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Published: 2006-03-23 00:08:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 2530; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 207
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Mirror. Hammer. Man.Although the hammer has a logical place as the cause of the broken mirror, its physical position is totally non-logical. Even though it is the easiest solution to the problem of the broken mirror, it should not be there, in that place. The solution now causes an even greater conflict that can only be solved by believing in the impossible.
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Model: Daniel
Camera: Exakta VX1000
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This is such a strange shot, but I like it lots. It's fun to think about
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Thanks 
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i like how you look first on the hammer.... and then you see the broken mirror, that's just great!
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This is a really nice shot. Was the hammer put in there digitally? It doesn't seem to fit for some reason. I dunno.
I love the shot though!
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Thanks. Nope, it was hanging by a string. As I mentioned in the description: the whole dilemma of the hammer belonging there or not is the point of the picture
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I know the hammer belongs in the picture lol. 
Glad to hear it wasn't.
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the b&w makes the emotion in the picture really stand out.
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The model's pose is great but the photo is way overexposured. The man is blending in with his own shadow which looks really strange and the lack of tones in the white background makes the whole composition look a little empty.
At first I thought of the hammer as just a symbol, not something that was physically a part of the actual environment. And that was a good thing because it gave the image a subcontext.
However, when I read the description it only felt over-pretentious. The position of the hammer isn't non-logical. It looks like a symbol rather than a floating hammer because of the exposure and the lack of background.
The image would be more surreal if you removed the description. It's a really nice concept.
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Well you are right on some points. First of all, I prefer the image to be completely void of a background, to keep the main attention to the subjects at hand, which is also why I overexposed it, removing anything that could distract from the matter at hand.
Secondly, you can still consider the hammer to be a mere symbol. I actually find it one of the better interpretations I have seen here. The description does not remove the possibility that the hammer is not physically there, after all, it's less logical to smash a mirror with the symbol of a hammer than a real hammer. I am glad you did not need the description to understand that. I added the lengthy description because people 'didn't get it', but I suppose since you were able to make your own hypothesis about it, I can understand why you would find the description to be... redundant. Thank you for the comment.
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good concept, this one really inspires me, I'll think about it!
the quality is very good, of course, and the hammer on the left distracts the attention for a moment to give strength to the whole composition.
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Nice concept! He's grinning...makes me think he's somehow managed to break the mirror with his mind/by staring at it
I love the white against the black
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lol i thought eh was smiling, made it seem slightly psychotic...its a very nice peice and idea ^_^
i like the hammer on the side... amkes me think of the wall...
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Hehe. Thanks. Nobody ever noticed or mentioned before that he is indeed smiling a bit. He kept on making jokes throughout the shoot, which usually makes for an interesting expression, really.
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lol yeah, i can see that. things that were not meant to be apart of something often make it seem strnagley better and more creative, but sometimes things are left out and it loses what you had in mind the first place
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a purely surreal masterpiece...Man Ray would be proud should he see this!! Youre highly impressive!! The surreal philosophy relies much on the incongrous positioning of unrelated, unorthodox objects...especially veristic surrealism, which is the representational branch of surrealism...you did a great job here...I salute you..
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Thanks a lot. I especially appreciate the reference to Man Ray. Magritte's The Pleasure Principle is one of my favourite paintings and might have influenced me here. The painting is apparently based on a photograph by Man Ray.
I was wondering if I should put this in *the-surreal-arts gallery. You just convinced me.
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you should...take my word for it...we'll love to see it there!!
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Done and done. I send the note to the group yesterday
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i'm glad of that!! nice to be a comember at the club!!!
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Yeah, it's definitely one of the best clubs I've joined so far.
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and the most open minded...lol...glad to be acquainted to all of you great people!!!
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That's awesome I love the concept!!! Great composition and model too
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great concept ...it makes you think ...great shot !!!
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I really like this picture and the idea behind it. My first thought also was: The man smashed the mirror with the hammer. 
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gr8 picture, I like high contrast very much
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Very interesting. I also like the almost longing look the man give to the mirror. Nice work.
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No there's not!
Ceci n'est pas un marteau.
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Great juxtaposition of expectations, I like it!
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Juxtaposition of expectations. That's a good one. I actually believe Magritte said something about that as well.
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Sorry, I didn't read all the comments ^_^
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That's ok. You pretty good on your own.
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How did you get the camera there? Did you put it in afterward?
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The camera? What are you talking about? That sounds very surreal, to take a photo and put the camera in afterwards. I shall think about that.
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I meant the hammer
*starts ranting about how the birds woke him up at stupid 'o' clock this morning.*
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Funny how the collective subconscious works. One of the inspirations for this photo was a quote from a filmmaker, who said 'Art is a hammer, not a mirror'. So the camera could be a hammer too. Very interesting.
Either way, the hammer was hanging from the ceiling on a piece of string.
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Title. Description. Image.
It all adds up. You've made logic to a unlogical image. I like the b&w, it makes the image a little rough. You obviously thought this through!
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Don't worry. I understand what you mean.
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Interesting how reading a description can alter the view of an image...beforehand, I didn't like the hammer there at all, it was too out of place and compositionally it really bothered me. What's it doing there, anyway? But after reading the description, it still seems compositionally out of place, but yet it makes more sense there, because we don't expect it to be there, and yet....what am I talking about? You totally have me rambling. Ha.
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Very good, very good.
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