Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It reminds me a bit of the Richard Avedon's show in SFMOMA recently - I thought it shows off Avedon's skills fine enough, but our friend *HATES* it as the photos themselves show so much flaws with the people being photographed, but I suppose that is part of the point of those images... On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > My thought was - the subjects said "Make me look good" and the photographer > did his best to do the opposite!! ?Those are absolutely the most > unflattering photos I've ever seen. ?Most seem to be made with a very wide > angle lens, exagerrating the noses and making the faces look very round. > ?The post processing is also awful with way too much contrast and detail > enhancement with fringing around the head. ?Most of the heads were cut off. > ?They certainly don't look powerful or good. > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: http://rfman.wordpress.com // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963