On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 09:13:22AM +0000, Cotty wrote: > > Forgive me for playing devil's advocate for a minute here Mike, but isn't > the impression a photograph 'makes' in the eyes of the beholder? Surely a > work is presented, and it is up to the viewer to determine what's going > on in the pic, what emotions it creates, what reaction it engenders?
Apart from the obvious exceptions at the extreme end of the scale, I'd agree. FWIW my initial impression was that this was a carefully-contrived look on the part of the young lady. That's probably because I interpret her expression as being at least partially "You wouldn't understand"
