Chit Chat thread #4 - sponsor by snapsnap: khairberry byproduct
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The_Cheat
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Frankly hor, mr berry, I think you're still too mindful of taking a good photo. Photo with immediate theme, subject, angles, compositional naunces. Most of them still bothers at the candid side, no matter how you play around with effects or whatnot, which is absolutely okay. But then, I'm really waiting for you to make the big jump. Jumping from a mere candid to social commentary.
Use your gift of "clicking" with strangers to reveal a more intimate side, rather than taking voyeuristic candid, that just doesn't seems to breach more than the surface.
Use your gift of "clicking" with strangers to reveal a more intimate side, rather than taking voyeuristic candid, that just doesn't seems to breach more than the surface.
hmmm...u reading my mind...that's y i think my street shoot is a lil screwed up.The_Cheat said:
touched the surface too often, like comfort zone.
Last few days, i saw a few interesting work by a few street shooter and i thought...this is what i really wanted to do...ride against the crowd.
the latest few is suggesting that i could do more than the normal things that i could do.
hahaha...it's gd to know that i can move on and not be stubborn and be stagnant. Cool!
streetshooters...matt weber...walker evans...winogrand...lee friedlanderThe_Cheat said:
then i looked into cindy and wall...
the greatest impact is wall's impression abt street shooting.
the wake up was winogrand book...the cover was enuff to say i should whack
the crowd...the book is "Uneasy Street"
The_Cheat
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khairi said:
Cindy Sherman is the greatest!! :heart: :heart: :heart:
Sorry, just have to get that off my chest! ;p
There's a stark difference between Sherman and Wall to Webber, Evans, Winogrand and Friedlander: the former staged their works, either in studio to project a street scene, or carefully staged it in the streets to look normal. Hence, their works were delibrate to protray a certain commentary or phenomenon. The scenes were created and not captured per se. So it's not really fair for us to follow their foot-steps, unless you're willing to fork out large sums of money (it's NOT cheap) just for that one scene! Well, it's cheaper than shooting a movie though... ...
I still have some reservations against Winogrand though, for his style is just too messy to my liking. Nonetheless, I think it's good to identify some sources of inspiration.
an interview with HCB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN1wScgKcfA&search=cartier bresson
a movie by robert frank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmpcP65SFo&search=robert frank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN1wScgKcfA&search=cartier bresson
a movie by robert frank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtmpcP65SFo&search=robert frank
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