Robert Louis Stevenson-Related Series

Rob MacKillop

Rob MacKillop

Edinburgh Correspondent
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Thanks, Brian. A posh English lady came out and shooed me away. Cheek! I said, "Too late, I've taken all I want". She wasn't happy. But what does she expect, with a plaque on the wall telling the world the great man lived there?
 
Post a piece of paper through her door with a black spot on it next time you're passing, Rob! ;)

Brilliant idea and very, very effective. Love the sinister peek into the cellar. There be pirate in there me lad, I'm telling yer! And that footprint is a great find. That's either concrete or someone very heavy has been passing by! :eek:
 
The black spot. Brilliant idea! I might actually do that! But as I don't want to steal your idea, Pete, I'll put your name on it...

Exactly. Who knows where his ideas came from? Quite a bit has been written about the garden across the road, which is a private park for those whose house looks on to it. He mentions somewhere playing pirates in the gardens. But I'm not allowed in there - you need a key. I doubt if the present incumbent would look kindly upon my request. So, the pavement it is!
 
Excellent set Rob, Your idea has made the images have another dimension , which works well. Might be an idea to strike up a good friendship with one of the other street occupiers, so as to sit and sip tea in the garden, simple to annoy the silly posh woman.
 
I am not able to understand all the nuances of meaning represented in the comments, but it seems to me that you Rob have put a lot of effort into a visual micro-narrative that renders a particular context from a universal perspective. If any synthesis is a betrayal of reality, as well as a sin of pride, and if I were to venture into this treacherous terrain, I would say that sometimes the detail is an accelerator of cognition, a gateway to perception. But I will not say that.

My comment instead is this:

I have always liked photos of fine details and this series seems to me very well done.

Since you have resurrected this old thread of yours, I would like to ask you if you would still take this kind of photos? And if so, would your style/framing/choice of subject and capture be different today in shooting the same scenario?
 
For me ... while I appreciate viewpoint of looking down (truly) ... what I really appreciate is the skill displayed in rendering good/proper contrast and a good/proper range of zones in each photo. Well done sir! Your attention to photographic detail from pre-visualization (assuming) to exposure to manipulation of final image has crafted the mundane into objects with significant interest.
 
Gianluca Drago said:
Since you have resurrected this old thread of yours, I would like to ask you if you would still take this kind of photos? And if so, would your style/framing/choice of subject and capture be different today in shooting the same scenario?
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To answer your first question, Gianluca, I would certainly consider it if the opportunity presented itself to me. I do enjoy working on cohesive projects. I need to be in the frame of mind to allow that to happen, though, and I don't think I'm there at the moment. As to your second question, I dare say everything would be different. Heraclitus would agree.
 
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