[Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 29: human traffic Alicante

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Nathan- thanks for your researching. Stasys
---- Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: 
> Thanks Ted!
> 
> To answer your question: no, in general I do not have a theme for the  
> week. Sometimes if there is a big event going on, like the Mayday demo  
> or the Hogueras de San Juan, then of course I go out and shoot it and  
> expect a certain kind of images. And if I am making a panorama, then I  
> plan ahead in terms of going to a certain spot at a certain time of  
> day etc. But in a normal week, when nothing special is going on and my  
> life consists of going to work in the morning, coming home in the  
> evening, walking my dog, perhaps walking to El Sitio with my wife to  
> have a couple of pints...during such a week I simply carry the M8 with  
> me at all times and photograph whatever catches my eye. The theme that  
> you see in the PAW emerges during the editing process.
> 
> In general, I do not have any deep ideological agenda with my  
> photography. I just want to show what life in Alicante looks like, now  
> that I am part of it.
> 
> And appreciate you and others looking and commenting on it.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> 
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 26, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> 
> > Nathan showed:
> >
> > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 29: human traffic Alicante
> >
> >
> >
> > A week of human traffic around Alicante. Any se?oritas and se?oras
> >
> > appearing in the images are purely incidental and none have been
> >
> > objectified as far as I can tell. I have also been careful to keep the
> >
> > gender ratio as close to 50/50 as practicable:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/?page_id=271
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Nathan,
> >
> > Each time you post a new set of photographs, or it seems?  When you  
> > start
> > out, do you have a theme of subject in your mind to watch for? Or is  
> > it
> > purely walking the street shooting whatever visual moment catches  
> > your eye?
> >
> >
> >
> > In other words ? ?this morning I?m looking for father and child type
> > situations?? Or old men doing nothing or something off the norm or  
> > quietly
> > napping?? Or whatever subject you may think of?  It seems you always  
> > or
> > nearly so, have a visual continuity of subjects making the series  
> > far more
> > interesting rather than a rambling all over the wall collection of  
> > happy
> > snaps without any connection than they are some kind of meaningless  
> > photo.
> >
> > The other side of this is to go out open minded and let the visuals  
> > take
> > their course as and if they happen? I?ve shot in both fashions when  
> > shooting
> > documentary assignments and had success with both. But the theme  
> > seems to
> > work better because you look harder with a start and end point.
> >
> > Just a passing thought that might help others who leave home for a  
> > walk
> > thinking? ?I?m going to shoot some pictures.? Then when the walk is  
> > over
> > they may or may not have some neat images or just a bunch of  
> > exposures.
> > Worse? No interesting observations creating keeper photos ending with
> > ?select all, delete all!? :-(
> >
> > Ted
> >
> >
> >
> > PS:
> >
> >>>> Any se?oritas and se?oras appearing in the images are purely  
> >>>> incidental
> > and none have been
> >
> > objectified as far as I can tell.<<<
> >
> > Please do not let the previous nonsense of PC ramblings due to an over
> > active mind block your vision in shooting photographs as you see  
> > them in the
> > light of the day or night!
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