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Comments about portrait

There are 39 comments about "portrait"

Ten5: Good post! Great portrait of Alberta St. ...

in response to: Alberta Arts Corridor by serlingrod

Peter: not one but two {NY} shirts, heh... the shot with the frayed wire is cool... there are a few stainless steel fences like the one in that shot in my neighborhood... one of them is......

in response to: Compilation Part Five by chiamattt

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: a self portrait of me....

in response to: Graf Face: by Peter

jeeff: technically not a ##self##-portrait, but i can't resist: [[img:21116]] ...

in response to: Obscured Self-Portraits? by Peter

EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Nice reflected self-portrait!...

in response to: If Ever a Truck Was Built to Kill by upfromflames

Marc: BJ my guess is the 50s, when Hatley developed the area. Check out "Eanes: Portrait of a Community" by Linda Vance- it came out in 86, contains lots of interviews. I think they have a......

in response to: And so this is winter at Bandit\'s Cave by Marc

Mike: Peter, I just had my portrait sketched in 2 stops last friday. I'm wondering if it was the same guy. Not the same M.O. but then it's 3 years later. My guy was a light skinned black dude.......

in response to: Getting Off: by Peter

aer suzuki: we have a house like that in seattle too. it used to have a rainbow windsock hanging on the front porch, last time i passed it, it had a tele-tubby hanging there instead. i've never......

in response to: Pink House by CE

jeeff: i really like the style of motorbike in #1. i wish we had them in north america. the sculpture (stylized mountains?) in #4 is pretty cool for a piece of institutional art. ......

in response to: A Random Walk by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Dammit! I thought from his [[4845:self-portrait]] that joey was younger than me, but if he can remember the 60's, then he is older for sure, since I was born in 1969. This can mean only......

in response to: Dew Drop Inn by GGP

EvilGentleman: Looks like Ted Koppel or Humphrey Bogart to me, but with GW's lipless smile and no hat or poofy hair. I guess realistic stencil portraits are really hard to make....

in response to: Impeach Tyrants by Brad

jeeff: [[img:14315]] i caught my sony dsc-p100 taking this sexy self-portrait in the washroom yesterday. the camera was mortified....

in response to: The Cameras of Citynoise by ksedge

EvilGentleman: If only you could see me laughing right now, jack. I suppose the spurned girlfriends made the idea of active duty a lot less scary, by comparision. At least, at the time. And don't blame......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

Peter: {self-portrait} {shadow}: [[img:12789]] ...

in response to: Cameraphone: Shadow Epiphany by Jamie

CHORO: Peter Caine - The boy with the boxing gloves jumping in the puddle has been there for almost a year now, it is a self portrait. It is a good coninsidence that your green wall......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

jack: ggp you took a great shot in that third pic. very artistic. you guys are making it a contest to see who takes the most photographic portraits of landscape. this is better......

in response to: More Astoria by GGP

Peter: awesome post... the text as well as the photos! also: have you heard of bernd and hilla becher? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher]] they did a series of water-tower portraits... [[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=becher%20water%20tower&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi]]...

in response to: Travelogue by ea

arkon1: heres some info from tacoma news trib. about the trailer on 56Some of the most exquisite work around is by the late Plus, who painted for 10 years before he died at 25 about......

in response to: graffiti trailer by fuzzytank

EvilGentleman: Lyle, Sorry about that. I just responded to part of your post, and did not also mention how grateful I am for your tips and advice. While I know that each photographer has their own distinct......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Ow... I shall mourn the demise of AJ's in much the same way as I mourn the passing of the last A&W drive-in that I ever saw. (It was in Saint John, N.B. near the......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Lyle, thank you very very much for the compliments/advice/vote of confidence. I do not know if I have it in me to achieve a professional level of photographic talent, but I am sure hoping to......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Chuckles: Hi Sean: Congratulations on your most excellant photographic eye. I am a Prof Photographer who started shooting in the 50's and I still get excited about my latest project, my most recent image, my 'cookin'......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

elaine: thanks cat huzzah! jamie! - yes, they are ALL, HORRIBLY very much self portraits (not the mirrory kind)...

in response to: Silly Cow, the Exhibition by elaine

Jamie: so is this a self portrait elaine?...

in response to: Silly Cow, the Exhibition by elaine

elaine: ta, myke, i liked it too and put a portrait of it in [[2258:abject objects]] peter, i don't mind being a bit obviously not perfect about it, but at the same time get a jag of......

in response to: Full of Gas by elaine

Jef Aerosol (Lille, France): Hi Peter, thanx for your kind words... I'm not the one who designed that record cover ! You know, I don't seem to be the only one who's had the idea of that "mickey's ears" thing ! I've......

in response to: My Works on Brick Lane (London, GB) by Jef Aerosol from Lille

anon (217.205.0.17): Full Listing here SANTAS GHETTO OPENS IT DOORS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR AND IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH. The ghetto is a street level free-for-all art gallery that brings you some of the most feared names......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

ELLIS G. 2007: The concept and practice of tracing shadows as an art form has existed for a very long time. (Do your research, it originated in France). Any attempts to take credit for the idea of tracing......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

Carmack: He looks like he is begging for a light for his smoke. Perhaps taking in the radiant sunlight. Perhaps being a crazy street person. Perhaps all three. Or none. Tell us, Hool. Indulge us in......

in response to: Dec 07 2005 Toronto by hool

Jamie: Thanks lainey, and srprisingly succulent looking for this time of year. The fag-ends are a nice touch also. These {east london} city floor portraits are becoming quite ##your thing## aren't they. i'm thinking you could......

in response to: Motel sign by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Spanky: Hmmm that stuff is ok....but why would people just attempt public art if they arent actually THAT good. Hopefully those are just first drafts and those artists will come back later on and improve on......

in response to: Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame by Jamie

hool: your connection with the people in your photos is clear and personal. i liked this post very much. please post more. the portrait of the elderly lady is great. it's very genuine....

in response to: Soweto Market by Amy

Peter: heh. i like the little orange tv. and of course, the brain slice photos... often, we get so caught up in the sweeping portraits of cityscapes here, the graf, bridges, etc that we forget that some......

in response to: stir crazy by elaine

stillseeingred: that is a stellar portrait in the middle! ...

in response to: rock glen conservation park by zagg

elaine: jamie: here is your memory of walking to nine ladies; [[img:1640]] photographs are so weird, now with the freedom to shoot and delete i am a lot more likely... but still a bit cagey about people (though......

in response to: birth of industry by elaine

Jamie: Just thought i might chip in and say "hey, that's pretty cool" Seriously though, i'm feeling the portraits but those others look nothing like our man ritchie. But thats cool too, i think the whole idea......

in response to: Lionel Richie Paste-Ups by Peter

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