Japanese Photographer Uses “cult” Camera To Tell A Chicago Story

[jsrockit]

Why couldn't the photos been taken with an Olympus C7070?

Perhaps AF would get tricked in low light?

 

[robert blu]

Thanks for the links. Good work by a good student who had a good teacher!
I like the almost unreal loot of these photos...I believe to see the real prints must be an exciting experience.
robert

 

[Damaso]

Thanks for the links. Good work by a good student who had a good teacher!
I like the almost unreal loot of these photos...I believe to see the real prints must be an exciting experience.
robert

I think one of the strengths of the project is that it looks good online and in real life!

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Very impressive work.

As for the cameras of "cult" as any cult it is different for different folks.
To me Nikon F cameras are just another SLR, for some Leica is just another camera.
I see nothing wrong with it.

 

[Fadedsun]

He used flash behind the subject with a slow sync speed (freezing the snow/rain, and rimming an outline of the subject), so when the subject moved after the flash went off, the street lights behind the subject then come into view for the exposure. At least that's the way I'd do it with a film camera.

PF

He used flash behind the subject? I don't quite understand. Does that mean his camera was on a tripod and he released the shutter with a cable while he was behind the subject with flash? Sorry, it's not making sense physically in my head. 😕

 

[Honus]

I read the Slate article last month after another photographer had tweeted about it. I really liked the images and was pleasantly surprised to see that he was Damaso's student. Having just spent a couple of months in Chicago I'm sorry to have missed the show.

As for that first article, I can't believe how poorly written and edited it is given the reputation of Northwestern's journalism school.