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This was a spontaneous shot taken at a local Adelaide cafe on Rundle Street East in Kent Town one day when I was out with Dan. It was included in the series ‘When He’s Away’ and was a part of the ‘Living Queer in Adelaide’ group exhibition for the 2006 Feast Arts Festival there (Exibited at the Town Hall) I really like this one – human body against unyielding cement wall and rigid geometric lines.
The theme that I was working on with the shots in this series was an analysis and exploration of sexuality – but more specifically gay male sexuality and the universal themes relating to the divide between public and private, acceptibility and unacceptibility, connection and disconnection, and of course human vulnerability / sensitivity and the structures and systems which confine or limit this.
Image copyright © 2007, Robert Knapman. Copying and displaying or redistribution of this image without permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
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This is exquisite! First time i saw it i felt an overwhelming sadness… sublime and evocatvie!
Thanks Shannyn. This is actually my favourite of those here. I’m loving what people get from some of my shots – never had feedback before. My intent was to evoke loss, longing or vulnurability. Cheers.
Very strong Robert. Great feeling to this.
Wonderful image.. Strength, symmetry and entrapment. Perfectly realized.
Wonderful. Well captured. Love the way the lines in the wall are off centre, pulls everything together.
Thanks Adrien, Brett and Amanda. Have to say the positive feedback and affirmation here is far better than random dummy spits – if you know what I mean. So cheers :)
This is wonderful, it’s like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders…lovely lighting and textures too.
i love the texture on the wall and the guys t-shirt against it…
how heavy is the world :(
Love the rough texture of the walls.
(I followed the link in “textures” on The Age)
So many stories are untold here.
Great shoot Robert.
I welcome your wide range of style in photography.