> > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/01/20 Fri PM 02:53:50 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Celeb photographers (RE: Lou Reed heart NY) > > Bryan Adams. > > Quite a good photographer actually. > > Leonard Nimoy also had a couple albums, but I don't find his photography > to be any better than his singing. > > -Adam
He's an actor, not a "celebrity". Or a singer. I'd _much_ rather look at his pictures than listen to him "sing". > > Derby Chang wrote: > > > > I think a big part of the celeb photog is that they have entree into an > > inside world. Hopper's pics are a good example. That's not to say they > > aren't accomplished. But they are piquant. > > http://www.eyestorm.com/artist/Dennis_Hopper.aspx > > > > David Lynch of course is something else. I was bidding for his out of > > print "Images" book a while back, but backed out when it got outrageous. > > Amazingly the next month I found a copy for next to nix in a cool 2nd > > hand book shop we have here, Berkelouw (there is a branch in LA too). Fate. > > http://tinyurl.com/94wuw > > > > Jeff Bridges I started looking at because I just got a swing lens camera > > (Horizon). He has some tasty pics on his site. > > http://www.jeffbridges.com/ > > Mmmm...Michelle > > http://www.jeffbridges.com/FB_04.html > > > > And I have Rossellini's book. Not groundbreaking stuff, but really > > balanced and refined. > > > > I agree with you, Bob. They are all visually oriented. Who can I think > > of who photographs and writes, or sings? Hmm. > > > > > > > > Bob W wrote: > > > >> Good question. I don't know. I haven't taken much of a look at any of > >> those > >> you list. I've flicked through Jeff Bridges' book, and was quite > >> impressed. > >> Yul Brynner had a book published didn't he? I don't remember any of his > >> pictures though. I think I saw some of Dennis Hopper's in a Sunday > >> suplement > >> last year, and enjoyed them but again, I don't remember any of them. > >> > >> Apart from Helena Christensen, all those you've listed are in the quality > >> end of the film industry, so by virtue of that they are highly > >> visually-oriented and probably very intelligent. But HC is also in a very > >> visual industry, and I think she has more than the normal model's > >> allocation > >> of grey matter. That makes it hardly surprising that they should be good > >> photographers. > >> > >> It's when members of Spinal Tap start to get ideas above their station > >> that > >> things get embarrassing. > >> > >> -- > >> Cheers, > >> Bob > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 > >>> January 2006 01:15 > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: OT: Celeb photographers (RE: Lou Reed heart NY) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Yep, I agree. He's no Mapplethorpe. > >>> > >>> Which celeb photogs do you like? Some celebs photogs that work for me: > >>> > >>> David Lynch > >>> Jeff Bridges > >>> Dennis Hopper > >>> Isabella Rossellini > >>> > >>> Maybe Helena Christensen (although that might be for other reasons) > >>> > >>> D > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
