My favorite street image- "The Most Beautiful Suicide"

DNFDNF Banned Posts: 19 Big grins
edited April 21, 2011 in Street and Documentary
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Mod edit: Photograph by Robert Wiles

I remember reading an old copy of LIFE magazine and seeing this as a kid.

http://kottke.org/08/07/the-most-beautiful-suicide

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited April 18, 2011
    That's disturbing.
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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited April 18, 2011
    Your favorite street image? Now, that's disturbing.
    Sara

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  • DNFDNF Banned Posts: 19 Big grins
    edited April 18, 2011
    What a way for a Photography student (who captured that image) to start his career.
  • r3t1awr3ydr3t1awr3yd Registered Users Posts: 1,000 Major grins
    edited April 18, 2011
    I think it's amazing and the caption is most appropriate.

    I think the reason I don't find it disturbing is because all of what disturbs me (context of the jump, blood, guts, etc) is missing from the picture. It really is beautiful.
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  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    Disturbing? yes. Amazing? yes. The woman has a peaceful expression as if she found what she was looking for... Strong image for sure.

    Who is the photographer?
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  • ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    That is really wild.
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    I've got an approach/avoidance thing with this. I can't not look but it is disturbing. Can you imagine her poor fiance opening Life to find this reminder of his loss?
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    DNF wrote: »
    What a way for a Photography student (who captured that image) to start his career.

    Well, it might have been - but good luck finding anything more about or by him. His photo "career" appears to have ended with this photo.
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  • sara505sara505 Registered Users Posts: 1,684 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2011
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Well, it might have been - but good luck finding anything more about or by him. His photo "career" appears to have ended with this photo.

    Which proves one of my observations, that most photographs are self-portraits.
    Sara

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  • EddyEddy Registered Users Posts: 320 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2011
    Why would his photograhpy career end, Why then be a photographer when you can't show true reality or Expressions of free will.
    E.J.W

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