Comments on: Not In Your Face

By: harold

harold — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:10:28 +0000

This photos are unique, all In they’re own way. I love the way the artist(in a new York minute) has capture all of them and incorporated the perfect background for the photos since it seem its all random and not planed,makes it more interesting and challenging.

By: Miriam Biddelman-Massin

Miriam Biddelman-Massin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:12:49 +0000

I have known Susan throughout her career and I’m excited and blown away by her “not in your face” photographs. These photos are an unusual expression of heart, grit, survival, beauty and thought. Each photo tells a story without words or even the face of the individual. This unique concept reminds me of the beginning of an art movement…a unique genre that speaks to the viewer in a different way. I am a psychotherapist and I intend to hang several photos in my office and expect a wide array of reactions. This is exciting and important creative work. I’m thrilled to be a part of Susan’s life.

By: Sanjaya R. Shakya

Sanjaya R. Shakya — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:37:43 +0000

I’m amazed by not only the sharp colorful images but the amount of effort you have put into to come up with these great images revealing whole new dimension in art and photography field. Asking over 900 people to pose for you and getting 100% success is not something anyone could do. I can’t wait to see all 900 images and more in future. Keep up the good work.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:55:19 +0000

It’s a very sensitive, humanistic and has a unique visual style, something we can even use a bit more to our culture and society. Too many photographers today may think that only a “WOW” effect will bring the attentions but these straight photos get me a wonderfull feeling of pictures and the people.
I look forward to see more photos of her doing this series.

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:37:54 +0000

I like the photograph of the gentleman with a child and the shirt that says, “Hard Times Bring”. The thing I like is that his left side (without child) has hard bricks in the background, but the left side (with child) has soft trees in the background. It speaks to a hard and soft side at the same time. GREAT shot!!!

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:25:59 +0000

The unusual introduction of such intense colors in the New york city landscape combined with the concept of the everyday human form as walking art canvas is interesting as well as provoking.
At once street poetry in motion, political statement or a scream for attention these individual’s second skins are stories, New York stories waiting to be told.
In a way these images are a testament to everyone’s openness underlining the compelling need in each of us to “get the message across”, even if it means being “shot” from the back.

By: stella yoo

stella yoo — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:02:29 +0000

These are so up to the minute & capture what I see around me everyday, but they are not snapshots but are beautifully formally composed. I like how it’s not only the message on the shirt but who the person is. They are very human & susan got their trust & show human we are. Want to see more of this artist.

By: Erich Hoyt

Erich Hoyt — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:07:54 +0000

Nice stuff! Makes me think of the annual T-shirt Festival in Kuroshio-cho, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. T shirt artists from all over Japan compete and the shirts are mounted on sticks on the beach with reflecting pools and bamboo forest or the open sea as the backdrop. These T-shirts from Susan Barnett are of course much more “lived in”, individual portraits of people, too, …. But it makes me think it could be revealing to make a series from different parts of the world.