[Leica] Re: Dehumanizing portraits?

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)]

I think some are brilliantly photographed while others not so much. Some 
clearly show the reality of the subject while others it's obvious they were 
uncomfortable or unable to show their natural side in photographs. The 
outtakes must be interesting.

Rice,Daschle,Clyburn,Munoz,Love even Biden's photo to me look great. 
Actually, looking again I like Biden's and Clyburn's the best.

But then Gibbs' photo looks real because it has that "oh here come the 
press" feeling.

Reid seems uncomfortable. Kang's photo makes sense, but I don't think it 
works here.

Ringflash lighting for sure. I'd like to try this at a wedding!

Chris
NOLA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Reid" Subject: [Leica] Dehumanizing portraits?


> The New York Times magazine just ran a set of portraits of "Obama's 
> People"
>
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/2009-inauguration-gallery/index.html
>
> It feels to me as though the photographer went out of his way to make all 
> of his subjects look unnatural and bizarre. They are posed awkwardly, the 
> lighting is very peculiar, the camera angles are unusual, and the subjects 
> were usually photographed off-guard.
>
> What does anybody else think? Was the photographer here trying to create a 
> negative perception of these people?
>
>
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