Foto8 Summershow 2012

I went to see  Foro8 Summershow 2012 last month and have been mulling over what I saw there..159 images covering a wide range of material which was almost too many images to deal with in one go. While part of me was responding unconsciously to the visual image - subject matter, colour, composition etc. as I would usually expect, I also found myself looking critically at the pictures in respect of wondering how the photograph was taken i.e. the technical side of things which I guess comes from the ongoing attempt to develop my technical photographic skills.

Anyone visiting the exhibition is invited to choose the three photographs hat they liked the best  - seems that I did not choose the actual winner of the Best in Show Award  ( No 137 untitled from a series 'Blue,see' looking at the institutionalised lives of boys  by Titus Simoens, a photographer working in Belgium). While remembered the image disturbing me on the day, I was admittedly a little puzzled as to why it won above others in the show.So I was pleased to see a piece on this photograph by Jose on the 6 August edition of the OCA Art's blog. His interpretation of the image made more sense of the photograph and has encouraged me to take more time to 'read' an image to see if reflection  achieves a different or similar response to the first 'look'.