On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Very compelling photos...
>
> Compelling, indeed. However, I found something rather disturbing about
> these photos--something I've been seeing from Steve's work over the
> last decade. They have gotten "too good". His images have a look of
> "produced" to them that look too good to be real. The spontaneity in
> the photos looks contrived as a result. I expect a certain level of
> "grungy" to these pictures. Maybe something as simple as the piece of
> trash or a stray dog moseying through the scene.
>
> I'm not suggesting that there is anything fake about the images--far
> from that. What I am saying is that the photos look like they are
> taken by a commercial photographer, not a photojournalist. This is
> something I've been sensing about his work from the last 10-15 years,
> but this set of photographs takes it to another whole level.
>
> It's as though he has turned into a stock photographer first--shooting
> images intended for advertising layouts, not feature stories.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
Actually, now that you mention it, quite a few of them definitely are too
"clean" and do feel a bit "staged". That was actually my first impression
of a few of them - that they looked ready-made for a magazine article.
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Paul Braun
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