The Circle

Posted by Andrew Gould (Sydney, Australia) on 2 July 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Sitting in the totally dry Todd River bed in the city of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory

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Comments (8)

Johnny Soedomo from United States

discussing something? nice colors and capture the moment. looks like the person with the white shirt is leading the discussion cuz everyone is look at him.

2 Jul 2007 5:31pm

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Thank you, Johnny. I saw this on a number of occasions on this trip to central Australia. Seems to be an aboriginal custom.

2 Jul 2007 10:05pm

dee from Innsbruck, Austria

I like the composition here. Looking at this pictures makes me calm - I don't know why ...

3 Jul 2007 7:59am

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

Amazing clarity, it looks as though that is a deep conversation.

4 Jul 2007 10:53pm

Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia

Thank you Dee and Dawn. I guess it's just that "away from everything" look that it has. At least that's what it is for me.

18 Jul 2007 3:44pm

Sash from Adelaide, Australia

Now THIS is Australian photography at its best. Talk about 1000 words springing to mind from a solitary image!

My only suggestion - and that's all it is - would be to crop it even more to get rid of the green altogether. Turn it into a sea of dusty brown. That would scream rural, drought, hard times, politics, discussions et al. Maybe I've been reading too much Murdoch press and my brain's being fried on the other side by Fox, but I reckon that it would get sindication around the country that way. Just a thought... :)

27 Jul 2007 1:17pm

@Sash: I cropped it quite a lot but left it this way because I couldn't get over the idea of the totally dry river running through the town. Your suggestion is an interesting one, though, and I can imagine this as an alternative, so thanks for the idea.