Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 7/28/04 9:44 AM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> typed: > Even if I'm a strong believer of the advantages of the digital realm, I > don't think it will come that far, just because it will take more time to > construct a digital reproduction than to shoot it. Parts of the images, > maybe, but not the entire picture. And as for the low wage countries > theory, > with all due respect, and just coming back from a film shoot in South > Africa, it will take those countires at least a few decades to catch up > with > the standards we're used to. > --- Fashion models are now a personality cult. They are as big if not bigger than movie stars and have at least as many "quirks." When I was a teen friend of mine could name one or two models if any. Twiggy and Maybe Gene Shrimpton if she was really into it. Then Sheryl Tiegs in the 70's stood alone because of that TV commercial when they mentioned her name. Now a typical high school kid can roll off a dozen models, They can name more models than movie stars. Or members of the cabinet. Who they sleep with and what brand of cigarettes they smoke.... And what movie they are about to be in. When senator they are going out with. The models now if you noticed are much less homogeneous. They do not all look the same - some are quite unusual. People know what they sound like. They have voices. It used to be when a model did a live commercial they dubbed her voice. With a voice as gorgeous as she looked. Now they would get killed for doing a thing like that. Models now are real people. What they had for breakfast is a well known fact. They are as likely to be replaced by a graphics program as Julia Roberts would be. The movie "S1m0ne" by the way which came out in 2002 with Al Pacino and was all about this was such an excruciating dud. With the exception of Winona Ryder's role of course. And Katherine Keener. Al Pacino gets in these films where he just WON'T SHUT UP!! The title role was (super)model Rachel Roberts who I'd not notice too much before but in the film looked like something I've never seen before, astounding! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212051/ Did Garbo look this good? I don?t think so. But Garbo can act this model unfortunately can not. Yet. But her personality came through. I had seen a half hour thing on her on the E channel. Hippy chick. Had a Hippy mom. From Vancouver BC. http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0258153/Ss/0258153/simone_20.jpg?path=pgaller y&path_key=Roberts,%20Rachel%20(III) They haven't got a filter like this in Photoshop yet folks. And no third party ones either! Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/