Digital Photography

This photo caught my eye for many reasons. For one, it has many different things to look at; everything from what appears to be a headless woman in the bottom left corner of the picture, to the front porch of a house in the top right corner of the picture.

This is the kind of photo I would blow up, frame and put on a wall somewhere in my house. And it would be the kind of photo that people would just stare at and everytime they walked by they would find yet one more thing they didn't see before. They might also wonder "...what the heck?...what is this picture all about?...what does it mean?..." and to that...unfortunately I would have no answer.

Two, the brick wall tricks the eye a little, making you question what you're really seeing.....this makes the picture very creepy and ghostly...me like it alot because of this. (okay, I'll stop with the ewok speaking....must be the aching in me to see the new Star Wars...)

Three, I'm guessing that this picture utilized a reflection of some sort? I have absolutely no idea how the woman got into the picture at all, not to mention how she got into the photo looking like a ghost or how she got headless....hmmm. And if you look closely, it doesn't even look like she has a body...... The only thing I do know is that it's not photoshopped in; this is an actual photo taken with a film camera. I'm making that judgement because the photo was taken in 1941.....

I've also posted on one other photo by this Photographer (hysteria). Laughlin tends to shoot unusual, creepy, and reflective pictures. Reflective in the sense that he utilized reflections probably from his car window, mirrors, etc. Creepy in the sense that he seems to try and capture "ghosts" and I've noticed that he also likes to find these "ghosts" in old abandoned, and/or run-down buildings that are overgrown with weeds and ivy.

Check out more of Laughlin's photos at the Masters of Photography website here.