Batwister -
I believe Hido and the photographer in question (Humphrey) are both are from San Francisco, any night shot in that area using color film would look similar (IMHO).
You have specifically critiqued photographers here, eg this post:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)
Yes it is the internet, no resume needed to critique, as we all know, I just wonder why you call out other artists specifically, who may be emulating (plagiarizing in your view) others or doing styles that you find not relevant for the times and comment that they are some how on a less genuine path than the masters (e.g., Adams, Hido, etc.)?
Maybe I have it all wrong and you are asking us to think about what we do and move to a more unique and personal view? I don’t know, I think I once said, that judging others is not appropriate because you don’t know if s/he is in the state of copy/transform/combine, i.e., that Kirby Ferguson video I think I have posted to some of your comments before…
I love artistic philosophy debate, it just comes across that your tone is bit brash and you might instead of inspire one to come up with his/her style, discourage…