{"id":4193,"date":"2021-05-23T13:35:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T17:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2021-05-23T13:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T17:35:53","slug":"marshall-point-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=4193","title":{"rendered":"Marshall Point again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197429145\/in\/album-72157719255209392\/\" title=\"22v21023\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197429145_d56e6697e7.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" alt=\"22v21023\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nYesterday I spent a couple of hours in the familiar territory of the rocks of Marshall Point, and (as usual) discovered scores of faces and creatures I&#8217;d never seen before, alongside old friends I&#8217;d captured on earlier expeditions. As I clambered over the rocks I tried to <i>pay attention<\/i> to what and how I was seeing, and to respond to the intensity of visual stimuli.<\/p>\n<p>\nMost of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/albums\/72157719255209392\">the images from a day&#8217;s shooting<\/a> convey the insight of a fleeting moment, an accident of light and angle: there&#8217;s a face, or the elements of a face, as if it was waiting for the photographer to come along and notice it and engage; seemingly, nobody else ever has.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe post-processing of images can focus the viewer&#8217;s attention on features as seen by the photographer. Such actions include cropping and rotation, tweaking Tone and Presence, judicious removal of distracting bits, vignetting, dodging and burning&mdash;all have plentiful precedent in traditional analog photography.<\/p>\n<p>\nQuite a few of the processed images remain obscure to most viewers, who may wonder just what the photographer <i>saw<\/i> to inspire the framing and the exposure itself. A slim few pose no such challenge to the viewer: the physiognomy is palpable to anybody, and all agree that the face is <b>real<\/b> and actually <b>there<\/b>. <center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197686361\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197686361_88bf322b40.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"337\" alt=\"22v21121\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197682813\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21085\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197682813_667f4ec3cd.jpg\" width=\"331\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21085\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51196559188\/in\/album-72157719255209392\/\" title=\"22v21019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51196559188_034bb36dc1.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21019\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>The latter are clearly the most &#8216;successful&#8217; images, but the whole set from a given day tells us more about <i>seeing<\/i> than we can learn from the obvious successes alone.<\/p>\n<p>\nMany of my rock portraits allude in a general way to the studio photographs seen in Abandoned Ancestors and Bluenose Physiognomy&mdash;a head framed in a rectangular space, features more or less in the expected places, displaying a grin or a moue or a grumpy frown. <center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197378243\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197378243_e4e35e7059.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"22v21035\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51196581438\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21024\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51196581438_f872577e97.jpg\" width=\"346\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21024\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197382130\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21012\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197382130_e3cb558a2e.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21012\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197849203\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21112\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197849203_6d19fd0e3e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"22v21112\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>A few have specific resonance with images from a lifetime of eidetic image memory. Some enter new territory in proposing a neo-Cubist assembly of fragments to create a novel and subjective reading of face or body. <\/p>\n<p><center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51196959527\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21118\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51196959527_0c6f148f87.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21118\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197890183\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21120\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197890183_5d9ec99ffa.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21120\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>A few beg to be brought to life by mirroring. <\/p>\n<p><center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197116672\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21098x2adj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197116672_973f7ceedb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"379\" alt=\"22v21098x2adj\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51198620934\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21033x2adj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51198620934_0291efcd27.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"416\" alt=\"22v21033x2adj\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51198627144\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21063x2adj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51198627144_3da58d1cd5.jpg\" width=\"315\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21063x2adj\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And some are simply enigmatic, for readers to make of what they will. <center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197695101\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21123\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197695101_f3aae00d4c.jpg\" width=\"349\" height=\"500\" alt=\"22v21123\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51198240869\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21083\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51198240869_6d15938218.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"22v21083\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51198613915\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"22v21097\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51198613915_f386937167.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" alt=\"22v21097\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Their charm and purpose lies mostly in how viewers read them, and I&#8217;m sometimes surprised by variant interpretations that I&#8217;d missed myself.<center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/51197446761\/in\/album-72157719255209392\/\" title=\"22v21080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51197446761_ee9dd7bb93.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"22v21080\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I spent a couple of hours in the familiar territory of the rocks of Marshall Point, and (as usual) discovered scores of faces and creatures I&#8217;d never seen before, alongside old friends I&#8217;d captured on earlier expeditions. 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