Response to david

I don't know if this photo is 'stillborn' or not, but I do think it may have missed its intended mark. To me, the central point of conflict, or engagement, (or dis-engagement) is not between the photographer and the subject, or the subject and the world, but between the subject and the guy reading the paper behind him! Done slightly differently, this could have been a great environmental portrait-- how david (I presume your friend on the left) interacts/does not interact/relates to the people around him on the ferry. It's *almost* there, but the connection between the two is not strong enough to make this photograph work (thought it is enough to distract me from its intended subject). Next time, make it clear what is the conflict in the photograph... here I sense you tried to make it "david vs. the world" but it didn't come across as such. Just some food for thought.... --Josh

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