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[RicJoe]

There is a time line in the book we bought "Holocaust, the events and there impact on real people". We all know so much about this time period but it shows starting in year 100 Jews were being forced to leave communities throughout Europe and the world.

Leaves me speechless!

 

[white]

The image at 4:03 was exceptional.

Overall, I think there were some good shots in there, but the majority of them are documentary type shots. If you truly want to convey emotion or a story with your photographs, especially with this subject, use framing. Create the impression that the viewer of the photograph is behind the barbed wire fence, looking outside; or looking out through the windows. You did that a few times, but it was outside-looking-in, which is completely backwards.

 

[Rona]

I'm a black and white nut. Love the detail and tones :thumbup:
If I were doing this back in the old days I might have tried
to burn in the upper left ( and also the snow ). Wonder what
it would look like reversed so the eye is led left to right ? I
know it would ruin the historic aspect but ???

 

[ChevyBaby]

Aww thanks *checks back to see what image is at 4.03 the picture of the menorah??! lol wow thanks, i thought that was a weaker image, i was just over my grandpas and put it on his freezer n snapped it!

That barbed wire shot was the worst thing i could have shot, either way you looked was the same scenery so i thought 'ok ill walk between the two strips of barbed wire to find an image [like your suggesting] walked n walked for near on an hour in this 2 foot deep snow with my 3 friends and found ourselves at a locked gate, it was horendous - we had to climb through the barbed wire and obviously you think to yourself what you're doing and how impossible it is to get through an electric fence.

But i take on board everything you are saying, both white and overread, technically speaking. This project was a few years ago, probably my first big project and i thought it was absolutely sh!te lol i prefer the other video i posted up earlier on in the thread.

 

[ChevyBaby]

I'm a black and white nut. Love the detail and tones :thumbup:
If I were doing this back in the old days I might have tried
to burn in the upper left ( and also the snow ). Wonder what
it would look like reversed so the eye is led left to right ? I
know it would ruin the historic aspect but ???

welcome to the conversation Rona lol thankyou for your kind words - you're all making me NEED to go back so badly now lol, i know what i can do differently

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Are you a fellow jew then?

I have to say I don't get this question. Why not ask instead: are you a fellow gay? or, are you a fellow Rom? Two of the groups that were on Hitler's list for extermination. Not to mention artists...

Or, if you were American, as some people on this forum thought (for a while anyway,) you could have asked: Are you a fellow indian/native american?

And, NO, I am not trying to put you down but you are young and don't seem to realize at all the political aspect of some of your threads. And, frankly, if you really have an interest in documentary photography, it starts with learning about the world. And I don't mean what is in the text books in school but the reality of it. Anything else is just propaganda.

You've never heard of the Holocaust? Or of Dachau, or of Auschwitz?

Considering how we teach history in the US, it would hardly be surprising if...



But this is a photo forum so let's talk photography. Considering I have never been to Auschwitz this photo means nothing to me. And unfortunately it does not tell me anything either.

Put yourself in my shoes and look at your image. What in there tells a story of murder and horror? All I see is a brick wall.

I, like Bram, was born catholic and although it was not the reason I left the church, the Vatican's dealing during WW2 would have done it too. But, as a former PJ, I have to say your image carries no story.

Taking a photo of a place of horror does not in itself say anything.

 

[ChevyBaby]

Are you a fellow jew then?

I have to say I don't get this question. Why not ask instead: are you a fellow gay? or, are you a fellow Rom? Two of the groups that were on Hitler's list for extermination. Not to mention artists...

Or, if you were American, as some people on this forum thought (for a while anyway,) you could have asked: Are you a fellow indian/native american?

And, NO, I am not trying to put you down but you are young and don't seem to realize at all the political aspect of some of your threads. And, frankly, if you really have an interest in documentary photography, it starts with learning about the world. And I don't mean what is in the text books in school but the reality of it. Anything else is just propaganda.

You've never heard of the Holocaust? Or of Dachau, or of Auschwitz?

Considering how we teach history in the US, it would hardly be surprising if...



But this is a photo forum so let's talk photography. Considering I have never been to Auschwitz this photo means nothing to me. And unfortunately it does not tell me anything either.

Put yourself in my shoes and look at your image. What in there tells a story of murder and horror? All I see is a brick wall.

I, like Bram, was born catholic and although it was not the reason I left the church, the Vatican's dealing during WW2 would have done it too. But, as a former PJ, I have to say your image carries no story.

Taking a photo of a place of horror does not in itself say anything.

Uhm.. i meant fellow to me... coz im jewish... euugghh awkwaarrrd. sorry? lol when i first read that i thought you were calling jews gay.

When i posted this image i wnated technical feedback and then posted the video to give it some context

btw is there a london in the US? coz i did wonder why people kept gettin confused

 

[RicJoe]

btw is there a london in the US? coz i did wonder why people kept gettin confused

There is a London in Canada (Ontario), not sure about the U.S

 

[c.cloudwalker]

A few London, a few Berlin, and a 27 Paris the last time i looked, LOL.

 

[twoboysnmygirl]

Thank you for sharing, I loved the contrast and I think it really conveyed the feeling of what you were shooting. Really moving.

 

[ChevyBaby]

Changed it to UK phew!

 

[c.cloudwalker]

When i posted this image i wnated technical feedback and then posted the video to give it some context

A photo should not need a video.


A photo is worth a thousand words is what we've been hearing for a while. I don't believe that myself but when you post a video to explain your photo, that's even worse.

 

[ChevyBaby]

no, it- did you watch the video? the video is a compilation of images that is supposed to put everythin into context but this isnt the right video, just wanted to give Bram somethin to watch.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

no, it- did you watch the video? the video is a compilation of images that is supposed to put everythin into context but this isnt the right video, just wanted to give Bram somethin to watch.

No wonder we're all confused

 

[ChevyBaby]

LOL a few others have watched it n enjoyed it but as i previously posted, i prefer the video i posted up earlier in the thread :blushing: