Comments on: my hellsten – fjällkor

By: AndreaC

AndreaC — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:35:56 +0000

This is a wonderful essay and it gave me a lot to think about – in terms of photography, not about white cows per se.

By: margaeli

margaeli — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:28:24 +0000

My, I really liked your photos. I think #15 is excellent! Sci fi cows!!! Thanks for sharing your work.

By: OZ

OZ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:49:18 +0000

Thanks David for your understanding…

I appology because I am not used to speak like that (to people I don’t know!), and even most of time, I don’t agree with Bob words, I post this like a teenager’ reaction…! I really respect him and my comment was not showing this at all! I don’t know him personnaly but some friends of mine get a lot of help from him, and clear words and from that point my reaction was stupid regarding my personnal condition…hot weather, projects in stand by because of a stupid fall…

that’s all…his silence and your common sense show me that if I am not as young as I would (f*cking bones!) and my experience is still short… I am in-between…

thanks again for your words..

By: Kyunghee Lee

Kyunghee Lee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:04:28 +0000

My,

You really talk with cows. :)))
I love that.
It makes me smiling.

Thank you for nice works.

By: Peter Cleghorn

Peter Cleghorn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:23:43 +0000

Wow This is the Second cow photo essay I’ve seen in as many weeks:
See Kate Kirkwood’s essay here in gallery 2 http://katekirkwood.com/

Love quirky stories about animals

By: Herve

Herve — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:21:52 +0000

This probably could not have been achieved with someone human, or other animals. Something specific to the qualities we perceive in cows, but also their physical attributes and size help take the gratuitous out of a work we could easily reject as done in too facile a manner. Weird, says Jim. Yes, but not TOO weird. Deliciously weird!

What I love the most is that in so many frames, the cows seem to play along MY, conniving almost to give her their best performance, or something close….

In fact, this is…..Cow-media dell’ Arte! :-)))

By: david alan harvey

david alan harvey — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:17:56 +0000

OZ…

now you have me feeling bad!!! yes, this is just a big round table..with so many opinions etc….all good OZ…no apology necessary, but i know well that you are a truly good person just by your note…thanks…

you really have a broken leg??? lion in a cage?? i know i know…hey my friend, i know about that too…6 months on crutches with a broken leg….

i think you are down under, so i cannot bring you anything…but consider that i would if i could…

cheers, abrazos, david

By: Steve M

Steve M — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:43:33 +0000

This is a great project; funny, different, cute, hysterical, curious. It made me smile – not many images on Burn make me do that. I really appreciated the cows – and yes, they really are an alien life form. Or perhaps we are? When did a cow ever eat anyone? In a delightful way, they make me question my humanity!

Steve M

By: joao henriques

joao henriques — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:47:31 +0000

i really love cows. a bit big-brotherish though :)

By: Carrie Roseman

Carrie Roseman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:20:55 +0000

I love the idea of this project. I feel that My has definitely started to capture these cows as individuals, and some of the frames are really lovely, such as #3, 7, 14, 15, 19. I’m not a big fan of the extreme flash that is used in some of the frames. I think that the subject matter and setting is strong enough and doesn’t require such strong use of flash. Perhaps some longer exposures with some blur would add a little something to this project. Or maybe trying to capture these cows under low light by using a tripod and remote switch so that more natural light can be captured. These are just some ideas that I think may enhance the project, but overall, I love this and think it’s got a great start.

By: OZ

OZ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:03:34 +0000

Ok David,

First of all I apologies for my comments, it was not really correct and surely aggressiv, even the tone didn’t show this, nothing personnal was inside. I would first learn how forum works, we are not around a table… ( I am sure you know well what is “being envious, jealousy, hypocrisy etc is…even in Magnum…I remember some Eugene Richards or Luc delahaye words about this…) I just saied what I think, really! Just sorry about the tone. I, from now, accept the rules, will try to keep my mouth more diplomatic and will accept to be banned for sure.

I am not angry at all! I don’t want to show any of my works here, I don’t need that.

I am also more than super open to anykind of sensitiv, underground, innovativ music, but I don’t like pop stars and real-tv system…

Photographicly speaking I don’t see any of my collegues here (you and John only), (or they appear like trolls, wich are funny monsters (for me) in mythology) wich make me think that internet photosphere, is limited always to same users and others gurus and rarely real innovativ creators. I could write 100 quotations about that, even it will show me also that I am not a real zen guy…I accept it…hard to take distance and silence…

I was just burning in my house, one broken leg on my bed…. One lion in a cage…

So I should come back to what I was used to do. Coming here sometime and say nothing else. I really think Burn is a great and innovativ place…so

Appologies…

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By: Nathaniel McMahon

Nathaniel McMahon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:53:37 +0000

Good fun, nice and interesting for me.
Good to see just some normal cows for once, not orphaned ones, ones with aids or cancer cows, cows on state benifit or living in trialers. Very impressive tounges.
But seriously I find these kinda interesting, the approach is honest and has revealed something quirky about the world and these wierd animals that are obviously from another planet.
Wendy what are you looking for? a sales pitch, written in verse?

By: yutopia

yutopia — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:47:08 +0000

Niiiiiiiiiice! :-))))

By: abele

abele — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:42:36 +0000

I really appreciated how a potentially-trivial subject has been shot in such a funny and visually intriguing way. I think that the harsh use of on-camera flash is a valid stylistic choice in this case. Few of the shots are weak but I didn’t believe my attention could be grabbed by more than a couple of cows shots before seeing My’s work. #15 rulez!

By: luzz

luzz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:51:30 +0000

different.

By: Jon Agnew

Jon Agnew — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:22:34 +0000

My, this is definitely different from what we’re used to on Burn. I particularly enjoyed shots 3, 5, 8, and LOVED 15. Cheers to you for having a unique perspective and style. There’s plenty of room for different approaches.

Bob Black….looks like Gatsby is making a comeback. First the green lights in Chris Bickford’s Midnight Kiss, now this one.

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

By: David Bacher

David Bacher — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:41:59 +0000

There are two animals that I just love….dogs and cows. Maybe it’s because I grew up up with both outside my front door. I can’t say I don’t like these pics. They’re just too funny…especially seeing these white cows in the middle of the snow. This is kind of like Martin Parr photographing cows perhaps :-)…sneaking up beside them….and than pounce…with a bright flash. Just thinking of how the photographer must have shot the photos makes me laugh.

Mooooooooo

By: Joni Karanka

Joni Karanka — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:59:05 +0000

Great mood, a couple tongues too many. It’s like Larry McPherson’s “The Cows” but after sunset, though:
http://5b4.blogspot.com/2008/02/cows-by-larry-e-mcpherson.html

By: Wojtek

Wojtek — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:31 +0000

I don’t really get why there are so many negative reactions here… First, someone made an effort and did something unusual. Second, the effect is actually amusing and very intelligent. And third, it’s quite unique in this sad world filled with photographs of suffering…

I really like that piece, it’s so far one of better ones I’ve seen here. Combines documentary work of fresh approach with a nice allegory :)

Big thumbs up.