Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you David for your assessment, which I pretty much agree with. The reason why I put this together even in this unfinished state is that I want to move on to my Foreign Land project. So while the OWS story is ongoing and I will be shooting as the opportunities arise, I am going to expend my energy on the new projects. At least now it's an ongoing portfolio that I can show to people... Thanks again. On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 5:51 PM, David Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com> wrote: > Richard -- > > Photographing OWS gatherings in such a way as to be original is going to be > very hard. > > I've been in NYC now since around the time the whole thing started and hear > about it almost every day on the local NPR station, have attended a few of > the rallies, witnessed the huge police presence one Sunday night when they > cleared Washington Square Park with goon squads, came across a sidewalk > march even today, hear the hovering helicopter(s) whenever I'm in lower > Manhattan. > > I looked at your collection of photographs and noticed immediately the > darkness present in each image. This can be a powerful technique and you > use it effectively in many of your pictures. > > I have several other comments: > > -- the mix of Xpan and regular 35mm images don't work for me, I'd rather > see a consistent set of one or the other > > -- the long crowd shots could be anything, I think for this (or any essay) > to work, you have to get in close > > -- while the sign pictures are "in close", they are too easy, and are > easily over-used > > As with any photo story, the photographer needs to ask themselves what they > want to say with their pictures. Yours are all over the place and I don't > see anything that I haven't seen before. > > There is one student in one of the classes I am attended at ICP who is a > very, VERY serious 99%er and she has taken it upon herself to photograph > the events here daily. She showed the glass her pictures and got much the > same feedback that I have given you above. I think I heard today that she > has interested The Nation magazine in her work so she must have lasered in > on something. > > Technically your series is absolutely fine -- but I ask "where is YOUR > story"? and what sets your series apart from the many that have come before > and will come after? > > Like I said, originality (even though nothing we do is TRULY original) is a > major challenge. > . > Dave. > > -- > See my 2011 Picture A Week (PAW) Gallery > <http://www.dlkphotography.com/paw>originally begun in 2007. > Please join my photography mailing > list< > http://dlkphotography.us2.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=3d9dfbb5b18c4817532a37b90&id=4dd441d8fe > > > . > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>