Sometimes I am amazed how good our digital cameras have become. But what about the output?
Over the years I have assembled quite a large collection of photographic monographs of photographers who's work I like. André Kertész, Cartier Bresson and all the usual authors, together with less famous photographers who have put out interesting work. But over the last few years, I have seen less and less new monographs which temp me.
The editorial market seems content to republish the same old names, or publish "conceptual photography" that leaves me cold. I think it has been a couple of years since I last purchased a photographic monograph.
Today I came across this book, with photography that I just could not resist:
BTW you can find the book on Amazon. The pictures really are a lesson in what good photography looks like.
I photographed Aterbaletto, an important Italian dance company for ten years back in the nineties, so I know a little about Dance photography. This guy is really fantastic. In fact this is some of the best photography I have seen for a long while, that goes beyond reportage.
I know the conditions these pictures where taken in. I was amazed at how our digital cameras have upped the quality in low light to an unbelievable level. In the reproductions, grain is almost absent, compared to my grainy pushed film output back in the day.
In an art photogrphy world now dominated by pretentious poor photography with a "conceptual" tag attached justify its existence. It is nice to see some new good photogrphy is still being exhibited and published.
Here is a link to his site
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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
- Niccolo` Machiavelli.
nigelvoak.blogspot.com
Over the years I have assembled quite a large collection of photographic monographs of photographers who's work I like. André Kertész, Cartier Bresson and all the usual authors, together with less famous photographers who have put out interesting work. But over the last few years, I have seen less and less new monographs which temp me.
The editorial market seems content to republish the same old names, or publish "conceptual photography" that leaves me cold. I think it has been a couple of years since I last purchased a photographic monograph.
Today I came across this book, with photography that I just could not resist:
BTW you can find the book on Amazon. The pictures really are a lesson in what good photography looks like.
I photographed Aterbaletto, an important Italian dance company for ten years back in the nineties, so I know a little about Dance photography. This guy is really fantastic. In fact this is some of the best photography I have seen for a long while, that goes beyond reportage.
I know the conditions these pictures where taken in. I was amazed at how our digital cameras have upped the quality in low light to an unbelievable level. In the reproductions, grain is almost absent, compared to my grainy pushed film output back in the day.
In an art photogrphy world now dominated by pretentious poor photography with a "conceptual" tag attached justify its existence. It is nice to see some new good photogrphy is still being exhibited and published.
Here is a link to his site
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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
- Niccolo` Machiavelli.
NIGEL'S RAMBLES
nigelvoak.blogspot.com
