Christian Reister video - Berlin Street photorapher

[RollingBall]

http://www.vimeo.com/18234776

Short interview with Christian Reister on his street photography project in Berlin.

Enjoy

 

[berlincontemporary]

Thanks for the link. I cross Alexanderplatz almost daily, hate it.

 

[GSNfan]

I think his a good photographer but I'm not too found of the bellybutton angle of view aesthetic. Especially when done from close distance. Its very hard to capture the mood and surrounding of people like that. It makes everyone look gigantic and the viewer feels like an ant or a child looking at people from down below.

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

thanks for sharing. shooting this in color makes the mood very different.

 

[Spyro]

yeah the bellybutton aesthetic can become a little bit much after a while...
otherwise I enjoyed the video

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

Thanks for the link. I cross Alexanderplatz almost daily, hate it.

my institute is quite close, Alex is not quite what it used to be... but it gets nicer within walking distance 😀

 

[Harry Lime]

Alexander Platz left me somewhat cold, when I was living in Berlin. It's a shadow of it's prewar self, but obviously it was blown to smithereens during the war... I don't know, maybe I was there at the wrong time of the year.

Aber Ich liebe Berlin... Ne' dolle Stadt.

 

[Keith]

I just can't get enthused by hip shots.

And what is that reclining person with their pants down around their ankles actually doing? 😛

 

[Neare]

Yeah, while I try not to judge others skills in light of my own I wonder why the video was made. While his photos are close up to people, most of these photos exhibit no relation or event between that person, other people or the environment. I feel like he takes most of his photos of people only because they are people on the street, there is no further depth to them.

That said, I did really like the shot with the man and the tire around his neck. You can see it on the back cover of his book at the end of the video.

 

[dyao]

He shot a lot of interesting situations, I would have liked it if they had been from eye level.

 

[andredossantos]

Would it really make that big of a difference if these same exact images were photographed with the camera 2 or 3 feet higher? I find this hard to believe. The photos in the video left me cold. Honestly though, I do not think the same exact images shot from eye level would all of a sudden excite me.

Sometimes I get the sense that it's "hip" to dismiss hip shots as lesser images. Sure, a bad hip shot is going to be bad. But so is a bad eye level shot. What moves me is the final image and I don't really care how it was taken. Of course, if an entire series of photographs is repetitive in perspective it will get boring but that's another matter entirely, isn't it?

 

[dyao]

Sure it would - where you place the camera is probably the most important decision you can make next to deciding when to click the shutter. From the waist, one gets the perspective of a child and a sense of disengagement with the scene.

 

[SimonSawSunlight]

 

[MCTuomey]

thanks for sharing. i like the photos and the perspective. i like the lowered shooting angle. for me it tends to elevate the subject 😉

ps - the guy with his pants down is probably sunning himself

 

[J. Borger]

Very personal and subjectieve: a typical series of random streetshots that do absolutely nothing for me.