Perhaps an interesting twist on the Cliché theme. Imagine producing an image that illustrates a common cliché. For instance:
"A fork in the road" Imagine a long hilly road stretching off into the distance. Image take at ground level in the middle of the road. Long yellow double lines stretching off into the distance and telephone poles lining one side of the road. Fields of grass (or corn or wheat or whatever) on either side. And stuck into the road about 15 feet in front of the camera is a pitch fork. Now many will get technical and ask how this could be done. This could be done digitally, or by sawing off the ends of the tines to make it look like it was actually stuck in the road, or by finding an asphalt road that is soft enough from the hot summer sun to actually stick the fork in. Anyway the technique is not so important. The idea is just the literal interpretation of the cliché into an image. You can pick any cliché and illustrate it in visual and literal terms. Here's another: "Put up your Dukes" Several pictures of John Wayne hanging on drying clips in a darkroom. "Egg on your face" This ones obvious .... "All of that and a bag of chips" Think of a table filled with all kinds of non-related items; razor blades, comb, cassette tape, pencils, old photos, forks, envelopes, etc (you get the idea) and off to the side by itself is a bag of chips (any brand you like) ... "Snowballs chance in Hell ...." This could be an interesting challenge ... So this is the idea anyway. What do you think? Glen -----Original Message----- From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: April 2003 PUG and conrect attri Although quoted in reply to Treena... annsan wrote the puppies and children thing... It kinda looked in your quote below that I was quoting treena telling a story about someone named Ann .... anyway... T Rittenhouse wrote: > I don't know, I don't think people pictures can be cliches unless they are > very over posed as every person is an individual. > Children and puppies are > kind of a universal make me smile thing. > Now, the typical tourist postcard, > on the other hand... Aside from sunsets, I think cutseypie pictures of children with goo on their face, are about as cliched as you can get... or how about grandma with a toddler grandchild? They don't have to be poorly shot pictures to be a cliche - but they probably should have a Norman Rockwell look to them :) > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Sanfedele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Treena wrote: > quoting annsan who wrote.... > > unable to > > resist a tele lens shot of a pensive little kid clutching a flower AND a > > puppy. > > He taunted me with "Puppies and children, Ann????" > > > > Maybe I can find that slide... :) annsan quoting all that stuff above
