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fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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Fart Car '97 posted:

Eros Hoagland is the best working conflict photographer in the world

Im still a massive James Nachtwey fanboy, think hes slowing down with his conflict stuff now though.

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fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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Mannequin posted:

Benoit Paillé is doing more good work these days. Lately, I have been watching his candid portrait series:



brad industry posted:

This guy has so much awesome stuff on his site it's taken me 2 days to go through it all

http://www.luissanchis.com



Really good stuff, more ideas to steal..I mean take inspiration from.

fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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orange lime posted:

This is way too much contrast for a girl with freckles.

I get the feeling he was trying to accentuate the freckles, looks good to me.

fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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TomR posted:

Think of it like the most complicated and technically challenging music you've ever heard performed as well as anyone can, just you don't like the song. That's how I feel about it anyway.

I wouldn't say those photos or the photographer are anywhere near as good as a Chopin ballade, but I see where your coming from.

fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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Moist von Lipwig posted:

I'm guessing he shoots film, correct?

I could be wrong, but the last one looks digital with heavy editing.

fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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Lachlan Bailey does some pretty amazing stuff. His colour stuff is wonderful.







fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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One of my all time favorite websites/series of photos.

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fronkpies
Apr 30, 2008

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I dont think you are ever going to be able to fully seperate photography and explotation, at least photography in a documentary/journalistic form. The only thing you can do is to try and eleviate it as much as possible.

Alot of the criticism aimed at Diane Arbus I dont really get, the people she photographed were marginal people, alot of them were freakish and most of them are strange and unusual. That might be an ignorant and harsh way to describe a set of people, and you could substitue the description but ultimately in the face of society and the norm thats what they were.

It is an interesting discussion, and there is definitely a line that can be crossed.

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