Mobile Photography – Streets Ahead – Forty Sixth Edition – Women’s Street Photography Collective

Susan has managed to find a perfect point of view to look down on these two sunbathers who are engrossed in their mobile phones, seemingly unaware of each other. Is this a commentary on our current society? These two faceless and anonymous women signify the disassociation of our culture in this barren, vegetation-less environment. A stark and worrisome image and message indeed. Great one Susan.

This image of a woman and her children walking down a rural street immediately caught my eye for two significant reasons. The first of which is the perfect pyramidal compositional arrangement of the figures, which often is the work of a great eye and luck! This compositional arrangement relates to the classic way of disposing figures during the Renaissance and into the 19th Century. The Madonna and Children of the great artists – Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo all used this technique to unify their compositions. Here  Basak has a contemporary “madonna and children”  that speaks to today’s global situation. This image is so strong for its subject, clearly very timely; and the way the figures are tightly, classically arranged, in the immediate foreground of the scene. Very moving photo Basak.

This image has nice narrative content as we see the two cultures peering at each other in an anonymous Asian city. The confusion of the background activity does not distract from the center of the action. He and she looking at each other through a “lens”.  Nice Ile!

Note how Lee uses light and shadow to articulate the space and figure who walks in this mysterious corner in the shadows of Seattle. The spotlight on the arrow pointing right and the little slices of light opening out in the background combine to make this a wonderful, moody image. Brava Lee!

Marzia excels in these elegant and reductive scenes which feature beautiful colour and reflected subject matter. This well-composed shot eliminates any excess, as the viewer is captivated by the strong formal elements and brilliant light.