The real value

Sure it is nice when a picture has an artistic value which makes it hangable on walls of a gallery, presentable for sale and printed in an art magazine.
But I believe the REAL value of photography is in its HISTORICAL VALUE and its ability to explain life as we know it.

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The Empire State building, NYC

See yourself more than welcome to write a comment/critique.
However, I would be just as happy if you would be kind enough to just rate this image:
Excellent - Very good - Good - You can do better - Burn it!

Comments

[peter]

Feels like an intro scene of a movie. Beautiful with the bird captured.
BTW: I think this is more like a shot to hang on a gallery wall and sell it for good dough than to use as documentary. Hope I don't attack with this, but your super contrasty images, soft focus (not out of...!!!) etc, they don't fit into the basket of documentary very well, however they still and undoubtedly document a feeling of YOU and OUR society in the early 21st century, so I just said something controversial, but they are both true. Aren't they? (I believe this is true for this image as well as for your work in general - which is quite present in my head and it's hard to forget the general idea, while I'm sitting at a pc, it would be quite different in an exhibition space I suppose.)

[tba]

Excellent.

Batman? Simply love these shots of yours!

[SoCal WXMan]

Excellent!

[Cathie]

wow it's spooky. reminds me of scenes from the movie "Ghost Busters".
great shot Nitsa!

[Nitsa]

I certainly agree with you Peter; most of the pictures posted here on my blog are hangable on walls of any desperate gallery.
Saying that, their Artistic value does not subtract a bit from these photos’ Historical value even if they are mostly different from the Traditional documentaries we became so familiar with :)

[nogger]

I don't really think photos explain anything. They just offer an interpretation, usually prejudiced (in the general sense of the word), by both the taker and the viewer. A transformation, if you will.

I do, however, think they have an historical aspect - in that they eventually acquire a nostlgia value.

[nogger]

Actually, they may even have a certain nostalgia value to start with. I think this one does. There again that may just be my personal transformation.

[The Mule]

How on earth do you take these shots!? These are amazing. What sort of post work do you do?

[Massimo]

One image can certainly have more than one value. Historical yes, artistic certainly, journalistic of course and scientific, even. And any other meaning we may find in them. Your photos first of all documents the moods of our time.

[matt]

And when it has all of those things, like this one, it's the icing on the cake. This reminds me of the hopeful NYC of the post war 40's and 50's (as I have encountered in literature...not old enough to remember it first hand) of the "new frontier" and the bustling urban metropolis, a gathering place of great minds who would change the world. Wonder photo.

[leo]

Amazing. I stood in that exact spot when I was about 9 years old (1967) and took a picture of the Empire State bldg, though not as good as yours. I clicked on your blog and re-lived my childhood in an amazing instant. Thanks!

[Marc]

Excellent!

I really Love the Soft artistic blur to it, The composure is real nice too, without having too much focus on the Empire State building itself, it's the first thing my eyes where attracted to. Great shot!

[Michael Klein]

Excellent.

[Marc]

Excellent. - Ok i Dont know what happened, but i had posted a big paragraph.

What i said was that i Loved the composure, the Empire state building takes up a minimal part of the picture, yet with being so tall, it was the first things my eyes fell upon.

Once again, great shot!

[Nitsa]

Nothing much had to be done here, Mule, as all the elements where out there already :)
So the only post work done in this case was the addition of soft focus.

[Crash]

reminds me of one of those old Art Deco paintings from the 30's ... !

[Brian]

Absolutly beautiful. I always have this yearning to visit NYC again, but looking at your shots makes it more urgent. I love the city and your amazing shots.