| Retrospect: Photos of the year 2005 |
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| A group photo shot in an art studio — probably in an art academy — around the middle of the twentieth century, capturing an essence of the clichés about art that still endure today, maybe not entirely pointlessly. The naked female model appears as the centerpiece, an ideogram and emblem for artwork. The arrangement in this old black and white photo transforms a simple group photo into a symbol for art work and art conception of the time. That only works because of the contrast of posture and snapshot in the facial expressions and body language of the students (?), the strangeness that it creates, making this an unusual photo. | ||||||||
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| This technically unsophisticated photo catches a surprising observation during a tranquil moment of self-perception. It is an everyday and everyhuman situation; sitting in the bathtub watching the own toes, and observing how the toes reflect on the water surface, creating funny symmetrical toe objects. In its simplicity this picture holds a lot of placid sense of being, even involving some comic, and goes as far as to reflect human wonder on the self. | ||||||||
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| This is a photo of a beautiful wooden Christ statue, obviously under restoration. The wide cracks in the centuries old wood are filled with wooden wedges in an early stadium of conservation work. The wedges sticking out from the statue's head and chest seem to be axe and sword blades cutting through the statues' naked and vulnerable body. This impression is underlined by the fact that — being a Christ statue — the imaged man is weak and apparently fixed in a position that makes him defensless. This is a Christ statue that on the one hand is being preserved from destruction, and on the other hand suggesting unspeakable mistreatment of a human body, seemingly showing uncanonical martyrdom and death. |
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| the candidates |
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The preselection of the "candidates" took place in an objective way, that is by a database query: Show those 12 pictures of the year 2005 which 1. are best rated and 2. were clicked most, show them in this order. Note: At later points in time than the end of 2005 the above
row of candidates might change, because it is based on the mentioned database
query and because the Bilderbeutel Collection is dynamic / variable. |
| the choice |
We chose the pictures of the year from the candidates at our discretion. The main criterium was preeminent figurative qualities and qualities of content, but not technical quality of the pictures. We didn't select the "best" pictures, but pictures of commitment. There are many pictures in the Bilderbeutel Collection which are "better", formally better. Furthermore, other persons would probably (like always) have decided differently. But these pictures are certainly excellent too and we wish to highlight them accordingly. Please excuse the deficient translations into English.
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These photos are licensed under a Creative Commons License. |
