Friday, September 7, 2007

Subject[ive] Matter: A Flickr Visual Dictionary


Sharp in Seattle
Originally uploaded by Malama na Honu
One of the folks in the Seattle Flickr Meetup group had this great idea to hit the streets in Seattle's booming SoDo neighborhood and capture images to describe 12 words.

We had one hour (!!) to visually define:

Gritty
Rude
Brilliant
Timeless
Perfect
Sharp
Powerful
Strange
Surprising
Juicy
Fresh
Compelling

This was a tough challenge to do in an hour, especially since most of us are accustomed to as much time as we need for our captures. Really helped me realize how tough it must be for photojournalists.

We're going to do it again -- same 12 words, but at the vast Marymoor Park in suburban Redmond, Washington.

Will be interesting to compare "Gritty" in Seattle's SoDo with "Gritty" in the park.

Next: Challenging other groups in other parts of the world to shoot the same terms. Stay tuned for the results!

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