>>3064276When I see this, I think of the idea of womanhood, of the outlook of life and aging, and with the nudity and the warm glow behind, of the idea of bearing children and the passage of life. Now I only see this because I know it's a Crewdson and know it's constructed. If I saw this on a photojournalists site, I might be inclined to take it as part of story on something else, possibly on a story about what nudists do in the winter. Thats because thats the photographic conversation that the pj is trying to make, by capturing a scene as is. If this was on some lifestyle photographers site, I'd just be like "oh tight, naked chick, artsy woodsy clothing campaign or someone paid by Ryan McGinley".
>>3064434It's constructed, but I throw in the towel, its sticks to me.
>>3064467This shows to me a more poignant view of the authors actual outlook on life and ideas. I feel that showing the construction of the set drives home the idea that this photographer is making commentary on what is in the room, what makes up a room, and how these objects interact with each other. The image itself is not of interest, but rather what the objects individual and combined value define about the photographers opinions. This one is more obvious as it is a constructed set.
An alternative commentary to this would be Simon Norfolk's image “A controlled explosion of an American fuel convoy in Iraq being filmed on the set of Over There, a Fox TV production about the life of a US Army platoon in contemporary Iraq. Being filmed in Chatsworth, just north of Los Angeles, Sept 2005.” The caption alone dictates what the image is about, and shows a created space and shows the photographers perspective of the events but was not constructed by him.
This direction provides for both an interpretation of a constructed reality and the outsider observer perspective of a documentary photographer.
I'll post another pic right after this.
