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Subject: Re: [OM] National Geographic Photo Contest! I would appreciate your comments.
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:39:04 -0800
On 11/6/2011 5:31 AM, David Irisarri wrote:
> Hi Moose,
>
> Maybe it wasn´t a good idea having mentioned I love Steve McCurry
> photography but it´s the truth. I really love the way he takes these lovely
> portraits. He is awesome but as I have mentioned, maybe you are right.
> I think we always are biased towards a specific style and it´s impossible
> to hide it. So the question is...if I hadn´t written anything regarding
> Steve McCurry, would you had noticed the similarity?

I did so instantly. It screams McCurry to anyone familiar with his portrait 
work.

I was given the small Phaidon book "Portraits" as a gift a couple of years ago. 
With over 250 images, it's not something 
I've sat down to 'read' through, but browse at random occasionally.

Hard to blame the guy for jumping on the big chance his Afghan girl image gave 
him, but I find the endless pictures of 
wide eyed children repetitive. Many of those of adults follow the same formula. 
With both, it all too often seems to me 
to obscure character, rather than offer at least the sense of connection and 
illumination a good portrait gives.

Edit the book down to maybe 30 of the best images and it might be compelling.

> Thanks for your compliments Moose, greatly appreciated.

I just calls 'em the way I sees 'em. :-)

Moose
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