Pictures with a punch

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Have a look at this, by Lee Miller, currently showing in London:

http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/endeanf/gifs/fotos/mill165.jpg

This is a self portrait taken in Hitlers bathroom by Miller, who was a very successful war photographer. I think this is a knockout picture because of the details. My favourite detail is the picture of Hitler on the end of the bath. Was he really such an ego maniac or did she put it there? I love her boots - they convey how much she needed the bath and the statue (why that one in a bathroom). And I love her cheek - who else would have dared to do this and take a picture?

Introduce us to your favourite picture with a punch and tell us why it packs impact for you.
 
I like that, I guess it says quite a lot if you can take the time to look.
Without knowing the location, it may not convey so much.
Recently I saw a range of pictures being sold by the National Trust, from the "Edward Chambre Hardman" collection.
The post war shot from Liverpool Museum is so moody that I had to buy a copy:
http://www.ntprints.com/pictures_392967/Museum-Steps.html
This is the first photo that I have bought.
I just love the tones and composition of this one too, I would be so pleased to be able to get near to this style.......1926 ish picture...:
http://www.ntprints.com/pictures_440642/A-Memory-of-Avignon.html

Not all has to be technically perfect
 
Lee Miller was quite character. Before the war she was the lover and protege of surrealist artist / photographer ManRay and that is where she honed her already not inconsiderable photo skills. As a young woman in the 1920s she was a stunner too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Miller

Incidentally are you sure it was a self portrait? I saw a documentary on her life recently and in it I am sure there was another (male) war photographer who was with her who was attributed as the picture taker.
 
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Incidentally anther wartime photojournalist who took more than a few photos with punch was my personal hero Robert Capa. Check this link and in particular the photo near the bottom right of the page, of the dead soldier. Too bad I do not have a better copy of this. This photo was taken near the end of the war and is even more striking when you see the full series of pictures he took including I think one in which the soldier was alive a few moments before.

Edit (forgot the link) Here it is: http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/capa.htm
 
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Hi - no not entirely sure about the self portrait, but it seems to represent her character so well to me I have always thought of it as one.
 
Yes of coursse I should have read the article as I posted the link. Yes on reading it I now recall that his name was indeed Scherman. He was interviewed for the dcoumentary I mentioned.
 
This isn't one of my favorites, but sometimes technical quality packs its own 'punch.'

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What a great thread.

What is punch? Here I am thirty-odd years into my love of photography and I'm having to think really hard about which photo I'd use to illustrate what I feel is 'punch'.

Sitemistic's shot is gut-wrenching and, if we ever need an antidote to our occasional bouts of ego, then that's it. I had considered a shot called 'Birth of the Ark Royal' by Chambre -Hardman but someone got to his photos first.

The photo that first got my attention is Moonrise - Hernandez (Ansel Adams) and I've been absolutely hooked on his work - which is probably why I love landscapes and find street photography and candid portraiture so damned difficult.

This is such a difficult and personal subject that I'll have to take the ultimate cop-out and say that there are too many to choose from - but all of the ones shown are real attention-grabbers.

Paul.
 
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Marc-A. said:
I can't believe someone took that picture! I couldn't stand one sec behind my camera ... I just couldn't. Some photographers have lost their soul, imo.
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that photographer ended up committing suicide, iirc. There was a film about him and his PJ pals.


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RayPA said:
that photographer ended up committing suicide, iirc. There was a film about him and his PJ pals.
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Thanks for the information, Ray ; I didn't know that. It's a sad story, but that provides an explanation for me.
 
I recognize the value of discussions like this but I am uncomfortable with folks posting images they did not create or to which they do not own the rights. See RFF rule #6 below. These rules are made to protect US - the photographers. Please, I don't want to get into a discussion about fair use. Let's just obey the RFF rule ans post links, not images (unless you are the author).

Rule No. 6 - No Public Posting of Copyright Material
6) You will not upload, attach or post any material you are not the creator and/or copyright holder of. It is however acceptable to post links to publically accessible material.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...ad.php?t=50728
 
Pablito said:
I recognize the value of discussions like this but I am uncomfortable with folks posting images they did not create or to which they do not own the rights. See RFF rule #6 below. These rules are made to protect US - the photographers. Please, I don't want to get into a discussion about fair use. Let's just obey the RFF rule ans post links, not images (unless you are the author).

Rule No. 6 - No Public Posting of Copyright Material
6) You will not upload, attach or post any material you are not the creator and/or copyright holder of. It is however acceptable to post links to publically accessible material.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/foru...ad.php?t=50728
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When you're right, you're right (actually, originally, I thought I did post a link, but I discovered after revisiting that thread that I clicked the IMG button instead of the link button).

anyway. i made mine "right"


thanks!
 
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