Showing posts with label portraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portraits. Show all posts
2.10.13
Tiziana Gualano's Portfolio
Dear Readers,
it is always so enchanting to discover young people who started to do film photography from scratch. As is the case of Tiziana, she found in film photography a way to express herself, and a way to establish contancts with many of them. And it brings her own way to see the world around. Tiziana is from south of Italy, where light has some specific charm. Since she's only in her early 20s, we can only imagine how long and adventurous her photographic voyage will be!
She uses mostly film cameras (zenit ET, zenit 122, zenit 12xp, kodak 35MD point&shoot and a polaroid), besides a DSLR, but film cameras are her love no.1. As for films used, she gets them from both Kodak and Fuji. She doesn't use an exposure meter and it seems she doesn't need one J Last but not least , she gets inspired by a single day, every day, from what she sees. Otherwise, Vincent Gallo's or Gus Van Sant movies are her source of inspiration, or even John Frusciante for the music.
Tiziana's photostreams can be found on Flickr and Tumblr.
All photos copyright: Tiziana Gualano
24.10.12
Portfolio of the Week: Giangiacomo Pepe
Dear Analog
Photographers,
so far, we've
been dealing mostly with portrait photographers, right? This week we decided to
push that boundary even further, so let me introduce Giangiacomo Pepe from
Genova, Italy. Giangiacomo is a young photographer (in his late 20's) and his
main subjects are female nudes. Since we are not an adult-rated site, we needed
to carefully choose the photos to (hopefully) comply to rules. Giangiacomo
works with various 35 mm cameras, from Nikon to Contax, and uses various BW
films. Sometimes, he also uses a Polaroid. The lighting source mostly used is
flash in the reportage-style fashion. His shooting style is actually quite
»guerilla-style«, »haiku« or even
Terry-Richardson-style, if you prefer. The backdrop of his shots are ordinary
places-apartments, bedrooms, gardens etc.
While at first glance his photos
might not look glamorous or sophisticated, I think this is also the very charm
of his work-breaking the established composition (and other) rules, bringing us
for a while back at the very primordial photographic basics, but also
intimately closer to his subjects. I think many of his photos could be
accomodated equally well either in a gallery or a personal album. Besides
nudes, he also began on a few reportage projects. Giangiacomo's other (and more
explicit) work can be found on Tumblr.
Mitja
All photos copyright: Giangiacomo Pepe
22.10.12
Monday column: Photographic Subject of an Analogue Photographer
Photographic subjects are very personal thing and differ
from a photographer to photographer. But are they different from, let say, a
digital photographer subjects? Yes and no, I would say. Let’s say. Now days you
will not shoot sports with analogue camera. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t see
much sense in it. Specific for shooting sports is high “frame rate” so you can
get (catch) the perfect moment, so waste of film. This is why they invented digital
in the first place. No, an analogue photography is all opposite than sports
photography. It’s not about taking as much shots as you can get and hoping that
you get the right moment. It’s workflow is slow and deliberate. You must have
pre-visualised scene, and then you wait (if you have to) for the right moment.
But analogue photography is not about analogue vs. digital
technique or convenience, it’s all about aesthetics. Aesthetics evoke emotions,
so we can conclude that analogue photography is photography of and about
emotions. What are most common photographs which include emotion? First thought
is about portraits but we can add nature and landscape photography. Human
portrait is all about emotions of another human being and landscape or nature
is all about our emotions that we project outwards and then take a picture of
it. But, you will say, that this could be done with digital camera also. My
answer is that analogue photography has its specific look that it can be
simulated by digital workflow but it’s only that, a simulation. Every film has
its own signature, which it can be used to emphasize the emotion that we want
to catch or message to say.
But this is only my vision of (analogue) photography. You
may have (you have!) your own. Let’s take some photographs, catch some emotions
and tell a story.
Matjaž
10.10.12
Portfolio of the Week: Jochen Abitz
Dear Readers,
there's no
completeness without the other half, right? So it's my pleasure to introduce 4Spo's
»partner in crime«, Jochen Abitz, from Germany as well. Jochen started his
photographic journey about a decade ago, with digital gear. Then, as it often
happens, he got »infected« with film photography and with medium format (also
thanks to 4Spo), and stuck with it (oh, how I like to tell such stories!). Similarly, he also likes fine cameras, many different films, mostly BW, developed by
himself. Besides sharing a common website, Jochen also performs some photo
projects, editorials etc., together with 4Spo. As he states, they have quite a
similar taste when it comes to photography. And obviously, they are quite a
tandem! You just cannot find every day photos with such a masterful lighting as
in their work (besides other aspects)! I urge to reinvite you to visit their site, there are many analog
goodies to be found there! Jochen's work can also be found on Flickr. Enjoy the photos!
Mitja
All photos copyright: Jochen Abitz
3.10.12
Portfolio of the Week: Niccolò Barone
Dear Readers,
This week we feature another Italian photographer,
Niccolò Barone. He is an autodidact photographer. He works essentially in
medium format (Hasselblad 503/500, Rolleiflex 2.8f, Pentax 67, Minolta
Autocord, Mamiya 645 and some others) and 35mm (Leica M2, M4, M5, M6, Contax
II, Nikon fm and some others) as well as with polaroid and Holga cameras, with
available natural light as his favorite lighting source. His preferred films
are Kodak Tmax 400, 100 and 3200. He develops BW films by himself, usually with
Xtol (Kodak) or Gradual (Ornano) when he shoots at low film speeds, and HC110
or R09 when exposing film at high ISO. Yes, noise and graininess is a matter of
choice for him.
Niccolò’s photography really focuses on many
diffrent things, but essentially on the female form, most images are solitary
and the most part is in black and white. When you look upon the photographs you
get the feeling as the portrayed women have all endured some kind of hurt, not
the physical kind though. All seem lost in their thoughts, gazing out toward
distant lands, even those gazing right through the camera lens, are not really
seeing, expressions are vacant and glazed.
Most of his inspiration comes from the classics, and some from the web where there's a great number of talented photographers and beautiful photographs. He has already been featured in a number of publications, including Vanity Fair. His work is certainly one of the most accomplished you can find on the web. Niccolò’s work can be found on Flickr on his first and second photostream and on his website. Enjoy his photos!
Most of his inspiration comes from the classics, and some from the web where there's a great number of talented photographers and beautiful photographs. He has already been featured in a number of publications, including Vanity Fair. His work is certainly one of the most accomplished you can find on the web. Niccolò’s work can be found on Flickr on his first and second photostream and on his website. Enjoy his photos!
All photos copyright: Niccolò Barone
26.9.12
Portfolio of the Week: 4Spo
Dear Readers,
We have moved
back to Germany and feature another great photographer from this great country, 4Spo.
Of course, 4Spo is not his real name, as he wanted to preserve his privacy, but that's his username on Flickr. And that's OK, we respect your privacy-it's your work
that counts. He is with no doubt a modest guy, even though his work tells
another story, and he mainly defines himself as a fan of Peter Lindbergh. No doubt he is a die-hard guy as well! After
a few years, he happily came back to film, using the many fine cameras in his
possession: Leica, Plaubel, Hasselblad, Nikon etc. He has no particular
preferences for film brand or type, but he likes very much expired film for its
unpredictability and the effects it gives. Possibly with the lens wide open-another
bokeh fetishist, I would say. He states that he likes the subtle eroticism in
photography, with a nice bokeh, with the great help of film medium. And he
obviously makes his job right! Also in the fashion/editorial field. Enjoy his work! 4Spo's work can be found of Flickr on his website, along with his colleague work.
MitjaAll photos copyright: 4Spo
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