Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian- I think the "portraits" are pretty awful. They don't look like suitable gov't employees. The lighting, expressions and postures are unnatural. I think a student photographer could have done better. Just my quick take on them. Stasys ---- Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > The New York Times magazine just ran a set of portraits of "Obama's People" > > > http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/2009-inauguration-gallery/index.html > > It feels to me as though the photographer went out of his way to make all > of his subjects look unnatural and bizarre. They are posed awkwardly, the > lighting is very peculiar, the camera angles are unusual, and the subjects > were usually photographed off-guard. > > What does anybody else think? Was the photographer here trying to create a > negative perception of these people? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information