I know my work isn\'t for everyone. Street work is not held in high regard by many here and that to is very cool. We are all free to like what we like. But even in work I don\'t like I can still see if the pictures have an interesting composition. I believe as Weston did the if everyone composes by the same rules then the work becomes cliche and there can be no freshness of vision. That composition becomes a part of a personal way of seeing.
I like street work (I hate that word street) for the same reasons that Meyerowitz stated in the trailer of the upcoming movie (Everybody Street) that I posted in # 9. My professional work is usually very orchestrated and planned out and my personal work is just the opposite. Finding clarity in chaos is what this type of photography is about. Seeing and capturing things in a fraction of a second that have also have strong visual elements that fully support the statement is infinitely difficult.
I to would like to read what Andrea thinks is wrong with the compositions and why he feels they are not working. Not saying my work is in any way great but I think it does look like my work. And the compositions reflect that. I think one of the biggest compliments that a photographer or any visual image maker can get is that the image he or she creates looks like their images.
Sep 15, 2013 at 07:18 PM
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