Critique Welcomed The Ministry of Fear

[Peter Roberts]

(Prompted by Rob's recent Head Shots post.)

In Graham Green's wartime novel The Ministry of Fear the protagonist, Arthur Rowe, wins a cake at a charity fête. After which, as the blurb on the back of my old Penguin copy puts it, 'from that moment he was the quarry of malign and shadowy forces.....'



MInolta XD7 / Rokkor 45mm f2 / Yellow filter / Tri-X / Rodinal

This image has had an outing on 35mmc so some may have already seen it.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Love it!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Me too! I love how the cakes are hinted at in the shadows. And the footsteps can almost be heard.

Definitely a book cover contender!

 

[Brian Moore]

Brilliant!

 

[Peter Roberts]

Thanks very much gents

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Wonderful image. I do remember seeing it on 35mnc but delighted to remake it's acquaintance!

 

[Julian Tanase]

Peter, very "fellinesque", I like this a lot !

 

[Peter Roberts]

Peter, very "fellinesque", I like this a lot !

Thanks Julian. I glad it made a cinematographic impression for you.
As soon as I saw the negative the image looked like a film still to me. More prosiac than you I immediately thought The Third Man. From there the Graham Greene connection followed.

 

[Julian Tanase]

Thanks Julian. I glad it made a cinematographic impression for you.
As soon as I saw the negative the image looked like a film still to me. More prosiac than you I immediately thought The Third Man. From there the Graham Greene connection followed.

I can see why is that. Again, for me is a beautiful photograph.