[Leica] Dehumanizing portraits?

[crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall)]

Brian

Definitely unnatural photographs; can speak to their intentions.

Chris B

2009/1/18 Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>:
> 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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