artificialcloud Posted November 21, 2016 Share #301 Posted November 21, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) WOW. I'm amazed by your gallery. Especially the B&W photos have a Koudelka flavour that I really really love and envy (in a positive way) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NB23 Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share #302 Posted November 21, 2016 Thanks! Koudelka is known for his panoramics so that might be a link WOW. I'm amazed by your gallery. Especially the B&W photos have a Koudelka flavour that I really really love and envy (in a positive way) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share #303 Posted November 23, 2016 Just came back from nyc. Wow. Is it me or is it one helluva boring city to shoot in? Besides shooting people walking up and down the sidewalks, which has been done to death, there is nothing else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLOBETROTTER Posted November 25, 2016 Share #304 Posted November 25, 2016 Fantastic photos !!! Thanks for share it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sellitto Posted November 25, 2016 Share #305 Posted November 25, 2016 Thanks! Koudelka is known for his panoramics so that might be a link Funny but j've never given a second thought to Koudelka's panoramics..... For me his greatest contribution is "Gypsies". Maybe the '68 occupation of Poland images. IMHO!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share #306 Posted November 26, 2016 Funny but j've never given a second thought to Koudelka's panoramics..... For me his greatest contribution is "Gypsies". Maybe the '68 occupation of Poland images. IMHO!! Was Prague Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sellitto Posted November 26, 2016 Share #307 Posted November 26, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Was Prague Sorry your right by about 21/2 hours away. His images were used to model the invasion Kaufman created for his movie " the unbearable lightness of being" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david strachan Posted November 26, 2016 Share #308 Posted November 26, 2016 Just came back from nyc. Wow. Is it me or is it one helluva boring city to shoot in? Besides shooting people walking up and down the sidewalks, which has been done to death, there is nothing else. Wow! There's a revelation. cheers.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adli Posted November 26, 2016 Share #309 Posted November 26, 2016 Wonderful pictures in your thread, thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david strachan Posted November 26, 2016 Share #310 Posted November 26, 2016 Just came back from nyc. Wow. Is it me or is it one helluva boring city to shoot in? Besides shooting people walking up and down the sidewalks, which has been done to death, there is nothing else. I'm really surprised by your comment Ned. Surely there's a lot to see, and photograph, in one of the world's most popular cities. Perhaps you are being facetious... all best.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share #311 Posted November 26, 2016 Wonderful pictures in your thread, thanks for sharing! Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share #312 Posted November 26, 2016 I'm really surprised by your comment Ned. Surely there's a lot to see, and photograph, in one of the world's most popular cities. Perhaps you are being facetious... all best.. I may sound facetious but I am serious. I love NY, who doesn't. People, shopping, museums, the energy, so on. But IMO, it is a only a beginner shooter's paradise. Beginners like to shoot people next to posters, next to ads and walking up and down a sidewalk. The fun part is that you can be in people's faces and they won't complain. But that is essentially street photography 101. The NY of the 70's is gone. No more gangs to document, no more modern living to document, no real issues. Absolutely nothing going on except people rushing aomewhere. Not even a backalley. There's not even a public toilet except the dirty ones in McDonald's. You better wear diapers in NYC if you're planning a long walk. And don't be scared of being robbed: that 22,595$ camera kit around one's neck is extra safe. The only (silly) social behaviourI could see myself documenting in NY is the people eating while walking and, especially, people carrying their paper cup of coffee while walking. I have never seen something so poor as to having to drink a coffee on the street because the café is too cheap to offer you a comfortable seat. Paris, London, Lisbon, Belgrade, any big city, will offer you a better street experience photography-wise once you get past the 3 usual NYC photos: that is a person's big face, a person in the strong 5th avenue light, and a person walking fast going nowhere or so (while holding a sandwich or a silly paper cup filled with extremely bad tasteless coffee). I loved the Opera at the Met. But I widely prefered any of my cafe au lait on any given Parisian terrace where you see so much more interesting scenes developing in front of you, in a single minute, than the proverbial "new york minute" in New York. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 26, 2016 Author Share #313 Posted November 26, 2016 But I want to add that I am extremely harsh when judging photography in general. Other's work and mine. Especially other's. The masters of photography really show us how it must be done. Even McCurry, whom I always suspected to stage the shots, delivers the goods in a spectacular way. Movies too. There are true masters out there. But I personally seek 100% purity (purity as in film, and as the catching the fleeting unadulterated moment). NYC is missing some of these things, especially the soul that India, Europe and other places do offer. There is that missing depth. Too much surface, too little depth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ricoh Posted November 27, 2016 Share #314 Posted November 27, 2016 Wow, some interesting thoughts on NYC. Since I'm a raw rookie in terms of street photography, the experience for me would be equivalent to a chocoholic in a chocolate factory. I must go before time runs out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share #315 Posted November 27, 2016 Wow, some interesting thoughts on NYC. Since I'm a raw rookie in terms of street photography, the experience for me would be equivalent to a chocoholic in a chocolate factory. I must go before time runs out. You're going to love it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ash Posted November 27, 2016 Share #316 Posted November 27, 2016 ...Even McCurry, whom I always suspected to stage the shots, ... Your do not need to suspect this. It is very well documented. Regards, Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share #317 Posted November 27, 2016 ...Even McCurry, whom I always suspected to stage the shots, ... Your do not need to suspect this. It is very well documented. Regards, Steve Yes! I notice a lot of staged street shots in general. The best ones, usually. With people jumping around or doing things with such synchronicity. Such serendipity, in real life, is never encounteted. Not even in NYC with its dense population... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2016 Share #318 Posted November 27, 2016 As a very old man the "pontifex maximus" not only allowed photos of himself to be published, but was also tongue-in-cheek (wordlessly): STERN porfolio, Bibliothek der Fotografie #13, Landschaften / Landscapes (google it, or look on ebay) Very interesting photograph on the cover! Vittorio de Sica, Rossellini or even Fellini would have needed a big crew and at least half a morning to create such a heavenly harmonious image. Beforehand with a script, location-scouts, drawings etc. Luckily that's how it really happened: Sir Henri casually walked by, instantly lifted the little black box from which all magic was ever since passed on to millions of rangefinders...and made one "click" Voila! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share #319 Posted November 27, 2016 As a very old man the "pontifex maximus" not only allowed photos of himself to be published, but was also tongue-in-cheek (wordlessly): STERN porfolio, Bibliothek der Fotografie #13, Landschaften / Landscapes (google it, or look on ebay) Very interesting photograph on the cover! Vittorio de Sica, Rossellini or even Fellini would have needed a big crew and at least half a morning to create such a heavenly harmonious image. Beforehand with a script, location-scouts, drawings etc. Luckily that's how it really happened: Sir Henri casually walked by, instantly lifted the little black box from which all magic was ever since passed on to millions of rangefinders...and made one "click" Voila! Very nice. In what city did this happen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2016 Share #320 Posted November 27, 2016 Torcello, near Venice, 1953 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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