Voyeur

Mary Ann Reilly

Voyeur

Paterson, NJ

As of 11/23/09, favorited 30 times, viewed 667.

Nikon D80
18-135mm
Raw

Lately I have been wondering about the spaces between art and voyeurism.

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! φThe Dreaming Treeφ !, * New Jersey Scenery, **FOCUS and LIGHTING**, Abstract Realism, All Around the Styles, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Altered by Design, Alternative Process and Experimental Photography, Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, ART ACTION UNION - CREATIVE ACTIVISM, Art Inspired by Dreams, Beige is death!, Core [C.O.R.E], Current Issues, DaDa Land, First Things, If it doesn't belong, Imaginative Realism, Inspired By Life, JPG Cast-Offs, Layered with Texture, LEFT WING VALUES AND POSITIVE GLOBAL AWARENESS, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), New Jersey - What's Your Exit?, Parallel Dimensions, PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Politics, Race, Sexuality and Culture, Reaching Freedom, Shameless Self-Promotion, Something To Say, Street Photography and Photojournalism, Textures Unlimited, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Grunge Art Gallery, The Human Condition, THE SISTERHOOD, The Top Favorite Group - 30 or more, The Voyage Of The Surrealists, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, This Is Relevant (2 per day), Tuesday Afternoon, Underground USA, United States, Vibrant and Vivid Color and Vibration in Art and Verse - VAVoom! Available for sale as

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Voyeur by Mary Ann Reilly
Voyeur by Mary Ann Reilly
  • Denis Dalby

    Denis Dalby

    Really atmospheric and quite unsettling too.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Denis. I was trying for both.

  • Bradley Nichol

    Bradley Nichol

    Hello Mary Ann…...I am glad to have found you here. Gail Anderson and I are trying to make a JPG Cast-Offs Group. We’ll keep everyone in the loop :-) (Bradley Nichol)

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Bradley. I’ve been here for as long as I have been on jpg. Keep me in the loop. Thanks/

  • richardseah

    richardseah

    Whoa! This is beautiful Mary Ann!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks Richard.

  • UnEasy

    UnEasy

    Beautiful Mary Ann. I was thinking the same thing as Bradley – a group called jpgmag alums” or something – which I would encourage all former jpgmag members to join BUT encourage newcomers as well. It would afford us that intimacy or coziness we felt at jpg, but at the same time allow us to enjoy the features of bubble, which are many and varied. Bubble, in my 2 day experience, may be a bit intimidating at first, but “m confidant we will grow comfortable with it as time goes by.

    I’m going to write Bradley and see where he is on this, and offer any assistance. I’m also going to post Redbubble info as my Intro at JPG.

    Oh, again, MAGNIFICENT shot.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Good idea Kevin. I hear JPG has been revived.

  • Regenia Brabham

    Regenia Brabham

    Very Beautiful. Excellent mood.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks so much:)

  • Leanna Lomanski

    Leanna Lomanski

    Mary Ann, your work is always excellent but I am really blown away by your recent posts. Provocative for the mind as well as delights for the eye…......I like the way the whole image is so incredibly rich and dark without being sombre….....the subtlety of the photographer is a delicious finish.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks Leanna. I have always done collage, just not posted much work. Am thinking in layers these days.

  • sbc7

    sbc7

    nice, very painterly as to shameless snapping it comes with the craft and always wear sneekers.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    it must be the sneakers I’ve forgotten:)

  • Nelson Campbell

    Nelson Campbell

    Well, I spent about 5 minutes just looking before I could even write anything….completely compelling…

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Nelson. Your comments always make me smile.

  • Anne McGinn

    Anne McGinn

    Wonderful and creepy – your point comes across powerfully. An innocent and a ‘dirtbag’. The post work is totally amazing. I see JPGer are moving over….. which is great.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Yes. the more the merrier. Thanks.

  • midzing

    midzing

    brilliant image,,,, love the mood, well done

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks. I’m not sure it’s done yet, but I’m leaving it alone for the moment.

  • Judith Oppenheimer

    Judith Oppenhe...

    this is beautiful

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Judith.

  • Smudger

    Smudger

    sensational

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Steve:)

  • LynnH64

    LynnH64

    Beautifully done, Mary Ann!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Lynn, I just entered it into a show in NYC. Wish me luck:)

  • Jan Kölling

    Jan Kölling

    intriguïng excellence

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks so much!

  • Col Finnie

    Col Finnie

    Stunning colour, composition and lighting MAR, just stunning.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Col.

  • athex

    athex

    Great image – I enjoy so much of what you do, I think this had gone to another level.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks so much. I am having the most difficult time printing this image!

  • Colleen Milburn

    Colleen Milburn

    Fabulous work, Mary!!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks!

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro

    excellent work Mary!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Heloisa

  • UnEasy

    UnEasy

    Awareness compels us all to be voyeurs, a way of being we either encourage or try to shut out. Here, we see both. The girl may have seen the photographer close at hand, but for her his was not an important presence. Her mind is elsewhere. For the photographer, she is all he sees. One is left to wonder what he sees. A lonely figure. A figure alone. A person at ease in a space emptied of others. A somewhat desolate looking place. Forgotten. Neglected. Perhaps he sees her within this context.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Here’s a truth: the girl was standing on the edge of a lake in late afternoon, mid October. She was standing still but moving her body (torso and higher) as if in a trance. The bible was open and she was chanting without sound. I was unable to look away. My camera focused and shooting. The photographer was shooting a wedding, right behind the girl on a lawn. He looked pissed at all the other Wedding people snapping shots as he lined up the group. The street scene is Paterson. I shot the corner cause it was so yellow, so standout among the general squalor of a city the Bush years have forgotten. All three images stayed with me and I knew then I would link them. I am the photographer. I am the girl. I am the city. I am none of these too.

  • KarenKSmith

    KarenKSmith

    What we create comes from what we see with our eyes and transfers to our brains…we are all voyeurs…some of us create from what we see and others don’t. Outstanding composition, and the color just blows me away.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Karen. I agree we are all voyeurs, especially artists.

  • dkainn

    dkainn

    To Mary Ann Reilly -

    BRAVO … !

    You have here the hight of a original style and what vision in your compositions.

    your choice of subject matter … both personal and at the same time collectively cultural … a psychologically visceral fusion … !

    I truly admire your work ( I would like to say that you are now one of my favourite artists ).

    ... As for artists as voyeurs … interesting idea – but let it be said that secondly the artist as CREATOR is also firstly and most importantly an OVERSEER … this can transcend into a myriad of psychological ( human ) characteristics.

    Kirrill D’Kainn.

  • Mary Ann Reilly

    Mary Ann Reilly

    I’m not so sure we are overseers—-that feels too neutral to me, too clean. Our hands are a bit more involved I suspect. Thanks for your comments I appreciate them:)

  • Barbara Morrison

    Barbara Morrison

    beautiful!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Barbara

  • gail anderson

    gail anderson

    this is my favorite work of yours. it screams at me, it whispers in my ear, it resonates within me.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Gail. It means a lot to me.

  • karenuk1969

    karenuk1969

    Beautiful, love the colours.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks so much

  • catrinarno

    catrinarno

    I love your work – your lightning and textures – great!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks so much)

  • Taylor Sawyer

    Taylor Sawyer


    Please enter it into the Best of RED Challenge.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Wow. Thanks so much:)

  • mikebov

    mikebov

    stunning composition
    very atmospheric

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks.

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    “Here’s a truth: the girl was standing on the edge of a lake in late afternoon, mid October. She was standing still but moving her body (torso and higher) as if in a trance. The bible was open and she was chanting without sound. I was unable to look away. My camera focused and shooting. The photographer was shooting a wedding, right behind the girl on a lawn. He looked pissed at all the other Wedding people snapping shots as he lined up the group. The street scene is Paterson. I shot the corner cause it was so yellow, so standout among the general squalor of a city the Bush years have forgotten. All three images stayed with me and I knew then I would link them. I am the photographer. I am the girl. I am the city. I am none of these too.”
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    I love your fascinating story as much as the image Mary Ann! It is wonderful, a classic literary work! Mahalo for your inspiration this morning!!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Sharon. how kind of you:)

  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    Wow!!!!!!! This is beautiful!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxxo

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks Sally:)

  • Ushna Sardar

    Ushna Sardar

    Awesome!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    Thanks so much. Honored:)

  • Robert O'Neill

    Robert O'Neill

    This is brilliant piece of work. Unsettling for sure.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks Robert. Yes, when I made it I thought about the line between voyeurism and art. Shaky at best.

  • Waleska Luker

    Waleska Luker

    Congratulations! On making the Top Ten in a First Things Group challenge.

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks:)

  • Ric Alexander

    Ric Alexander

    The unusual red darkness makes this so appealing. A great image !!!

  • Mary Ann Reilly replied

    thanks Ric. The background is watercolor.

  • Margaret Barry

    Margaret Barry

  • SandraRos

    SandraRos

  • Paris Constantinou

    Paris Constant...

    very nice Mary.

  • Albert Sellaman

    Albert Sellaman

  • ROUBLE RUST

    ROUBLE RUST 26 days ago

    ➪ Congratulations you’ve been featured in Parallel Dimensions group :) xx

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