Smart photographers with a sense of posterity shoot Portra for colour, Ilford for black and white. Every other film is a fleeting novelty.
What ya reckon?
Lets clarify , Steve Mccurry is a man that Kodak gave the last roll of kodachrome to shoot. What he did ? He found a 40 dollars autofocus Nikon camera and finished it. I think We must not get him serious.
I find it difficult to buy into his "foreigners are human too!" conceit.
Much of the value of Steve McCurry to us and the rest of the World is through his exposure in National Geographic. McCurry is one significant step in a process that includes logistics, editing, printing, distribution, and much more. If moving to digital enhances this complex process, then the move is good. Of course there are cameras and media that produce better images under certain circumstances. I started using Kodachrome in 1952. Some of its characteristics were limiting, but some enhanced the images. This is true of each film and digital process. It's not for us to quibble about such details in the photography of a master.
Much of the value of Steve McCurry to us and the rest of the World is through his exposure in National Geographic. McCurry is one significant step in a process that includes logistics, editing, printing, distribution, and much more. If moving to digital enhances this complex process, then the move is good. Of course there are cameras and media that produce better images under certain circumstances. I started using Kodachrome in 1952. Some of its characteristics were limiting, but some enhanced the images. This is true of each film and digital process. It's not for us to quibble about such details in the photography of a master.
One day my brother-in-law, violinist, told me why I was still using those obsolete film cameras, so I answered him why he wasn't playing an electric violin with a midi controller instead his much loved 2 centuries old one.
A lot of insecure people on here. He liked a particular emulsion and now it is gone. That's nothing to even notice let alone circle the film wagons about. I think his innocuous statement has really been taken the wrong way and blown out of proportion. I guess it drives up page views à la KR style.
Finishing off your pontification with this question hurts your credibility on a photography website. Did you read the article or look at the pictures that accompanied the article? Even for non photographers his images are instantly recognizable whether they know his name or not.
Last weekend the great Steve McCurry was in Siena, Tuscany, for the inauguration of his exhibition. I had the opportunity of an interview.
And anyhow, who is Steve McCurry?
Lets clarify , Steve Mccurry is a man that Kodak gave the last roll of kodachrome to shoot. What he did ? He found a 40 dollars autofocus Nikon camera and finished it. I think We must not get him serious.
Is there idiots who pay this amount of money to an japanese camera ?
Only I say if american president invites you to a ball at whitehouse , you must spend to suit and codes and traditions.
That mcurry ran to india to shoot another poor indian villager photograph. And americans felt and prayed to their state how advanced and rich they are. This poor man photography of national geographic stinks.
His Indians doesnt seem to escape from 1920s New Yorker magazine covers Their teeths are worse than a donkey. He doesnt need to posterize that. Their a anonym here saying he does not touch soap and water means he doesnt touch the his countries sensitive subjects. When he is in america , he founds de niro interesting , nothing else and he runs to india to Show old men teeths to the World. Asshole.
please learn a bit about history and then refrain from such statements.
Without a the advanced countries, mustafa, I'm not even sure you'd know what it means to brush teeth
Eventually, that's something we'll all be forced to do in the future, like it or not.
The best photographer on the planet. The unconnoisseurs think of him as an over rated photographer. Just like Beethoven is over rated to the amateur. But scratch a little bit and you soon realize there is no higher master.
Who let you out? Get back to your dungeon!
. . . I thought he was a pretty cool guy until a few years ago, when the fact came out that he was getting free labor through unpaid internships through Craigslist. Someone that is that famous and is getting paid a good amount for his work and or lectures and workshops should be able to pay their help the bare minimum wage or atleast a stipend. I still see his posts on craigslist every so often trolling for fresh interns to work for free, thinking they might learn something, but probably scanning film all day.
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- I’ve met Steve McCurry at the inauguration of his exhibition in Siena, here in Tuscany where I live.
- I had the opportunity of a brief interview for a local magazine I work for.
- For my curiosity I added some questions about film photography
Damiano
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