tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665694136028960075.post6631909200672207414..comments2023-05-12T12:19:24.336-04:00Comments on Racket from Angeline's Art Studio: Yo, 1960, photograph by Cuban Artist Raul MartinezAngelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18270910594134410023noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665694136028960075.post-11231905500367860322010-12-24T10:53:02.215-05:002010-12-24T10:53:02.215-05:00JJ:
I will have to purchase your book along with ...JJ: <br />I will have to purchase your book along with some others in 2011. I also dislike censoring (because that is what it is!) my writing. WE are in a free country...but...we do not wish to spread pain.<br /><br />I understand about writing all day on the subject. Mama cautioned me on writing what she and I discussed about this photo and other paintings Raul did. After holding this image for a few months, well, Cuba is still a communist dictatorship. Sigh.<br /><br />Jason: <br />Just be careful...we need to talk. =)Angelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270910594134410023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665694136028960075.post-8808514215530239062010-12-20T11:17:18.733-05:002010-12-20T11:17:18.733-05:00This is a powerful photograph and well composed. ...This is a powerful photograph and well composed. It does not appear as the typical "hey can I take your photograph?". It is a very good study in the rule of thirds as the subject is placed just perfectly in the frame. His eyes are turned to the camera but the rest of his body is facing the closest edge. This gives a feeling of uneasiness. The subject is messing around with his hands as well which may indicate that he was uncomfortable being photographed or that he was worried about something at the time the picture was taken.<br /><br />This January I will be traveling to Cuba in order to do portrait work with the church our missions work supports. While there I hope to travel the back streets and rural areas of Cuba in the hope of photographing the true culture. If I can come away with a single image 1/2 as good as this one I will be well pleased. Thank you for posting this photograph.Jason L. Eldridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903645544650484325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665694136028960075.post-3969971669696123882010-12-20T10:10:37.430-05:002010-12-20T10:10:37.430-05:00Cuba has been a dream destination for me for years...Cuba has been a dream destination for me for years. I think of the movies and the photos of the pre-Castro years, when the Island was the jewel of the Caribbean. I think of Cuba often, and I am convinced I will visit someday. As a Hemingway fanatic, I must visit. <br /><br />As for fear, my first book, <i>To Hug an Angel,</i> is a memoir about the adoption nightmare my wife and I encountered in an attempt to adopt a four year old little girl from Chile during the Pinochet years. We got caught up in his <i>State of Seige</i> and a one day trip to Santiago turned into a two and a half month nightmare trek through the Andes. When the memoir was published, they included a fiction disclaimer because I changed two names of Chilenos who helped us, for fear there would be reprisals against them. It pissed me off big time! However, since 150,000 Chilenos disappeared off the streets during that awful regime, it was a real threat. In any event, I can write all day on the subject, but I do understand your comments well.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692103477055483000noreply@blogger.com