[Leica] Dehumanizing portraits?

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

Nothing new here. Avedon used this stylistic mannerism for the  
Mission Council portrait(s) in 1971, and for the Chicago Seven in 1969.
Though I'm sure it's driven as representative of the sensibilities of  
the Youth market.
More of the photographer's abilities:
http://www.billcharles.com/kander/nadavkander_1.htm
What bugs me is why they didn't use an American photographer within  
this economic grip the profession is in.
sd


On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Brian Reid 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?
>
>
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