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lol, photoshopping fashion is the least of the Times' crimes. How about being a totally biased bleeding heart liberal rag that never tells the full story?
nice nighttime street shot
yay, night photo samples, every review should have them
no ethical problems with these two examples. Only problem I see is the 2nd one was better in its original form
ljfinger: Still waiting to see my first good street photography image.
peterkim, that's exactly my point, when talking about street photography everyone drops Cartier Bresson's name and tries to emulate him to the point that that "look" is absolutely cliche. I agree, sharpness is not the goal, capturing a spontaneous moment is more the goal. But some people are trying to emulate outdated photographers to the point that they think a blurry, grainy shot is the goal. It's not, it's just the best that photographers could do 50 years ago. If they had today's equipment, they would strive to put out high quality shots.
Well if I had access to Bryan Adams' subjects, my photos would be fabulous also! Just kidding, he's clearly got talent and skill.
ljfinger: Still waiting to see my first good street photography image.
Problem is too many street photographers are trying to emulate the styles of decades old photographers with decades old equipment. There are street photographers putting out beautifully shot images:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chee917/galleries/72157632556923198/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chee917/galleries/72157632638618799/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chee917/favorites
Too many modern street photographers try to emulate decades old styles and limitations. Street photography groups are filled with grainy, blurry, unprocessed, and at this point, cliche street photos. On the other hand there are also street photographers putting out beautifully shot and processed images. There is no reason not to. If street photography "legends" had today's equipment, they would be putting out high quality images as well.
DPNick: So he took a bunch of pictures of dirty slackers and losers while he was one; I don't see the brilliance. It's not quite Cartier-Bresson, Winogrand, Doisneau, Friedlander, Lange, Stieglitz, etc.
meh, nevermind
Great photos
Not bad, 1/160 would be fast enough to prevent most motion blur as well.
bjboogie: Other than the fact Tergo's images are a bit rawer and less polished, and arguably less artistic, how are they fundamentally different in process from the sidewalk strobe photos taken by celebrated art photographer Philip Lorca Dicorcia. Google his name for images and decide for yourself. Dicorcia set up a camera, a strobe and triggering mechanism on a covered sidewalk and took random portraits of people in New York. He blew them up in all their exquisite detail, printed a book and sold prints for $20 -30 thousand dollars each. He was sued by the elderly Jewish man you'll see in the Google images for violating his privacy and won. see also: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/14/arts/art-in-review-philip-lorca-dicorcia-heads.html ... and ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nussenzweig_v._DiCorcia
Just to clarify, the case was dismissed against Dicorcia, so the case was "lost". "Winning" a lawsuit usually means the person that sued is successful.
KHemmelman: I don't do street photography because I don't want the hassle of dealing with complete strangers who are most likely going to be suspicious of me and not want to sign a model release. I suspect this guy is the same way, so he took the easy way out and does it secretly without permission or approval. Basically a roving peeping-tom. I have to say, what he is doing is a real "cheap shot". (no pun intended)
@Josh152 I agree that this photographer's method and the attitude of some street photographers can be intrusive. Treating people with decency is much more important than legal rights. However, being open and friendly about it goes a long way. I don't ask permission first because I want an unposed shot. But when someone notices me taking a photo I always smile and offer to show them the shot. With the right approach, most people are flattered that someone would want to take their photo.
MikeFairbanks: This is my second visit to this thread, and after looking even more at the concept and results, I can't help but wonder why he is getting noticed.
Street photography is almost as old as photography itself, and everyone who owns a camera has rolled down the window to take a shot of something or someone they thought was interesting.
I'm convinced that the only reason this dude got attention is because he spent a lot of time and money putting a bunch of electronics in and on his truck.
I think it would be far more interesting if he went out and specifically said the same line to each person, such as "Have you seen my grandmother?" or perhaps, "I bet I can eat more hotdogs than you in five minutes."
Then, at least, you would be able to look into the faces in the photos and do some thinking about their reactions.
Good point, putting together this outrageous setup probably got him more publicity than good photos would have.
Popetographer: I looked at all the photos on Tergo's website. Have a look before getting your gun out. He is very consistent and intentional with his work. It looks like he could take very good conventional photos, but he his own take on things. I like his photos.
To each his own I guess. I checked his website, he has plenty of photos not taken with this truck set up. I'm still totally unimpressed.
Tens of thousands of dollars in gear, and that's the result? There are iphone photographers that do better.
gorgeous
i put a tricycle on the sidewalk and took a picture, saved myself a few hundred thousand
Yeah, get over it people, the photos are not bad. If you're this close with decent light, the iphone will give you just as good a photo as the most expensive DSLR. It's a 4x4 photo on newsprint.
dqnielg: I bet a lot of work (lighting, processing) went into making these shots passable. The same amount of work put into shots taken with a real camera would have resulted in much more appealing images.
you'd lose that bet, because the article says he used Instagram to process the photos