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, you could not be more correct. Just awful. As though, for many if not most of the images, the photographer wished deliberately to be as unflattering as possible. For a real parody, take a particular look at the Communications Director Ms. Moran. Can you imagine a more uncommunicative expression? awful S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: <LUG@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 2:56 PM Subject: [Leica] Dehumanizing portraits? > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1899 - Release Date: 1/17/2009 5:50 PM