Paul Luscher
Well-known
Some of his stuff is good. But his spelling is a shame. "Pusuaded"? Maningless"?
ebino
Well-known
I told you to use smileys when you're joking!
A photographer with no political views is not a photographer.
Photography is extremely political and its firmly rooted on the left.
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Paul Luscher
Well-known
I'd have to agree with varjog's comments regarding Ann He & Nirrimi Hakanson. This is something I've seen before: Girls taking arty-pretentious photo after photo of themselves, or another girl. And, yes, quite often showing a fair amount of skin--soft, soft-core cheesecake, I guess.
I suppose they think it means they're really deep and sensitive, but to me it shows a kind of self-absorption I find really off-putting. I guess the only excuse for it is that they're young and will grow out of it, hopefully.
I suppose they think it means they're really deep and sensitive, but to me it shows a kind of self-absorption I find really off-putting. I guess the only excuse for it is that they're young and will grow out of it, hopefully.
tbarker13
shooter of stuff
I think part of the criticism of the kid's work may be based on the tone of the original post. Frank, I get that you are supportive of the kid, but seriously - he's not going to be competing with the stuff you are doing anytime soon. You kind of set him up for a bit of bashing with such a bold opening statement.
Does he really put you to shame? Not even close.
I don't see the kid's work as dazzling at this point. But he certainly has an artistic eye. I wish I had been that far along when I got my first camera at age 16. He certainly has a love for bokeh - I didn't even know there was such a thing until I joined this forum a few years ago.
Does he really put you to shame? Not even close.
I don't see the kid's work as dazzling at this point. But he certainly has an artistic eye. I wish I had been that far along when I got my first camera at age 16. He certainly has a love for bokeh - I didn't even know there was such a thing until I joined this forum a few years ago.
BillBingham2
Registered User
Nice stuff, be it raw or PSed. Wish I had the time these photographers do.
B2 (;->
B2 (;->
ebino
Well-known
Your guesses are as bad as your theories and prejudices.
HCB turns in his grave, knowing that he has become an icon for the consumerist bourgeois society... All his life he tried to run away from his own affluent background. Only to become once again the hero of the people he was running away from...
BillBingham2
Registered User
zumbido
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Do you ever offer any argument for your bizarre assertions, or is your tiny umbrella meant to mesmerize people into taking your word for it?
Kolame
Established
So Ansel Adams wasn’t a good photographer, right? I mean, landscape was his primary „thing“.
To the second point. That’s because, we’re the ones being intelligent. Photography isn’t for the stupid ones.
You may find irony in this post.
Pablito
coco frío
I see stuff like this fairly often when applicants submit portfolios to the university where I teach photography. I have learned from experience to pass on applicants with portfolios similar to this, or at least not pursue them . Students who come in with portfolios like this are almost always un-teachable. They've been told they are god's gift to photography and they believe it and so they continue to produce the same old tired thing, unwilling to open up to new challenges. They tend to take criticism as a personal attack. Just in terms of prospective students, I look for more edgy, more challenging, more imaginative work. Or work that demonstrates an engagement with the world around them. This kid's work is mostly a repetition of tired cliches it seems to me. Technical accomplishments don't mean much at this stage, ideas do. Disclaimer: I don't know this particular kid, and these generalities don't apply to everyone, they are just the sum of my own experience.
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Roger Hicks
Veteran
Oh; that would account for all the Nazi propaganda, then? No matter how much you hate the regime, they had some brilliant photographers.
Every act is a political act, including talking nonsense.
Cheers,
R.
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ebino
Well-known
People in marketing love teenagers, because teenagers buy crap, and buy often. In order to empower this demographic, they had to create a whole culture where demand is created for all sorts of nonsense.
So, what followed was boy bands, girl bands and now Justin Bieber etc... However, by empowering teenagers they ended up teenagerizing culture itself, a dumbing down of everything, stupid and coarse humor, everything juvenile has become "cool"... Vampire movies, happry potter, ugh...
Once again, its consumerism in a rather sinister form. Its not the fault of these teenagers, they'e put under extreme pressure, to buy and buy more, to fit in, to be "cool".
What this kids needs to do is to stop with all those silly pictures and instead document his life his friends and the problems they face and the problems facing teens overall. then he'll get respect.
So, what followed was boy bands, girl bands and now Justin Bieber etc... However, by empowering teenagers they ended up teenagerizing culture itself, a dumbing down of everything, stupid and coarse humor, everything juvenile has become "cool"... Vampire movies, happry potter, ugh...
Once again, its consumerism in a rather sinister form. Its not the fault of these teenagers, they'e put under extreme pressure, to buy and buy more, to fit in, to be "cool".
What this kids needs to do is to stop with all those silly pictures and instead document his life his friends and the problems they face and the problems facing teens overall. then he'll get respect.
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Kolame
Established
Studying something with relationship to any kind of art is always critical. That’s why, at the moment, I think, I won’t study photography. It’s just too subjectively.
ebino
Well-known
I'm sorry, but do you know about Ansel Admas photographing interned Japanese during WWII? You don't, right?
Pablito
coco frío
Regardless of whether he was a good photographer or not, his work was certainly political. Look at the photos he took at Manzanar, the Japanese internment camp during WW2. Lots of happy Japanese with big smiles, etc. Compare to Dorothea Lange's photos of similar subject...
shyoon
Well-known
You'd hope so. God forbid people taking arty-pretentious photo after photo of themselves, or another girl. Often showing a fair amount of skin.
Frank Petronio
Well-known
Perhaps the kid doesn't compete with a Magnum photographer or a successful ad-fashion tog, but... as I look through the galleries here and the pictures of the week, I stand by my assessment that the kid shames most of us here, including a fair number of pros and teachers.
I mean Je$u$ what a flock of pretentious self-important $ucks!
I mean Je$u$ what a flock of pretentious self-important $ucks!
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ebino
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Could you possibly photograph slum duelers in India effectively and know how they feel, when you just had lunch in a fancy restaurant and the gear in your camera bag would provide them food and shelter for a year?
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