I printed more of the JPX pics like the one I posted the other day. I was thinking of matting the below strip. It would look slightly different then it does here. They would be placed in a white mat horizontally. As you can see below, my intention is, no JPX, and then he appears, moves closer, a little closer, and then vanishes. It seemed like a good idea and then I printed and laid them out and now I’m not sold on it anymore. One of my concerns is that the images are to similar. What are your thoughts?
So now I’m thinking maybe a triptych would work better like below. Again, the pics would be laid out horizontally in a white mat.
And here’s another image not related to the creepy JPX ones, but still creepy. I took this at a reservation in New Mexico.
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I think I like the first series, but I would say lose the first shot.
You kind of see him, closer, closer - then gone.
Dig the reservation shot.
I completely agree with DCD. The reservation shot is also creepy for some reason, it kind of reminds me of something out of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Exactly, JPX! My wife and I call 'em "Serial Killer Estates", you see them around every so often. They look like they could be abandoned buildings, but have signs of life...
The go along with "Serial Killer Vans", you know the old 70's vans with the no sliding door on the side and the little blacked out window.
Scary.
Cool stuff. I agree with DCD but say ditch the second shot rather than the first. And I like the fact that he's walking away from the camera when he's closest to the camera (right?).
i like the first series as is because it suggests human impermanence, which amplifies the other creepy qualities.
nonono, it's great! don't worry about the repetetiveness of the shots. if the scene is spooky enough, the slight changes from frame to frame will be enough.
totally reminds me of this photo spread i saw at the chicago art institute a couple weeks ago. it was called "the bogeyman" and it was by a photographer named duane michals.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k74/polythene65/scan0002-1.jpg
it's eerier as a spread than as you see it assembled here, but you get the point. no difference in angle or composition in any frame, but the spooky action carries the whole thing.
love it. and i still owe you music.
I couldn't even really see that 50P, but it freaked me out!
I think any way you do it, Whirly - the pics are great.
Thanks! You guys give awesome feedback! I’ll have to play around with them. What I should really do is go back and re-shoot. These were taken spontaneously, so I didn’t exactly have a sequence in mind and I could make them better if I planned it out.
It’s good to know they don’t suck. I have a bad habit of dissecting my work, both writing and photography, until I can’t find a thing about it that I like. JPX & AC, diagnose me, please.
JSP, he is walking away in that shot.
50, Duane Michals is awesome. The boogeyman stuff is great and I looked at bunch of his other images too. He has some really creepy stuff. Shadowy figures are a recurrent theme in his work. I like it. I looked him up in one of my photo books and here’s something that was said about his work:
“His photographs, which are often put together in sets, have human fragility for their subject; people seem to disappear in them, leaving the room or place unmarked.”
Gregory Crewdson is a photographer that is good at creepy. He is known for taking photographs of elaborately constructed scenes. He goes into neighborhoods in and around Pittsfield Mass with a film crew of like 40 people that handle lighting, production design, etc, they’ll even made snow or rain for him. He can afford it though because his photos sell for up to 6figures each. His photographs are often very surreal, they convey unease and the idea that something is lurking or about to surface. You’ll see what I mean if you check out his stuff. And the lighting in his photos is beautiful.
http://www.luhringaugustine.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=66
The entire address didn't show up. Instead if you go to:
http://www.luhringaugustine.com
chose artists, and then Gregory Crewdson
I say:
First sequence, keep all the shots, but...
I really think you should mount them vertically as they appear in the post. That way it works like a series of film frames, and then the similarity of the shots is working for you, not against you.
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