for the love of DC photography
For some reason this photo by Andrew Pasko-Reader made me laugh. Not only is green my favorite color, and it’s used in most of the negative space, but the man’s walk seems happy-go-lucky and reminds me of a song I used to sing from the Brady Bunch. It’s finally sunny and I can belt, “I think I’ll go for a walk outside now, the Summer Sun’s calling my name.”
This one of many images that Victoria Pickering captured of new installation by the Charles Bergen Studio. The team of artists were selected by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities to create the Chinatown DC Barnes Dance Artwork. Pickering’s photo is a striking and well-composed image that gives a glimpse of the intriguing installation.
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I know this experience all too well. I love how Noe Todorovich captured this familiar scene for photographers—the lighting is beautiful. The more I look at the empty chair illuminated by the forever-awake computer screen, I am reminded that even though I may not be sitting in the chair physically working on projects, I am constantly working on them in my mind, all day and all night. It’s a photographer’s dilemma—work on your passion, or sleep.
Flickr user Tadael Tadael “caught these two gentlemen reminiscing in Dupont Circle.” They seem like old friends, he suggested. I think he’s right. I am drawn to images of nostalgia—they make me feel warm and comforted. Here, that same warmth and comfort are reflected by the quality of light cast on the two men. The tone of the image suggests an older generation of photography, in which film was the only way to capture an image.
It’s not surprise that I am attracted to color and shapes. They are the rudimentary elements of art and when I see them used in such a simplistic way, such as in this image by Shamila Chaudhary, my eye and mind are instantly pleased and calmed. While the colors red and yellow are said to cause tension, I don’t feel it as the boy’s confident, natural stride smooths the friction as he turns the corner.