Forgotten - WARNING - Graphic

[Iguanasan]

Yeah, I don't necessarily think you crossed the line, however, the first image was sort of a slap in the face and the second image was a little like a punch in the gut that I wasn't quite prepared for. The quality of the images are very good. The topic is difficult.

[jjeling]

Thanks guys. Honestly, I think this is a subject that is often overlooked. We pass this type of thing all the time and more often than not, do not think much of it.

Last fall, I was going through some training for the job and driving about an hour to work everyday. Then one day I went to a football game with a group of people on a bus, to the same destination. The bus stopped in some heavy traffic. Sitting at a higher elevation, I started noticing things I wasnt able to see during my commute. The one thing that struck me deeply was a deer in a ditch. It had a rope around its neck and there were no visible wounds. I would have gladly skipped the football game to photograph the deer but I couldnt ruin the plans of 60 other people.

It sounds crazy, but I have become slightly obsessed with this type of thing and will probably stop a few more times to see if I can give these subjects some more justice. Just know that I am not here to offend anyone, only to bring attention to what is happening.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks guys. Honestly, I think this is a subject that is often overlooked. We pass this type of thing all the time and more often than not, do not think much of it.

Not true for me. Riding so many k's on a bicycle, as I do, I get some close up (and smelly) views of various kinds of road kill. I usually don't have a camera on me, and when I do it's the compact which I wouldn't use for this sort of shot.
I think about driving back with the van and DSLR but have never bothered. In the end I ask myself what I would do with these photos? I wouldn't hang them on the wall. I've never needed such a shot for my work as yet, and for me, I don't need them for my own creativity or anything like that, so I don't take them.

[jjeling]

I wouldn't hang them on the wall. I've never needed such a shot for my work as yet, and for me, I don't need them for my own creativity or anything like that, so I don't take them.

At least your being honest. For me, I have no reason to use a camera other than the fact that I enjoy doing this stuff. Its a personal journey, and its my way of sharing what I get to see and experience with the rest of the world(no pun intended). As for hanging this stuff on the wall, it will be on mine for sure. I have my ideas, and its going to cost the equivalent of a pro camera setup, including lenses, but its not going to happen for quite a few years. Four walls, four chairs, hundreds of images, and no spaces. Its taking some time to assemble all of the images I would like to have to put up, but in time it will happen. There will be messages built into it through series of images(Credit to Marko) but it will be extremely subtle and will not be noticed unless pointed out. Remember building words through images? It was a fun game I particularly enjoyed, but this will be on a lifesize scale, and the words will be hidden among hundreds of other images surrounding them.

[Mad Aussie]

Sounds huge

[jjeling]

Itll be inside the confines of my own house. No plans for taking it elsewhere unless someone on Ebay wants to buy my house for a stupid amount. But then Ill try and retain the copyrights to my work!

[Wicked Dark]

Now that this has gone to 2 pages it is safe for me to come back. I hate to say it, but because it's a dead cat I can't look again. Too violent and senseless as all roadkill is (I swerve safely for frogs I'm so weird). With three live ones in my household it's too close to home. For that reason I wouldn't care to shoot this kind of thing although I have shot dead animals before - a moose (yeah, a whole frigging moose - found it in the woods and it was icky) and a seal on the beach...if its eyes weren't open and covered in sand you'd never know it was dead. Those deaths are easier for me to take because they don't speak to me of casual violence done out of turn. Not to say those dialogues aren't valid, they just aren't convesations I care to have.

[Marko]

I've edited the thread title here JJ to make people more aware of the content.

I think you've done a good job on these JJ even though I looked at the images for a millisecond. Personally I have a very hard time looking at these images but you have every right (of course!) to post them and your project does sound interesting and very provocative.

marko

[kat]

I think if there weren't people able to take photographs of "graphic" content we wouldn't see the whole world.