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Subject: [Leica] PAW August 23, 2005
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Aug 14 12:49:12 2005
References: <7067A442-75DB-4E08-87A4-C161E5AF57CF@earthlink.net> <9b678e05081408511e4716b7@mail.gmail.com> <5B0E1982-3AA6-4394-8771-32CEA9D3FE25@earthlink.net>

Feli,
Thank you for the explanation.  As well, the two images linked with
your explanation do a very good job of illustrating your points.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 8/14/05, feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Feli,
> > You have posted a number of mannequin images over time, obviously you
> > are seeing something that I am not.  Could you explain what in these
> > images attracts your eye?  This is not a negative request, rather, I
> > want to see if I can expand on my vision with your sharing.
> >
> > Don
> > don.dory@gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> Well, there are several reasons. I suppose the place to start is
> probably with my youth and
> background as a painter. Both of my parents are artist, opera
> singers; but my father is also
> a painter/sculptor. His style is a cross between impressionism and
> expressionism.
> 
> When I was growing up in Germany I was exposed to a lot of surrealist
> and expressionist art.
> Later when I started to paint, that is the direction I struck out in,
> mostly cubist / expressionist.
> 
> One line of thought in the surrealist movement is that inanimate
> objects can have a life of their own.
> An American manifestation of this can be seen in many early animated
> cartoon of the early
> 1930's like Out of the Inkwell, Felix the Cat etc. In these shorts
> everything is alive; cars, phones,
> furniture, everything.
> 
> Now mannequins are inanimate objects, which of course have a humanoid
> form. They also hold a
> unique position, in that they are usually located in areas with high
> levels of pedestrian traffic.
> 
> I keep looking for a shot where a mannequin looks 'alive'; as if they
> were interacting with a human,
> or a situation where at first glance the viewer mistakes it for a
> real person. Or a shot where
> the mannequin appears to have taken on a life of their own. Sometimes
> it's just for reasons of composition.
> 
> I haven't really found the right shot, yet. I think the closest I've
> come are perhaps these two..
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/c6r9s
> http://tinyurl.com/a3hf5
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Feli
> 
> 
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