The portrait is one of the main activities of any professional photographer. They make a living out of it. They are (rightfully) worried about correct and flattering lighting, make-up, positioning, subject expression … the list is long.
Street portrait can liberate them. Do as Steve does. Be alert, see the geometry (stair puzzle), capture the different (one hand, one glove), use the natural light (dualism of the subject/shadow). One more thing: The geniality of the tonal composition makes the photographer's dilemma irrelevant. Because this is a colour (not coloured) B&W image. Link back to FB
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Corneliu, a scientist and a philosopher, finds a picture in "every" moment. Moved by post-communism realities, minimalism and daily obsessions he does not hesitate to capture literally everything ...
… including our admiration! Doing very good pictures is very rare, doing exceptional images is almost impossible. And anyway, not with that rhythm. In our humble and limited opinion based on the Group's submissions, Corneliu is the most talented street photographer in Romania. (Repost of a 2015 evaluation). Link back to FB Tracing back the art trail
The photographer's confrontation with his surrounding world is a prety precarious state of mind. He instantly sketches fortuitous movements and all-changing expressions and faces. But even more delicate is the reaction to the result of his work appearing before his eyes. He is captivated by the surprising impact of the placement of the elements but should he correct the overexposed hand, the blotted blacks, the technical imperfections? He will not finally touch it, not a thing. Because when mojo appears better step back and accept it as it is. In Koushik's street portrait we find a dream-world (rather nightmarish) and surreal approach. The two girls, in a majestic capture of empty glazes and uncanny gestures, seem ghosts of Alice in the wonderland. But mainly we find the art trail and how old mastery is populating every new emerging talent: From Koushik portraits back to Brandt's nudes, the latter inspired by the derivative photography of Man Ray, back to Brandt's luminous and ominous frames, influenced, in their turn, by the Citizen Kane's low-angles. Link back to FB |
This is the public curated Gallery of the STREET CORE PHOTOGRAPHY Group
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Michail Previous
August 2018
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