I was in Paris last week. Part work, but mostly fun. Eating, drinking, being merry, and of course, snapping photos my iPhone–as I do everyday–with no end goal beyond staying creatively engaged.
I was just now kicking through photos from the trip and stumbled on a couple of snapshots I thought were interesting for various reasons. I’ve posted stuff like this before and was really excited by the resulting discussion, so I figured I’d throw it out there again… These are of course just snapshots, but even snapshots have merit. AND these photos are VERY different from one another…. So, simply put, I thought I’d ask for your thoughts, which is better, A or B? And why?
Vote in the comments. Also love to know ‘why’ if you care to explain. 500 px wide images after the jump…
[ASIDE, since Paris reminds me of good food… if you like chasejarvisLIVE, I’m bringing in 2 special guests TOMORROW (Wednesday) at 12 noon pacific/3:00 eastern time. The goal is to combine a few of my passions and share them with you: photography, food, the internet. As such, join me tomorrow to welcome….
Guest #1 Penny DeLosSantos: Food/Lifestyle/Travel and National Geographic photographer Penny DeLosSantos (@pennydelosantos). Well talk about photo, food, and travel…photographing in the world’s most suicide bombed markets in the middle east, travels to more than 40 countries, and the art of combining your passions into a career.
Guest #2 Barnaby Dorfman: Barnaby is a legendary tech guru turned entreprenuer who recently founded Foodista [@foodista] – the world’s leading online food encyclopedia/wiki and an overall amazing site. Combine food, tech, and storytelling and you get a thick slice of Barnaby. Hope to see you at http://www.chasejarvis.com/live tomorrow ….]
Now go vote on those photos below. Tell me what you think…
Here’s Photo A:

Here’s Photo B: 
Which is better and why?






Photo A
b/c
1. it makes me think about what happened to the man laying on the ground.
2. I like the city feel of the picture
3. reflective of society today; we could see a “dead” body and ignore it. RAT RACE.
3. I like the composition of the shot.
I’m fond of A…Captures more of a moment. I like the lines leading to the Ferris Wheel in B but A is just a moment in time that can’t be captured again. Also makes you question what’s going on.
While I do find the subject matter of A quite intriguing, I prefer B. The composition is very striking. I like the clipping of the ferris wheel in the background and the crispness of the image.
I like photo A best. It has more to mull over. Interesting pov, shadows of people, great shapes and lines, the one guy with red coat laying down…
A All the way. Because i Love diagonal lines. Makes the image more dinamic.