For your consideration: a solo artist, in the throes of a delicate balancing act.
This image speaks to the notion of the decisive moment -- that instant when time is frozen, pregnant with possible outcomes . . .
Yet there is a subtle ambiguity here: is the skater suspended in a drop towards a silhouetted landing, or might it just be possible that his magic rests in an upwards, gravity-defying trajectory? His shadow lends little to the solution of the riddle, being at once upon the threshold of the triangular base yet coiled a pending leap of faith.
There is a secondary theme in this presentation, that being of discovery: an unusually complex composition, with dominating lines, repetition and an organic thrust which at first draws attention by being jarringly out of place, then upon investigation reveals itself as camouflage and surprising support for the true subject -- joie de vivre despite imprisoning walls.
We call all use some of that.
Suspended Animation, #4123
© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: July 24, 2009; Canon 20D; f/11 @ 1/500 sec; —2/3 EV; ISO 200; 50mm.
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