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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Color for Sale
From: Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:51:52 -0400
You are right, Brian.  The Guatemalan women are very close and support each
other.  One village where we worked for 30 years was a village of widows
and orphans.  All of the men had been rounded up and killed in the 1980's.
 The women had to support each other and learn to do both their jobs and
the men's jobs to survive.  They have a beautiful sense of color and
design, evident in their gorgeous clothes that they make from growing the
cotton to dyeing it to weaving it.

I desaturated the Kodachrome by 30 because I've had so many complaints
about the color being over saturated.  I'll go back and restore some on
that one.

Thanks!

Tina


On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tina wrote:
> >
> > PESO:
> >
> > This one may be impossible -  the sun is too bright and the shadows too
> > dark.
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/151883569
>
> Believe it or not, to my eyes the colours look somewhat washed out. I think
> you should add more saturation.
> My guess is that in real life those colours were almost luminous.
>
> >From the photos you have shown us of the hardships some of these Central
> American peoples endure, I think it is fabulous that these particular women
> can enjoy the security and support of each other in their close society as
> they enjoy their passion for textiles and colour, share the experiences of
> childbirth and raising children, and in general bounce off each other.
> These things show in their closeness and body-language - to my untutored
> eyes.
>
> Brian Swale
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