His pictures of the citizens of NY are incredible and bizarre. But the stories and quotes he gets, from being real with other people, are just as good. Facebook made 10 videos for their 10th anniversary, and one of them was on him. His website. Humans of New York from Facebook Stories on Vimeo. Fantasy Author Jim C. Hines writes this on his website: (which has more examples):
"In January of 2012, I decided that I wanted to talk about science fiction and fantasy cover art, particularly the ways women were portrayed. At first, I thought about writing a long blog post, talking about how saturated we were with imagery that emphasized women as sexual objects at the expense of power, agency, realism, and so on.Then I decided there might be a more effective way to encourage discussion. With assistance and surprisingly little eye-rolling or laughter from my wife, I contorted myself into the poses of women on various SF/F covers. Things snowballed from there. I did several follow-up photoshoots, ran a cover-posing fundraiser, and was even honored with a Hugo award that year." A couple of days ago I put up a picture of Types of Beards because we were talking about Types of Photos. Turns out the guy (John Dyer) who made the illustration has been on a quest since 2003 to grow and take a picture of himself with every type of beard.
Never think you can't take great pictures, or make great movies, because you don't have great equipment to use. Award winning photographs hang in galleries that were shot with a $15 camera in 2006 (link) This was explained to me by Ken Rockwell (my best source of camera reviews), who says in his article Your Camera Doesn't Matter: "It's an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools." He quotes famous photographer Ansel Adams "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." The quality of photos and videos you can take with your phones are incredible now. Instagram shots can be breathtaking. In only 6 seconds a Vine video can be arresting. But the point is you can make do with even less! It's your creativity and imagination that makes an impact! Last thought from Mr. Rockwell again "The word "image comes from the word "imagination." It doesn't come from "lens sharpness" or "noise levels." Speaking of... watch this video for the first 60 seconds and you'll be amazed. A beautiful series of photographs. "My wife Jennifer was diagnosed with breast cancer just 5 months after our wedding and 4 years later she passed.Hoping to show people what day to day life with cancer is like I photographed our life." mywifesfightwithbreastcancer.com UK street artist Slinkachu has been photographing tiny figurines he remodels, paints, and sets up in big cities around the world. Close up shots of tiny objects like these are called "macro" shots (the flower setting on the camera dial is optimized for these). His blog with more of his work is here. In his own words: "The 'Little People Project' started in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place, photograph and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humour. I want people to be able to empathise with the tiny people in my works. You were asked to stay away from the area on the field trip, but that doesn't mean you should turn a blind eye to this part of the city and pretend it doesn't exist. Note: Most of the troubled people who live here were not born in Vancouver. They come from places like Delta before ending up down there. Odd Squad Productions was started by a group of police who work the area. They were tired of helping the people there, only to have new people constantly coming in. They decided to try and prevent people from getting into a bad situation in the first place, by creating movies that would educate the public about what goes on in the downtown eastside, and educating teens keep them from making similar mistakes before they end up down there. Warning: The videos are graphic with drug use and some violence. Their first major video was called "Through A Blue Lens", and the National Film Board of Canada has it available to watch for free, here. They have other videos, if you want to see a quick 3 min trailer, or see more about what they do, go to their website. Also interesting to check out is one of the area's police officers is keeping a blog called Eastside Stories: Diary of a Vancouver Beat Cop, where he tells stories about what it's like to work there. |
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