duminică, 29 iunie 2008
sâmbătă, 28 iunie 2008
miercuri, 25 iunie 2008
It's not a matter of fear.
I am troubled.
I've just watched the War Photographer movie, a movie about James Nachtwey.
I am troubled and I do not know what are the proper words that should be used, in order to describe this documentary. How should you look at the pictures presented in it? Which is more strikening: the picture through its composition and technique, or the story behind it? I just cannot decide.
What kind of man is able able to stand in the middle of pain, and choose photograph it, instead of feeling it. As it was said, it's not a matter of fear, nor pain, because you do feel them. It's a matter of how you deal the fear.
James Nachtwey is also the winner of the TED prize. You can find his talk here , or simply by watching the youtube video below.
The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I have to reckon with everyday because I know, that if I allow genuine compasion to be overtaken by personal ambition I will have sold my soul. The only way I can justify my soul is to have respect for the other persons's predicament. The extent to which I do that is the extent to which I become accepted by the other, and to that extent I can accept myself.
I've just watched the War Photographer movie, a movie about James Nachtwey.
I am troubled and I do not know what are the proper words that should be used, in order to describe this documentary. How should you look at the pictures presented in it? Which is more strikening: the picture through its composition and technique, or the story behind it? I just cannot decide.
What kind of man is able able to stand in the middle of pain, and choose photograph it, instead of feeling it. As it was said, it's not a matter of fear, nor pain, because you do feel them. It's a matter of how you deal the fear.
James Nachtwey is also the winner of the TED prize. You can find his talk here , or simply by watching the youtube video below.
The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else's tragedy. This idea haunts me. It's something I have to reckon with everyday because I know, that if I allow genuine compasion to be overtaken by personal ambition I will have sold my soul. The only way I can justify my soul is to have respect for the other persons's predicament. The extent to which I do that is the extent to which I become accepted by the other, and to that extent I can accept myself.
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marți, 24 iunie 2008
luni, 16 iunie 2008
De la alţii: Planeta Tozer
Cu ocazia lansării noului aparat foto 350 D-SLR, compania Sony a apelat la fotograful Jason Tozer (portofoliu aici) să facă nişte fotografii, astfel încât să vadă cam ce poate noul model. Personal, nu sunt un fan Sony, dar nu despre asta vorbim aici, ci mai degrabă de fotografiile i-au ieşit lui Tozer. (un set foarte inspirat numit Planeta Tozer).
Sincer, m-am cam gândit ceva (dar nu atât de mult, nu vă entuziasmaţi) până când mi-am dat seama ce reprezintă efectiv pozele. Şi nu am putut să nu zâmbesc când mi-am dat seama că vorbim, de fapt, despre bule de săpun, pozate foarte aproape.
Setul complet poate fi găsit aici.
Uitându-mă pe site-ul Sony, mi-am dat seama şi de unde a venit ideea, bulele de săpun fiind tema centrală şi pe site. (coerenţă deci şi la nivel de comunicare)
Aspectul de planetă a fost obţinut prin suflatul printr-un pai, într-o farfurie cu soluţia de săpun.
Uitându-mă pe site-ul Sony, mi-am dat seama şi de unde a venit ideea, bulele de săpun fiind tema centrală şi pe site. (coerenţă deci şi la nivel de comunicare)
Aspectul de planetă a fost obţinut prin suflatul printr-un pai, într-o farfurie cu soluţia de săpun.
Pentru restul imaginilor s-a folosit pur şi simplu un umeraş de haine îndoit şi o cantitate foarte mare de soluţie de săpun. Ah, şi un asistent.
Personal, ideea mi se pare foarte tare. O mai detaliată descriere a modalităţii de realizare a pozelor, aici.
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