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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/24/2007 6:03:30 AM
another winner, the low angle/expression combo works well.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/24/2007 6:02:27 AM
strong portrait, relaxed comfortable pose, love the film type also, going to try it soon, thanks guys for inspiring me.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/24/2007 6:01:06 AM
wonderful strong and expresive portrait, wish I had taken it! well done.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/24/2007 5:46:12 AM
exposed at 32? ok thanks wanted to try this film soon.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/24/2007 5:43:35 AM
enjoy your large format portraiture, thanks for including all the focus and development details, it helps all of us learn from your experiance.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/16/2007 5:00:06 AM
yes thats the idea,am not trying to promote things but show the harsh reality of the life. The last thing I want to do is make a sexy photo, even thou Sau was an attractive lady. I have another shot(tighter composition) of her looking up and away, that I will try to post later. Thanks for your comment.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/16/2007 1:52:38 AM
works well, I always like the look of flash at night on the streets, did s similiar series in Thailand, well done.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/15/2007 7:25:15 AM
a bit angry and sexual, the tight composition works, I have tried to shoot tight and its tough but this works very well.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/15/2007 7:23:43 AM
sort of haunting image, really like the moode of it.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/15/2007 7:22:27 AM
like the way the first figure on the left leads you into the photograph, it tells a story. Well done.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/15/2007 6:51:42 AM
Your welcome james, better work out before you give it a go, carrying all the equipment and film needed by yourself will end up wearing you down. You might need to hire some porters if your taking the gear overseas!
I ended up with 3 overweight check in bags along with 2 overweight carry on bags.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/15/2007 2:29:16 AM
Shelby I will try to post it soon, I have it(Ti 28 photograph)printed but not scanned.
Still lots of film to develop from the series, about 60% of the 8x10 film has been developed and about 25% of the 5x7 film. It will probably take me 6 months or so to get everything completed, I will continue to post the better images.
Thanks Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/15/2007 2:24:13 AM
Urs Rubin, thanks very much for your kind words, I am very happy to help give a voice to the the people and friends I photographed in Thailand.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/11/2007 4:44:43 AM
These 2 were young guys that were friends, they worked a bar with about 60 other guys, both relatively new to that world. I might post a image of another worker a 28 year old man who was a drug user and burnt out after about 8 years in the sex scene.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/11/2007 4:38:08 AM
thanks very much James, glad you liked them.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/10/2007 11:06:13 AM
Thanks very much Patrick, found your comments right on the mark and very helpfull, will continue to think of them in the future.
Love much of Kouldelka's work also, especially this photograph
http://www.horvatland.com/images/entrevues/koudelka-02.jpg
it is haunting.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/9/2007 7:09:36 AM
Yes the work is inspired by Avedons book IN THE AMERICAN WEST, some of the compositional ideas are also influenced by this book.
I am a great admirer of Richard Avedon and consider much of his portrait work to be stunning.
Some of the differences between his working technique and mine include, Avedon shot on location in available light and used darkroom masks to get white backgrounds, I shot in studio with 4 flash heads(2 large softboxes not the one moving umbrella of Avedons studio work). Avedon shot with a 360 mm lens, mine was a 300. Avedon credits something like 14 assistants with helping create the book (3 or 4 in the field,plus darkroom people, spotting people, people who helped him find subjects and even 1 person devoted to loading film), I had me myself and I, I had to foot the bill($10,000 +), carry the camera gear, find my subjects and load, develop and process the film, Avedon phototogrphaed over 5 or 6 summers and shot something like 17000 sheets, I shot over 5 weeks and about 600 sheets.
I worked towards getting a different look than Avedon's but also wanted to retain some of the strengths I saw in his photographs. I also tried to photograph a subject that I am passionate about,that I felt was important. The work is definately connected to Avedon but I hope it also has a bit of me in it.
The thing that matters most is the subject and to be able to give these people a voice. It was very important to me for them to be heard and it was the reason I created the work.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
9/9/2007 6:37:52 AM
thanks for the comments...Patrick I actually did a bunch of compositions with white all around the subject but found that a bit boring. Will try to poste more of those images here so you can get a better feel for the entire project.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
7/19/2004 4:52:33 AM
the pictures of walker evans? yes..I know the subway shots..love them..they were done with a hidden camera....I shot these with a nikon F5 and 20-35mm zoom...
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
5/9/2004 7:47:53 AM
yes I have seen those photos and wonder how he did it. I have heard that walker evans did it with a hidden camera, always wondered how exactly he hid the camera...The photos I did on the japan trains were shot with the camera out and visible. My favorite train seies is Bruce Davidsons SUBWAY..just awsome stuff..its being re-issued again and am looking forward to purchasing the book..Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
4/26/2004 6:50:20 AM
The way I have done it for years is to simply ask for permission if they say no don't take the photo,its that simple. The problem is that sometimes you change the scene by asking. Most great street photography be it Lee Friedlander or Gary Winogrand or whoever is done without asking permission. I guess its up to each individual photographer.
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
4/26/2004 3:16:25 AM
Thank you...I will have to study spanish to learn what you said..I think its spanish anyway : ) Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
4/24/2004 5:25:25 AM
great look...this is you? would love to photograph you some day..the beard glasses strong eyes make for great portraiture.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
4/24/2004 5:23:49 AM
Like the feel of this one...sort of lost but in control...you should try shooting on film and making large enlargments...wonder what this would like in a 20x24 inch print!
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
4/24/2004 5:21:31 AM
Hugh..found your work very worthwhile, most of the photos on site I just sort of look at quickly and move on but your stuff made me stop and look at all the images several times...
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
4/23/2004 5:26:48 AM
Brad..yes I relize that many people in Thailand borrow children for begging, I have seen it happen. In this case I doubt it, I talked to the lady in Thai and she seemed genuine and the way the her children(another child not in the shot)responded to her I believe they were really her children and not rented/borrowed.
Gerry
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Critique By:
Gerry YAUM (K:94)
4/23/2004 5:23:34 AM
Brad mentioned that many people in Thailand use children for begging. I have heard many Thais use this is a rational for NOT giving money. Yes its true that in some cases children are borrowed/rented for begging purposes. In the case of this photo thou I doubt it I talked to the lady(in the thai language)and I believed she told me the truth and the child was her real daughter.
Gerry
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