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photogeekboy — Marbles are Lovely Things
Published: 2003-01-27 06:16:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 1136; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 156
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The focus of this series is not simply the child, or the marbles. The importance lies in the relationship between the human and the object. This was all shot with a 35mm. For the tight D.O.F. I used magnifying lens attachments.Nikon N70, Ilford Delta 100
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This reminded me immediately of this scene in Amelie. Love the black and white contrast.
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Nice... I really like it. I really like it. Mikey... yes, I think he likes it also.
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i just love the little thumb and the dirty hand...
great sequence, it's well done, smart and cute.
a great combination of portrait and macro... and the details are really good.
the kid has amazing eyes!
the font is a bit too black and sharp, i think.
nonetheless
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This is an absolutely stunning series of photos. All have great DOF, fantastic subjects, and just stunning all round composition.
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i like the bottom photo, and the one showing the childs eyes.
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These are gorgeous. The strange thing is that the beauty of the marbles is the colour, but they look great as black and white.
The child looks like he's showing the marble as some lind of identification on the last shot. Like an FBI agent walking into a crime scene.
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wow, you're good. this is a great series. I love the crispness of all the lines. I especially like the use of light to not only illuminate, but highlight, the important parts of the shot. Even better is the way you have a great, soft contrast between the light and shadow. Nice work.
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I really like the bottom picture with the black kid with the white marble. You could interpret many political ideas from that. And also same with the top one with the two black marbles and the one white marble.
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Yes marbles are great in deed
this series is great, it reminds me of the film Amelie...
great work
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I saw this faved on cryptorchid's page and I fell in love with it. Had to come and tell you that. I think the third shot is my favorite. The sequence you put them in is perfect. This is really a beautiful series. I've always been a sucker for black and white myself.
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wonderful piece, as always
i'm esp fond of the 3rd and 4th from the top...
yes - human/object relationships --> this shows it spectacularly well --> it's interesting using the choice of marbles for the subject - creative, original...
beautiful work
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yes....you DO know it. originally, the marbles with the eyes was my fav, and that was a tough decision, between all of them. but, i was looking, and i saw that you put them all together. therefore, this is now my fav. thanks for bein' so great, jesse.
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It's all been said. Beautiful, stunning. You know it.
Linds.
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wow, wonderfully shot and put together... I have an emotional attachment to marbles. When i was little my sister had the nicest marbles... They were each one colour and clear glass, sometimes frosted and she never let me play with them. One day i was at school and I had a great conversation with this really neat bohemian type girl, when she had to go she reached into her bag and pulled out this pretty purple marble and gave it to me. I still have it. This just made me want to share. Beautiful work.
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Amazingly well done. Beautiful. Each photograph and all of them together. Love them.
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oh yeah, baby....
go hotness.
marbles are lovely, lovely things. scary because i said it aloud when i heard you talk of marbles before i ever saw the pictures.
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I'll agree w/ you about it as a representation of the human/object relationship, I can see that pretty easily... this is very well done overall.
My favorite frames are #1,3 and 5.. though the expression in 4 on your models face is perfect.
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great idea! nice photos! i had a huge marble colletion as a child.
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nice roundup of the entire series...saves me fav-ing every one of them individually...
a great photographic essay, masterfully executed and showing a lot of feeling...
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ah these are great
such a wonderful series
the depth of field in all of them is astonishing
my favourite is the scattered marbles on the floor with the feet
very nice
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The top photo is my favorite. I love this series, and I do agree with the black and white comment. I am very surprised it doesnt have more comments, it truely deseres them, and a fav.
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wow this is really cool.... im glad its in black and white and not in color..maybe if the marbles were in color and nothing else it would be better..i dont know..its really great though...
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