Light and Shadow

Beautiful, mysterious. Has a real 1960s feel to it somehow. (Actually I don't really know what I mean by that, but it came to mind immediately I saw the picture.)

I expect you were working on instinct. It's often reliable.

wundervoll - wie ein Schattenbild

Thanks aNNa.

Certainly a kind of dreaming.. The photograph makes reality disappear, while at the same time hinting at the once real presence of the punctum, or distinct point, or person who was real. A kind of punctus contra punctum. As in this writing; certainly a kind of meaning, but the writing makes that meaning blurred.... The object being aesthetic pleasure: the seduction of the eye and mind by light and shadow. We are all spirits melted into light, baseless, insubstantial stuff, but there.

Thank you, Steve, for your perceptive observations, especially the last sentence. It's all temporary, I'm afraid.

Apropos of the punctum business: for my own edification, I quote from Wikipedia: Barthes' Camera Lucida develops the twin concepts of studium and punctum: studium denoting the cultural, linguistic, and political interpretation of a photograph, punctum denoting the wounding, personally touching detail which establishes a direct relationship with the object or person within it".

The studium category is really quite wide. The punctum category, on the other hand, is by contrast exclusively about emotional reaction. Related particularly to portraiture, the ultimate effect of punctum is the intimation of death. The essence of photography is the implied message: ''That has been.''

I knew it must have meant something. That’s very instructive and pleasing, thanks.

love learning stuff like this - thanks for sharing it.

An intriguing melding of image and words (yours and Steve Bucknell's).

Thank you Bob. Steve is an erudite fellow with a gift for language.

Has made my day, What a poem to go with the image. Really inspiring.

I am very pleased to have your good opinion. Made my day as well.

Very creative picture and words. Your artistic expression is superb.

Thank you very much. Reviews like yours are rare and treasured.

My pleasure. Your work is well deserved.