Being able to be a part in representing one of the world's most covered and watch events is an honor. Here, the venue is where one has a chance to demonstrate their ability against the best from each nation. Whether you are competing or covering the events, you bring your "A" game. Instead, someone without the common sense to recognize the importance to "step up to the challenge" provides the world a view of a nation's best athletes not even worthy of a P&S handled by a 5th grader.
Three major errors here: ONE, someone who thinks he a photographer and attempts to pull off such trash; TWO, the group that hired him, and THREE; the publishing entity who actually allowed the inferior attempt to go out.
In reading other posts, some seem to have the mindset that this was a "fresh approach". The question for them and our misguided photographer is: Where is your moral fiber? You do NOT experiment when it comes to the Olympics.
Others are complaining about them because it shows poor patriotism, nationalism or reverse (the photog shoots for the French photo agency AFP). I personally think is NOT any of this. Regardless of the country, the respect due to all athletes competing at the highest level is to provide work that is worthy of their efforts spent getting to the Olympics. What they got was a cheapened shell by a misguided and ill prepared so called professional photographer. Nothing but a slap on the face of the athletes and the what the entire Olympic process stands for.
Yeah, it struck a cord with me.... sorry
Jul 07, 2012 at 10:20 AM
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It's possible that all of you are being too kind to Klamar. There are those who truely dislike the U.S. and will use their position of prominence to make the U.S. look bad.
An individual of Klamar's skill, as is evident from his web page, knows how to make a most unflattering image on purpose. It seems clear enough that he was either impaired that day or his actions were intentional. We've seen this type of behavoir before when a "famous" photographer dislikes something or someone. Remember this little bit of work?
Andre Labonte wrote:
It's possible that all of you are being too kind to Klamar. There are those who truely dislike the U.S. and will use their position of prominence to make the U.S. look bad.
An individual of Klamar's skill, as is evident from his web page, knows how to make a most unflattering image on purpose. It seems clear enough that he was either impaired that day or his actions were intentional. We've seen this type of behavoir before when a "famous" photographer dislikes something or someone. Remember this little bit of work?
Micky Bill wrote:
Wow...Using that logic, it would benefit all clients to require the copyright in every job. Sorry, but that's not how things work in the USA. Yet.
It was the way it worked for my wedding ... I insisted
Andre Labonte wrote:
It's possible that all of you are being too kind to Klamar. There are those who truely dislike the U.S. and will use their position of prominence to make the U.S. look bad.
An individual of Klamar's skill, as is evident from his web page, knows how to make a most unflattering image on purpose. It seems clear enough that he was either impaired that day or his actions were intentional. We've seen this type of behavoir before when a "famous" photographer dislikes something or someone. Remember this little bit of work?
Yes he's a great photographer, but there's a HUGE difference between being a photo journalist and a portrait artist. those are two very different skill sets. From looking at his work, he's an amazing journalist...not a portraits photographer.
Not to defend the photographer but there is more to the story than what was initially reported. Apparently it was a cattle-call type event where the athletes would cycle from one photographer to the next and where all the other photographer had setup mini studios in their stations but Joe Klamar was completely unprepared for it... although I think that the news agencies that picked up Klamar's photos should be as equally blamed as Klamar himself for publishing his photos in the first place.
ahmedumair wrote:
I can not believe what a waste of athlete's time that was!!!
According to the folks who were there each shot took like five minutes then they went to another photographer...
So the time spent with this partiular photographer wasnt all that much. But if you mean the entire cluster-shoot setup of cliched sporty pictures I would agree with you.
I meant the whole thing, cliche sporty pics and more importantly wasting time going to each photographer. Why can't US olympics committee hire one renown, reliable, PROVEN photographer? Put that photographer on a plane and send him places to meet these athletes if that's what it takes. I'm not expert in how they make their selection for photographer but it clearly appears they can handle the situation better.
I meant the whole thing, cliche sporty pics and more importantly wasting time going to each photographer. Why can't US olympics committee hire one renown, reliable, PROVEN photographer? Put that photographer on a plane and send him places to meet these athletes if that's what it takes. I'm not expert in how they make their selection for photographer but it clearly appears they can handle the situation better.
These aren't USOC or IOC official photographs. They are for the wire services to get stock pictures to use for stories and articles.
