I would not say that I like all of these photos. Moreover, I am not compelled to like something because of the famed person (actually, I am not sure I've heard this photographer's name prior to this story, - but I am bad with names). I'd say my personal impression of them that is probably closer to that expressed by Christine: "overall, I think they're all right in a quirky, whimsical way".
By the [rather provocative] subject, I was referring to the reaction like "These images are terrible", "What a disgust.", etc. E.g. comment #7 represents the essence of some of those: "From KameraDude - 06/07/2012, 12:12 " http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/2012/07/05/Pixels-and-piety%3A-Photographing-Olympic-icons#c734 The entire story with all the buzz around it is rather funny and I thought it was worth a read. In my mind, it raised some interesting questions about what is customary and accepted as "celebrity" photos (portaits). Igor Sat Jul 7 07:22:46 EDT 2012 Paul Stenquist wrote: > Or perhaps just honest. Are we compelled to like them because they were > taken by a photographer who is esteemed by critics, and whose work must > therefore be high art? I think the shots are just okay. i find some of > them clever and nicely lit, but others strike me as trite and > simplistic. A couple of them which combine large heads with tiny feet > left me wondering why he chose that shooting angle with what appears to > be a somewhat wide lens. And I'm neither serious nor wearing blinders. > I'm merely expressing an honest, subjective opinion. > > On Jul 7, 2012, at 12:22 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > > > ... people who are criticizing on these Olympic athletes' photos: > > http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/2012/07/05/Pixels-and-piety%3A-Photographing-Olympic-icons > > > > Cheers, > > > > Igor > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
