Readers wives..
Written by David WhiteI thought this was a bit of a crap snap to be on the shortlist for the Taylor Wessing prize, then I clicked on the pic to see it in all it’s glory…now I’m convinced it’s a crap snap. Probably win mind…
I can’t be arsed to make any vagina jokes, make ’em up yourself.
Discussion (6 Comments)
i can’t help but think this is all about being controversial and getting the TWP into the headlines. it’s so lame
Aye, reckon you’re right there…oops..have fed their machine…
Readers wives … nothing new about that
Next year, a portrait of Garry Glitter’s holiday in South East Asia maybe?
The downward path of base instinct and sensationalism has finally been reached. Somebody out there must want to defend this?
“Instead, it looks, at first glance, like a holiday snap…” – There is a clue here…
“…but that, too, is part of its odd, and confusing, power.” – oh really? I thought it was just a… holiday snap?
“…much of its arresting power lies in this uneasy dynamic.” – errr… but is it not just holiday snap of a woman showing her vagina?
“When does art become voyeurism” – when you fall into the trap of calling it Art.
“Undoubtedly many visitors to the gallery will find the image shocking, even offensive.” – that is true. As in “How did this get into the final selection?” “Who judges this”?
A great example for students of the medium… especially for those who paid £15 an image to enter. 6,000 submissions at £15 each and they choose this? I bet that leaves a great taste in the mouth for those who paid good money wanting to be photographers.
What vibe do judges think next year’s people are going to look for as examples of what to submit to win?
They got £90,000 income plus sponsorship… well done judges. Good job.
Edited selection from the highly entertaining comments section…
“Mind you nice flaps, im off to take a pic of me wifes minge so I can enter some high brow photo comp.”
“Nice omelette! However, when all of the meaning lies outside the frame it becomes
just whacking material for the middle class in my view.”
“Nice to see some pussy as an antidote to all the pope bullshit.”
“Go to flickr.com loads of this stuff there, any of them could make this short list.”
Brilliant – the great british public!
Someone likes it though…
“I don’t agree at all that the meaning lies beyond the frame. This is a stonking portrait and a wonderful photograph. It’s all there: superb composition (the angle of her left arm!), that lovely dappled light, the relationship between the subject and the photographer (the way she’s looking at the camera, so utterly relaxed and yet so utterly in control), the mystery of a person we will never know but who sits there so powerfully. And those are the least porny labia you could ever hope to encounter: they’re all part of the power of the image. It all comes together like a painting that took months – and yet this was captured in an instant. It’s what photography is all about. Think anyone could have taken it? Try it.
Oh for the angle of her left arm… that non porny labia… genius!
As so often is the case in situations like this, I turn to a man much wiser than me for advice…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QiMw1Q65d4