Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] war paint portraits
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin@afirkin.com)
Date: Thu Nov 29 20:30:30 2007

G'day Kyle,
I don't quite know how to react to this shot. Its beautiful, perfect. The 
lighting is "soft" and the portrait is interesting and "off centre". But its 
so perfect, then I read your quote and I think does this "studio" beauty 
really match or blend with the the fascination of his story. If you are 
doing a "book" of returned service men, its a great idea and a very powerful 
one, but I'd like to see the individuals both in this setting, and in their 
environments to contrast and compare and to add more insight into the 
stories.

Cheers

--- kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu wrote:

From: "Kyle Cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] war paint portraits
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:39:37 -0500

i'm very happy with this one

http://www.kylecassidy.com/warpaint/temp/jeremy.jpg

the simple magic of a softbox -- really.


"Between my two deployments I did my back piece -- a large tribal
phoenix -- it was a difficult time frame for me -- I felt very displaced
coming back from my second tour -- reality was so much better there --
the sun came up, you woke up, you did your work for the day -- there
wasn't so much ... clutter, or distractions -- once you did your work,
the sun goes down, you go to sleep and you get up the next day and do it
all over again.

Coming back here, the lights, the sounds, were so much more intense. So
many more factors that are bombarding you all of a sudden -- I felt out
of place and was dealing with some difficult times -- one of the reasons
I wanted to get a phoenix was because of it's deep, meaning --
internationally, with many cultures -- the idea of rebirth...." 

Sgt. Jeremy Willett, USMC


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