It always seems that whenever I edit down to my strongest images they are simple, graphic and have a very limited background. OH, and I want to see them BIG!. My monitors just are't anywhere near big enough.

Not sure where this comes from, although I watched a really cool bio special on Chuck Close the other night. I think it was the Sundance Channel. Talk about big. This guy is over the top in so many ways. I could go on for a very long time about Mr. Close. Kinda ironic, the name and all. Watching him paint is like watching the movie "The Usual Suspects". You can watch the ending over and over and still not be entirely sure what is going on behind the curtain. That's Chuck Close. He is entirely in your face and out in the open about his process and yet you can watch every tiny little detail and still walk away wondering "How the hell does he do that". And everything is so friggin' big.

The only other thing that comes to mind is Avedon's "In The American West" exhibit. Unfortunately I have never had the chance to see these pieces in person. (Something on my life to do list.) But the images are so stark, in your face, and BIG. I think I remember reading that the exhibited prints were something like six feet high. And sharp as a tack. Gotta love the 8x10 view.

Anyway, here's just a sample of an "In Your Face", "So close you scare the band", example of one of the shots that got me on this rant.