Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I quite like them, quite a change from photoshopped, smoothed skin - like Oliver Goldsmith, who commanded the artist commissioned to paint him: "I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it." Incidentally, this is where the phrase 'warts and all' is said to have originated. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Richard Man <richard.lists at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >