The linked images, below, listed in order, are from Felix Grant’s Today picture blog. The pictures there are described by Felix (at the top of the page) as “not photography, as such: it’s a series of fragmentary moments which stuck to me,” and they are tiny .jpg reproductions. Nevertheless, the ones I’ve chosen, below, are, in my opinion, superb photographs. Many, many others were engaging and interesting and in many ways excellent. These few are simply my favorites of them all. (The brief descriptions following the links are there in case I jumble the links.):
- May 19, 2007 large dark shapes and water
- August 21, 2008 (?) there seem to be two for this date — the one I like is the carnival woman
- Jan 8, 2005 steam and upside-down coffee cups
- May 7, 2007 partial face with walkman
- Feb. 16, 2006 faces on and off a bus (or train?)
- March 29, 2008 little boy in front of polar bear
Honorable mention that were almost, but not quite as good as the above are
- May 1, 2005 dog wide-angle
- August 14, 2007 white wall with bannister
I don’t generally like daily photo efforts, but this blog has grown on me, presumably because I know something about Felix. The cumulative effect is different, and possibly richer than seeing fewer, less often. Also, I might otherwise never have seen most of these pictures because they may not be Felix’s favorites.
-Julie
I don’t generally like daily photo efforts
I admire them. Generally I’m not up to producing something that I find good enough on a daily basis, so my “Todaypix” is far from that: I take lots of photos and then pick the best of the bunch over the previous couple of months.
Comment by Ray Girvan — January 26, 2009 @ 2:41 pm
I’m too busy preening myself and feeling chuffed to make any meaningful comment at the moment. I’ll be back.
On a practical note:
> 2. August 21, 2008 (?) there seem to be
> two for this date — the one I like is
> the carnival woman
Thank you for alerting me to that. Checking, I see that I put “Carnival Woman” up at 0535 on the day following the day when it was taken … I’ve now artificially corrected the date and time to make it appear on the correct day (20 August). The link remains the same.
Comment by Felix Grant — January 27, 2009 @ 3:25 am
But Ray … today means … today. I suddenly have this image of little Ray informing his first grade teacher that he’s not going to do his homework every day but instead will “pick the best of the bunch over the previous couple of months.”
Felix, I went through all of the Today pictures from beginning to end a while ago, and when I got to the end was kicking myself for not making a note of the ones I liked best.
I think I enjoyed looking at them all — again from beginning to end — even more this time around because I knew what to expect but nevertheless (or because of that) was surprised by many of them. I think I’ll make the grand tour from time to time in the future.
Comment by unrealnature — January 27, 2009 @ 6:43 am
Ray, I took a really, really fast peek at your photos (I plan on going back when I have time for a proper look), and I like this one very much as well as this one.
Comment by unrealnature — January 27, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
> But Ray … today means … today.
Well, I should call the gallery something else. I’ve tried, quite extensively, but I can’t shake off a preference for images that are compositionally “polished” (often as not, in using extremely conventional use of vanishing point, Golden Section, whatever). I do get multiple pictures most days, but I only think one or two a week are worth sharing.
Comment by Ray Girvan — January 27, 2009 @ 7:28 pm