In his post for the Daily Post Challenge, Frédéric Biver says “When it comes to photography, dialogue can be perceived as a consensual interaction between two images. Placed next to each other, each photograph opens up to meanings that weren’t there when viewed alone.”
I work in the creative side of marketing; bringing words and images together to create meaning, invoke emotion, suggest a course of action. I love the way the human mind wants to “join the dots” between any two points, to create narratives and meanings from images or symbols that may share little more than proximity.
With this challenge I’ve tried to bring together pairs of images around which authentic narratives can be generated, but also to suggest a meta-narrative about the photographer — me. I think my choices reveal a lot; about my life, my interests, the way I approach photography, perhaps even my personality.
In this centenary year of the start of WWI; crimson and sepia have come to be imbued with more intense layers of meaning.
Sometimes the dialogue between images is an intensely personal one; a narrative of love and tenderness.
This post was written in response to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: dialogue.
Here are some other blogger’s dialogues that I enjoyed:
http://buntymcc.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/dialogue-formalinformal/
http://maamej.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue/
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue
http://eatswritesshoots.com/2014/08/30/dialogue-no-1/
http://beijingcityphoto.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue/
http://tiffanymetzger.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue/
http://citysonnet.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue/
http://isengrapher.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue/
http://artbea.wordpress.com/2014/08/31/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue/
http://beeblu.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/weekly-photo-challenge-dialogue/
This is such a deep and thought provoking post, I love what you’ve done.
My favourites are the skate board shot….on it’s own that’s an amazing dialogue….and the first pair…just perfect. I love the tenderness of the last pairing 🙂
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Thank you so much Seonaid. It’s a challenge I enjoyed doing because it made me think hard to try and avoid the sort of cliched, forced pairings that are common in my industry. 🙂
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Wonderful photos, Su… A remarkable gallery!!!…
Thanks for sharing and best wishes to you, Aquileana 😀
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Thank you 🙂 My best wishes too you also. Regards, Su.
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Beautiful photos, Su. I love how one picture can tell a whole story. Bravo!
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Thank you Lori 🙂
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“Caution, boys inside”… That was wonderful! Loved the first pair… Excellent photography. The “rustic look” of the table setting was superb.
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Thanks. That “rustic look” was the pile of dirty dishes after they’d polished off a pound of bacon and a dozen eggs 🙂
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