New Daido Moriyama video--digital workflow!

It's good that he's prepared to use current technology to achieve his artistic goals ... but I still have trouble using 'Daido Moriyama' and 'digital workflow' in the same sentence!
 
I saw Daido speak at the Japan Society last year. He told the audience that he is now using Nikon.
 
Keith said:
It's good that he's prepared to use current technology to achieve his artistic goals ... but I still have trouble using 'Daido Moriyama' and 'digital workflow' in the same sentence!
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I doubt he waists much time in front of a PC learning the tricks and quirks of Adobe software products ... :D
 
Thanks for the link, really enjoyed watching it. It's interesting to see him looking through the 'viewfinder' so to speak, considering that not doing that was a bit of a signature for much of his career up to this point.
 
maddoc said:
I doubt he waists much time in front of a PC learning the tricks and quirks of Adobe software products ... :D
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I was thinking similarly, Gabor.
He's not really doing digital post processing, more like controlling the process with his commands :D

I doubt he'll trust anyone to print for him in the darkroom, but since with digital he can see so many variations of the image quickly and conveniently, why not?

Years ago, he was the reason I was interested in the GR1 and later a GRD, but seeing this video now, I no longer care what camera he uses. As many of you already pointed out, it's his passion and attitude that is inspiring.
 
nonot said:
Thanks for the link, really enjoyed watching it. It's interesting to see him looking through the 'viewfinder' so to speak, considering that not doing that was a bit of a signature for much of his career up to this point.
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Yep, zombie pose, LCD, and zoom... good for him to be messing with different technologies at 73.
 
So guys chasing GR* compacts can relax a bit now, right?. And prices will come down a bit hehe :)

maddoc said:
I doubt he waists much time in front of a PC learning the tricks and quirks of Adobe software products ... :D
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he smokes in front of screen, I think he learned this trick decades ago :)
 
I like the way he moves through the crowds just snapping away. I'm amazed that he doesn't seem to get any response from the people in the shots. Maybe it's a Japanese thing.
 
Maybe he should have.

The HCB images I've seen in person are really not impressive, super low contrast and blah. Could be the age of the prints or the style of the day.

I'll take Moriyama's glorious high contrast grain any day.

In any case I'm not faulting Moriyama's workflow. I'd love someone to work on my images while I sat back smoking and giving commands. Maybe Siri will evolve to do something useful like this one day...

back alley said:
HCB didn't print his own images...
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David_Manning said:
I'd imagine they're at least easier to duplicate perfectly. Maybe that would affect the "collectibility" of his prints in the art market..?

Nice to see a master of his genre at 73 years old unafraid to modernize his working methods, regardless of whether digital or film is a personal preference of mine.
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Was it Andre Kertesz who got into an SX-70 in his old age? Or maybe Walker Evans. Or both.
 
...I'm buying a Nikon!
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Thanks, David, for the link. I've only just recently really appreciated Moriyama's work.

Now a fan.
 
nightfly said:
Maybe he should have.

The HCB images I've seen in person are really not impressive, super low contrast and blah. Could be the age of the prints or the style of the day.
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Yes, it was because they were printed early in his career and it was the style of the day.
 
I suppose this shows that there may not have been much significance to his decision to use Ricohs for so long, aside from the fact that they are small, black, wide-angle, and have autofocus.

The moral of the story is: use what works for you.
 
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