Comments on: The recurrent pose #17 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/20/the-recurrent-pose-17/ • • • Being a journal by artist and designer John Coulthart, cataloguing interests, obsessions and passing enthusiasms. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/20/the-recurrent-pose-17/comment-page-1/#comment-50271 John Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:13:00 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/20/the-recurrent-pose-17/#comment-50271 Hi Erin. If you have any questions for the photographer you'll need a ouija board since he died in 1955. Regarding the pose, I have no idea what was intended beyond a general sense of vulnerability which this kind of pose often conveys. Since these are from a Flickr set with few details its hard to say whether the composition is Lynes' original or if it was cropped for publication somewhere. He did seem interested in dividing the pictorial plane as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7662660@N02/528356818/in/set-72157600282066478/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this picture</a> shows. Hi Erin. If you have any questions for the photographer you’ll need a ouija board since he died in 1955.

Regarding the pose, I have no idea what was intended beyond a general sense of vulnerability which this kind of pose often conveys. Since these are from a Flickr set with few details its hard to say whether the composition is Lynes’ original or if it was cropped for publication somewhere. He did seem interested in dividing the pictorial plane as this picture shows.

]]> By: erin libby http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/20/the-recurrent-pose-17/comment-page-1/#comment-50255 erin libby Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:56:37 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/20/the-recurrent-pose-17/#comment-50255 What bothers me about the quaisi-feotal pose, is, in this case, the rope X. The idea of an overlay anchoring the figure is fine. The choice of the rope may be good, as well, if the implication of the pose is toward a deep depression. It is not the possible symbology I object to, but the difference in texture, mood and lighting. The X is rather like a cut-out: stuck on after the fact. I know this is picky-picky, but, if the desire was to imply morbid thoughts of one's demise, then the model might have relaxed the grip on his legs. The tension suggests a deliberateness of pose. It is too contrived. Hey! Nice lighting. Have you ever done a similar shot in super high key? What bothers me about the quaisi-feotal pose, is, in this case, the rope X. The idea of an overlay anchoring the figure is fine. The choice of the rope may be good, as well, if the implication of the pose is toward a deep depression.
It is not the possible symbology I object to, but the difference in texture, mood and lighting. The X is rather like a cut-out: stuck on
after the fact.
I know this is picky-picky, but, if the desire was to imply morbid thoughts of one’s demise, then the model might have relaxed the grip on his legs. The tension suggests a deliberateness of pose. It is too contrived.
Hey! Nice lighting. Have you ever done a similar shot in super high key?

]]> By: Thombeau http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/20/the-recurrent-pose-17/comment-page-1/#comment-50113 Thombeau Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:13:22 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/04/20/the-recurrent-pose-17/#comment-50113 I wonder if this "Fledermaus" photo could have been mislabled... Whatever the case, great pics! I wonder if this “Fledermaus” photo could have been mislabled…

Whatever the case, great pics!

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