Gary Bernstein's comments:
Talk about a strong collection of images! It was very difficult to select the best of the best, I assure you. But let's get down to it--and let me tell you how I went about selecting...

There should be one basic bottom line or constant when making a photograph: Create an image that pleases the "client." If, for example, you're photographing your significant other--then all that's important is pleasing that person with their photographs. If you're a professional shooting an advertising image--all that matters is pleasing the art director and the advertiser. And of course the real bottom line in the "ad game" comes courtesty of ad maven David Ogilvy who said "it's not creative unless it sells" (which of course, remains to be seen. :-) In the case of just making and taking pictures for the pure love of the art--for personal fulfillment--you still strive to create an image that holds the viewer and evokes an emotion through its visual impact. That is precisely what I looked for in selecting these wonderful photographs. I picked images that just "hit me," that forced my attention because of their graphic impact.