First, he seemed to be a genuinely nice man. There was some footage of the man in his studio, and his calm, relaxed manner with his subjects was amazing. All of his subjects that they interviewed made mention of that; how good he made them feel, how he would carry on a conversation with them about their life, their work, whatever, all the while going about his business. It almost made them forget they were in a brighly lit studio with a big honking wooden camera stuck in there!
The other thing, is that anyone could walk into his Ottawa studio for a portait, and that his prices were competetive with other photography studios in town. God, had I known that, I'd have made the pilgimage to Ottawa (only about 6 hours drive from here) to be immortalized by the man. I simply assumed that since he'd photographed the rich, famous and powerful world-wide, that his portraits would cost an arm and a leg. I was wrong.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Karsh portraits Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:37:36 -0500
I like it. Remember his stuff is almost all large format work.
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