Context and juxtaposition
My screen saver shows me random images from my 'pictures' folder. With this I see my pictures in random order. The juxtapositions are beautiful and this post is all about that, albeit in a way that replicates that randomness. I have been observing what is displayed and noting the appearances and what you see here is the result. Not random. In fact the opposite.
It is like seeing a roll of film. Or even a vignette. Made up though. Fake. But having said that, a story could be told via these pictures.
What is really interesting to me is that some of these pictures have been passed over and ignored and have therefore not been published before. Seeing them out of context, out of the context of the other pictures 'in the shoot' reveals them in a new light. They are no longer competing with or being compared to other (potentially similar) images. And they are often seen in a new frame of mind and therefore quite differently.
This is about nothing other than image juxtaposition. Try looking at these while listening to the theme from Shaft.








It is like seeing a roll of film. Or even a vignette. Made up though. Fake. But having said that, a story could be told via these pictures.
What is really interesting to me is that some of these pictures have been passed over and ignored and have therefore not been published before. Seeing them out of context, out of the context of the other pictures 'in the shoot' reveals them in a new light. They are no longer competing with or being compared to other (potentially similar) images. And they are often seen in a new frame of mind and therefore quite differently.
This is about nothing other than image juxtaposition. Try looking at these while listening to the theme from Shaft.








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