Faster than you think, a photo from Ile-de-France, North

Photographer's Note

Run!
Fast!
Faster!
Faster still!
Always faster!
As fast as the speed of sound!
As fast as the speed of light!
But where to?
And why?
Think, then! And you'll surely find you don't have to run. To win. To be the only one in the spotlight. To be the best.
One day or another, there'll be someone running after you, wishing to outdistance you. To outclass you. To kill you.
A neverending race. For what? For whom?
So think. Stop running. Slow down. Take back your breath. Stop watching the clock. Take your time. Stop craving always for more. Stop worrying about inflating your bank account. Stop believing the ads are there for your own good. Stop buying consummer goods you don't need. Stop being selfish and insensitive. Stop... many things, I'm sure of it.
Be yourself. Look at me. Look around you... and change the world!

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jocke71 (566) 2004-09-26 17:41

Well spotted and carried out. Great compo of the two on the bench and the advert. A picture of both movement and stillness.

avigur_11 (22553) 2004-09-26 17:47

A very good composition, Dominique,well executed in the pale light. THe only thing I'd cjange is crop the lights at the top. see my WS.

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vapours (8264) 2004-09-26 17:50

Excellent shot and I love the pose she is giving you.

MiguelP (14470) 2004-09-26 18:06

Wonderful photo, full of live Dominik. The contrast between the woman and the boy versus the bilboard of Nike is great (I fell more atracted to the lady than the perfect body of the advertasing). The compositions is great: We all live overwelming by the publicity. Merci beacoup pour partager cet moment. Aussi merci pour la note, je suis completment dґaccord avec votre point de vue et cґest necessaire de le dire dans tous le context possible.

PD: I ought to say you should have 673728325 points instead the superboring colections of sunsets people use to ahhhh! ohhhhh! ehhhh! (including those sign by me).

jhe00 (271) 2004-09-26 18:08

fantastic image. i agree totally with the workshop below. that crop makes all the difference.

Proxilva (2157) 2004-09-26 18:14

but it would be hard to change the world by standing still and look around Dominique... the last words in my contribution of today was: "I'll run when there's no place to hide, and I'll hide when there's no place to run to"... so what shall we say? the thruth is in the middle? ;D I can live with that hahaha...

now for the photo... Supadupa!!! I like how you give yourself photographic challenges and I enjoy watching the results... and here it turned out to be a quite strong one... you've done a tremendous job here... together with the note this is a favourite for sure...

bundor (91) 2004-09-26 18:35

Two for the picture; ten for the note, a train soon please for the mother, an ice cream for both.

eleparc (24063) 2004-09-26 20:05

cette photo est vraiment top dominique et drole;-) le contraste entre cette femme qui a lair nonchalante et la pub derriere elle est ce qui est svt le ferment de lhumour.. et jai souri! ;-) jaime bcp ton cadrage;-=) bravo!

bpelvan (3798) 2004-09-26 21:14

10 color
10 brightness
10 contrast
10 hue/saturation
10 composition
10 note
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Ebbe (9625) 2004-09-27 0:56

A fine combination of reality and poster. I think it can be cropped harder but I am not sure.

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Zanni (6108) 2004-09-27 1:06

Very good composition. The contrast between what they want that we become and what we are (happy to be so: I know it seeing the look of the woman!. )

alainh (33209) 2004-09-27 2:04

salut Dominique.
tres beau message illustrй de maniиre fameuse.
dommage cette lampe sinon c'est excellent.
A croire que cette maman nous montre elle aussi ses chaussures qui ne sont visiblement pas le mкme que celle de l'athlиte.
Tres bon coup d'oeil, tres bonne realisation.
bravo
alain

cgrindahl (6113) 2004-09-27 2:32

Well seen Dominique and finely captured. I take it that you DON'T own a pair of Nike running shoes... ;-)

I note the care with which you compose this photo. Well done. There is a bit of perspective distortion that I would likely have eliminated but then I tend to be very particular about such things when I'm presenting an image that has a strong graphical sense to it, as this image does. Contrary to Yitzhak and Ebbe, however, I like the light fixtures at the top. They convey the sense of this place where the glare of bare fluorescent lights is expected. Colors and details are nicely rendered as well. Excellent work all the way around.

With regard to your note, I'll simply observe those are sentiments perhaps most easily expressed by folks in the their twenties and more easily acted upon by people in the sixties. Of course, I've been wrong before... ;-)

hispic (9658) 2004-09-27 8:03

Excellent shot!
The appropriate color of beautiful clothes and the form of legs of a mother and a daughter is contributing to this scene. Also the curve of the surface of a wall!

naxius (16685) 2004-09-27 13:15

Plutфt sympa comme photo avec cette femme et son enfant en face. et la publicitй trиs dynaйmique. Contraste entre le statique vivant et le dynamisme figй, sympa, j'aime bien l'analogie.
Par contre, techniquement, j'aurai plutфt coupй les lumiиres en haut.
Le socle de la camйra dans le haut est aussi gкnant mais bon, on ne peut pas tout avoir !

Alexandre

bip-bip (1837) 2004-09-27 16:41

Trиs bien vu Dominique !
Tout y est : la pose, le regard, l'ambiance avec un zeste d'humour.
Bravo !

Je partage l'avis au sujet des lampes : sans, l'image est encore plus forte.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-09-27 18:58

Great work here, I like the mother and daughter here, although they dont look to impressed, but it shows the posters real size, really well done

morganommer (765) 2004-09-27 23:56

a tat underexposed. but great composition.
you should shoot with film if you don't like the rat race...
cheers
m

SylFondacci (4087) 2004-09-29 10:09

Plein d'humour et trиs incisif comme photo.
Et la note va dans le sens de ce que je pense chaque fois que je tombe sur ces pubs dans le mйtro !
You did it !

SophieL (6042) 2004-09-30 4:01

C'est une photo trиs forte et pleine de sens, de trиs nombreuses pistes de reflexion propres sans doute au ressenti de chacun йgalement.
Avec ta note, il y a bien sыr l'opposition entre cette homme qui court et cette femme qui attend, immobile, avec son enfant. Elle a l'air rйsignйe, dйpassйe peut-кtre par une sociйtй qui va trop vite pour elle, oщ elle a sans doute du mal а se placer.
Cependant, cet homme qui court nous tourne le dos, alors qu'elle nous regarde franchement, comme pour nous dйfier, nous demander si on n'aurait pas plutфt envie de prendre notre temps, plutфt que de fuir constamment devant la vie.
Il y a aussi le contraste entre le cфtй musculaire et anguleux de l'homme, et les couleurs passйes de son maillot, face а la rondeur, aux mouvements souples de cette femme et de son enfant, et la couleur franche de son costume.
Sans doute cette femme, vu son costume, n'est pas nйe en France, elle vient sans doute d'une sociйtй oщ le temps n'a pas la mкme importance, oщ courir aprиs un train apparait incongru, oщ кtre plus rapide que l'autre n'est pas une valeur intйressante. Que peut-elle bien comprendre, cette femme, du message de cette affiche? Que peut-elle penser de sa situation, ici attendant le mйtro? Qu'espиre-t'elle lйguer а sa fille?

Bref, une photo qui me bouscule pas mal. J'aime bien me faire bousculer comme зa! :)

Pour chipoter je ne sais pas si j'aurai gardй les nйons dans le cadrage.

colinbrenchley (6431) 2004-11-05 17:29

I like your pictures on the Metro where you isolate a small detail of the subject from the whole scene. Avigur workshop shows that removing the lights does I think concentrate the eye on the main subject. Excellent focus and handling of exposure in difficult lighting conditions

christina (2040) 2004-11-15 19:09

I like this image very much because it is a real slice of life! The contrast between the mother and child and the ad is just wonderful. Great obsevation and well captured!

msadventure (632) 2005-05-27 21:37

Geeeeee! Superb! I would buy this in a billboard and hang it up in my house!
Bravo!

mrbialy (2568) 2005-07-15 12:08

This one is interesting for me. I like contrast here- real life contra "dreams". The wall with poster looks strange in that perspective- oryginal. Expression on the face that woman- i dont know really what can I think... I dont know,.... really,

PS. You know what, I readed your note and you know what I agree with you but only a litle bit, because what happend if you tell your note somebody who dont have a job and dont have a many and who is just poor. What the happend.....?

marieaude (1196) 2006-03-14 9:41

Bonjour, belle photo de contraste, cet homme qui court et cette femme avec son bйbй tranquillement assises en attendant le metro. J'aime beaucoup. Une trиs bonne idйe et bonne composition. Merci