Interesting Web Site

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this site already but there is a pretty nice website, photo.net, that has lots of photos to look through if you are just surfing around the net. The photos are uploaded by various photographers and the site is well organized. You can look through photos based on category, when they were uploaded, read critiques by members, etc. There are a wide range of categories to look through; Landscapes, Architecture, Street, Flowers, Fine Art, Events, Documentary, etc. The photos are color and are all digital but they are still nice to get a feel for composition and ideas for future projects. Speaking of motion the other night, there are some real great shots under the Sports category and grittiness of life is fairly evident in many of the Street shots. I included a couple I liked.

The sports one I like because of the way the rider is silhouetted against the light at the back of the tunnel and in the water on the street. The photo is dark but you can still make out the detail in the walls of the tunnel (even the grafitti) and what looks like street transit tracks on the street. I think this photo says a lot about teenagers, riding from the light of day, their youth, into the unknown world without hesitation or fear. The silhouette leaves his identity unknown making him any teenager in any city.

The street shot got me because of the sadness I see in the child's eyes and the look of despair in his dad's face. The child is zipped inside his dad's jacket to keep him warm. I sense a note of resignation in both their faces, how this can be apparent in a child so young I don't know but I think the photographer caught it well. The empty coffee cup is a mystery...did he just finish a cup of coffee or is he holding it out in the hopes of a handout from a passerby? The viewer can interpret this as he wishes.