01/09/2010 Published by José Mª Márquez

Photo Analysis -1

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Photo analyzed

Author: Juan

Photo title: Tempus Fugit

Paragraph: Free creation

Qualification

  Score Avg by criteria Total score and rank
Impact 81 81 79
Technical Quality Lighting 77 77
Exposure -
Focusing -
Treatment 77
Composition Creativity 85 82
Center of Concern 82 Photography:
Good
Pose 80
Balance 81
Message Expression 76 76
Narrativity 75
Communicative Function 77

Comments on the qualification

Apart from his title "Tempus Fugit" (a latin expression meaning "time flies" and the necessity to take advantage of it), I cannot find a clear meaning in the image but something confusing and recurring. To relate the passing of time to female nudity can be ambigous because it can carry different messages.
One cannot deny it is a very thought-provoking photograph because it provides elements for the observer to think about and speculate as to its message.
It could be how beauty is affected by the passing of time. However, that message would be still ambiguos because even though we can appreciate "aging" in her hands, her body still looks pretty.
It could also mean an opportunity that has passed to relate the woman to the hour glass, meaning something like "your time has passed". If this was the case, I still find the hands quite relaxed, lacking some expressivenes.
And I could say many more
From my point of view, a good photograph such as this one (where the technique and the composition serve the purpose of an idea), to be considered as very good, it would need to be more specific with its message. Nevertheless, in an official assessment of the photograph, a score of 79 would be likely to go up in rank once the opinion of all the judges had been listened and it had been re-assessed.

  

Impact

This photograph catches your attention straight away due to the elements that it presents (hour glass, hands and a female partial nude). The impact is very good.

Technical Quality

It is a technically correct photograph.

Composition

Very good in terms of composition. Very balanced. The hands help the circular reading of the image. It is a very nice and thought-provoking photograph.

 

Comments
  • 25/08/2011 - 18:38h. charlie f. kohn

    this is really a photo that draws attention but not for photographic reasons. instead it offers a part of a nude female body to attract attention.
    imo this is photographically n o t interesting. sorry.

  • 01/10/2011 - 16:46h. JOSÉ JAVIER MÍGUEZ REGO

    Saludos:
    me parece interesante y equilibrada tu valoración de la fotografía.
    ¿sería posible mandar alguna foto mía para conocer tu opinión y escuchar algún útil consejo sobre mi trabajo fotográfico?

  • 02/10/2011 - 13:40h. Jose María Márquez

    Hola José Javier,
    Por supuesto que puedes enviar alguna foto. Entra desde el menú principal a la sección "Análisis fotográfico" o desde el destacado del inicio llamado "Crítica fotográfica" . Ahí verás las condiciones y cómo funciona, y desde ahí podrás acceder al formulario para realizar tu solicitud.
    Saludos y muchas gracias.

  • 11/01/2012 - 22:37h. yosephinna

    Hola José María,...supongo que la persona que hizo el encargo no se interesó en conocer un título mas apropiado para esta imagen pues has hablado sobre ello, pero me ha quedado una laguna en este aspecto...
    En mi opinión, me parece muy interesante tanto la calificación como los comentarios.

    Saludos.

  • 12/01/2012 - 12:46h. Jose María Márquez

    Pienso que el título es apropiado, desde el momento en que nos pone a cavilar acerca de su significado y la relación que guarda con el contenido de la imagen.

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