Comments on: pawel glogowski – the wall

By: Pawel Glogowski

Pawel Glogowski — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:06:54 +0000

Hello,
Thanks Burn team, thanks for watching “the wall”, and for Your comments. I couldn’t write sooner, because i had no idea that it’s already been published.

First of all i need to say that everyday training actually is repetitive, it’s not an epic story. Sometimes circuits are done over and over again for days. The essay could be shortened, however I’m really not convinced if three or four photos would be enough to get the viewer into that room, which is the goal.

About boring. I think that not only exciting subjects are worth showing and not only exciting photos are good, if You know what i mean.

Saying that, thanks a lot for all Your comments about length of the edit – I’ll be thinking it over.

Cheers.

By: marikinski

marikinski — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:07:33 +0000

I’m not commenting here often,but this essay made even me make a comment.This is so boring,I sometimes don’t get why such essays are selected,when some good stories are still waiting to be seen.

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:49:46 +0000

Above link meant to be posted under the Congo essay.. Mea culpa

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:45:39 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/06/world/africa/06congo.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha21

By: dangutu

dangutu — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:56:59 +0000

!!!

By: pAtrIcIO m.

pAtrIcIO m. — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:48:41 +0000

Oops, forget this link:

http://vimeo.com/groups/15783/videos/15274584

for the ones insane of mountains and outdoor activities
WOW!!

pAtrIcIo m.

By: pAtrIcIO m.

pAtrIcIO m. — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:46:35 +0000

Pawel, agree with the rest of the community.
Three great pictures, the rest is a little repetitive, but, but, you can go on starting from these single images and continue the feature and follow your friend elsewhere.
What about some portraits, still life images, some close shots, with details.
Look at muscles and veins after a short climb… look at their efforts during the climb…
Ahh, ONE photo is missing. You need at least one picture when someone is falling. Fall happens every single minute. This is important!
Pawel, you’re there, you’ve got the subject, you have to shoot a little more.

pAtrIcIo m.

By: Imants

Imants — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:54:20 +0000

the groaaaannnnnn………… is for the essay having no direction

By: Thomas Bregulla

Thomas Bregulla — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:13:11 +0000

I love the pictures each by each. However, I also have to agree with the others. There is much repetition.
My suggestion – strip the pictures down to four pictures or so, and add some pictures about the people, who built and maintain the wall. Who are they, what drives them. Is there a community, who are these people etc.
You are on the start of an interesting essay, keep it up!

By: Frostfrog

Frostfrog — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:43:23 +0000

I find myself in total agreement with Jim Powers. Even so, Pawel, there are excellent shots throughout, a few that really grab me.

As I move through, I get a growing sense of claustrophobia – which is an interesting thing, as rock climbing in the mountains gives one the opposite feeling.

I just wish there were a cat in one of the pictures. It would have been great to have had a cat come strolling through, or perhaps leaping onto the shoulder of an unsuspecting climber.

By: paultreacy.com

paultreacy.com — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:08:34 +0000

Absolutely, Imants.

By: Diego Fabro

Diego Fabro — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:18:05 +0000

I’ve seen some climbing walls in apartments like that, never thought about photograph them tough, fortunately u did, interesting subject to make an essay with almost 20 pics. That’s a very small room and I’m sure you’ve tried all angles possible, but at some point looking at the images it seems I’m looking at the same photograph with a different angle. It is a bit repetitive for me, but at the same time I can get the feeling of the climbers and their universe, all concentrated in a small room. Congrats.

By: Jeff Hladun

Jeff Hladun — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:52:47 +0000

It answers the question: “Why photo-documentary?” with the same response to: “Why climb mountains?”

Because it’s there…

By: Imants

Imants — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:45:49 +0000

groaaaannnnnn…………

By: paultreacy.com

paultreacy.com — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:18:01 +0000

Three pictures would have done it. Repetitive. However, I think you could have made an interesting multimedia or short film of this feature. Would love to hear some of these people speak about their passion for climbing and how this interior wall climbing room came about. Some audio of the physical effort involved in the form of groans, rapid breathing and the chalking of hands, for example, would also enhance the piece. I hope you’ll keep working on it and flesh it out some.

Good luck.

By: Imants

Imants — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:55:09 +0000

……..though Sandy Skoglund would probably be impressed with the wall

http://www.google.com.au/images?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=sandy+skoglund&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=LTHRTIzPN82rcbGLwbwL&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQsAQwAA&biw=1490&bih=837

By: Imants

Imants — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:52:33 +0000

Pity it is about the wall not the people……………

By: Jim Powers

Jim Powers — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:34:51 +0000

Yeah. This would have been good for a single, but everything looks pretty much the same. Doesn’t work for me as an essay.

By: john gladdy

john gladdy — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:50:04 +0000

I think that given the constraints of the location, and its not exactly photogenic decor you have done a satisfactory job of documenting an aspect of it. But saying that, I do not really find the essay engrossing at all. I also find many of the frames to be ‘out of balance’ and awkward feeling. Also the wide angle, which im sure was neccesary here, has not really worked any magic in altering the perspective pleasingly. Im intertested more in the occupants. Look at that strange musculatur, those determined eyes.
Who are they? What drives them? Why are they there? These are questions I would have liked to see posed.

john.

Also agree that the edit contains redundancies.

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:13:08 +0000

This could be interesting but I think you could get this down to 3 pictures.