like to find something positive in it all. Just my thoughts on a Friday morning (he,he.)

By Isachsen (2007-08-03 05:20:42 ): Picasso said the following: Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the songs of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them! John, the connection (the cord) is stronger than ever. I like the great vibes here. Another beautiful pice of art. A lovey capture of the horse too.

By maureenyoung52 (2007-08-03 02:55:46 ): You are going to have to explain this one to me. I don't understand what you are trying to convey.

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