I've known about this little goodie for a few days. It's the TIME's "The year in images" which I think has a few good shots with some of the Leica qualities suchs as being aesthetic, close to events and with a 'history' touch to them, already when they were shot. It's a style.
This is a remarkable shot. You will have a hard time teaching a photography class how to do one like this. Because there's really nothing to it. Yet it is a great shot which I've thought about many times since I saw it a week ago. Maybe because it is so personal.
This one too:
Of course there's a lot of the other crap I wrote about the other day. The drama - OOH DRAMA! - shots that has no other qualities but the quality of being news for one day – and without the 'history' of the drama of one day, those pictures has no history qualities to them. Just a supporting role in a drama.
Like this one, more significant (being a symbol of some underlying meaning) than an actual visual communication:
No doubt it's in there because it symbolizes the death of a stringer - a local photojournalist hired by a international news agency to cover a local event - which for some odd reason is always more dramatic than 2,000 civilians dying (and contrary to 2,000 civilians he's the one who chose to be there and gets paid to be there).
But from a TIME magazine who have choosen Vladimir Putin as Man of the Year 2007 (and had Adolf Hitler as Man of the Year in 1942) there's many grat ones.
I like photography like this:
This is a cute one of unexpected snowfall in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June. I think the clumpsy way of photographing snow underlines how odd an experience it must have been:
In the "OOH DRAMA" category stuff like this is actually not bad because it has great graphic qualities to it and would be great with a long feature article:
Also, here is more galleries from the year. Many of them is pictures tied up to world events such as war or wildfire instead of selecting great photos and let them tell the story:
Posted by Thorsten O... on December 31, 2007 5:57 AM
@ Darren: I don't think he used masking on the one with the flag. They might even have thought it was a cool effect if the flag seemed glowing a bit and kept it like that.
Posted by Darren Aba... on December 31, 2007 12:41 AM
A great selection, for the most part, but in my opinion there were a few that shouldn't have been in that distinguished selection. I also noticed a few images that illustrated one of biggest peeves: sloppy Photoshop masking. I don't know why so many PJs do it, but I can't say how many times I've watched shooters slap the sloppiest masks on their photos when dodging their selects before transmitting. The photos of the Afghan police trainees and the girl wrapped in an American flag are perfect examples.
i was a bit tired of seeing the brooks kraft photos; he must be "in" with the body of editors at time, no? 'twas nice seeing kevork's photo! just sent him an email congratulating him. was impressed james got into burma but wasn't really that impressed with the photograph. that south african snow photo was indeed hilarious. that last photograph in your post, though, seems so che guevara, no? by the way .... how many of the shooters do you think actually went to a photo school?
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Your work is profound. It was a delight to come across your page suggested to me by uber as 'similar pages' to my own, although my page is in its third day of infancy, so I really have nothing to show for it, however I look forward to seeing more of your excellent eye for detail. Cheers.
It has been, i confess, long overdue. But i have been procrastinating this simple task of leaving you a comment for weeks. I've been busy and only comment when commented. I do admire your work and your blogs are quite the read. congratulations on a wonderful page. And. xoxoxox :)
I just wanted to say hello and compliment you on your gallery. You've got a really great selection of pictures here, I really like your natural style and your use of light. Lots and lots of interesting stuff to read too! I reckon I'm going to be a regular reader. Take it slow... Mark
Heeeeey... You're another one on here who I see has fanagled a way around (what I thought was the max) of 16 "Top Friends." How'd you manage that one, if you don't mind me asking? Whatever the case, very best of regards to you...CCx
Thanks for the comment on my first post- nice to know I'm not alone in my technological woes! Love your photography- really beautiful shots you've got here.
thnak you. I'm just collecting all the art i see in San Francisco... check out the new slideshow on TINGLETANGLE and WEMARNY sections on the nav bar menu of http://ozcillator.com. peace, franz
Hello Thorsten. I've been doing a lot of uber-diving, and I must say that yours stands out as one of my top five blogs. It's so diverse and interesting! Keep up the good work! All the best, Stewart
Hi Thorsten, Thanks for the great idea for a blog posting on how a designer comes to dress a star at the Oscars. I will have to write it! Continue to check my blog, I'm going to continue to add great stuff in the next few weeks. xoNick
PEACE ..V