There have been so many interesting images recently in the ether that it’s hard for me to keep up. It’s either been an uncommonly compelling week, or I’ve had too much of this orange flavor “all natural” energy drink.
Perhaps the latter, because that looks like a horse in the Target aisle.
A miniature horse, to be exact. A miniature horse named Panda, who was shot for the Times by Jeff Riedel. Check out the story; there are also guide ducks, iguanas, parrots, pigs and goats.
Riedel is a favorite of mine. He shoots for the Times often, and I believe still uses a fair amount of 4×5. APE’s Rob Haggart has a great account of shooting with him with last year on location. Take a look.
While perusing Jeff’s site, I also found this work, about displaced boys from Sudan who are now making North Dakota their home. This story ran in the Times in 2001, and I remembered the images well. I think they’re haunting.
These images segue well (and tragically) into the other piece that struck me this week– Christoph Bangert’s images out of Chad that ran in The New Yorker alongside an article about Sudanese refugee camps.
Bangert’s skill at storytelling has always astounded me, and it was lovely to see his work shown in the magazine. See the images that ran online, here.
And here are some additional images:
See more of Christoph’s work from Chad, and also from Iraq, Lebanon and Pakistan.
And finally, the New Yorker also has a compelling slide show with commentary and images from Martin Schoeller and Steve Pyke. Take a gander.
Have a great weekend.
i’m glad someone posted christoph bangert’s images from chad that ran in the new yorker, because i’ve had some questions about them.
i’m often a fan of vignetting in photos and in the case of some of christoph’s images above, the vignetting really pulls the eye in to the main subject.
i don’t really have any camera/lens combination that produces vignetting in my images, so for personal/artistic use i add it in photoshop in a way that i think makes the image better. especially wide angle shots. but i understand that adding vignette in processing is not acceptable for editorial use.
which leads me to the images above – and wondering where the vignetting comes from. are these shot on film? is he using a non-professional wide angle lens that causes vignetting? is he adding it in post?
i’m curious if there are any opinions out there.
-phil
I love Schoeller’s portraits, but that image of Christine Roth is…just creepy.
Rachel, hold me. I’m scared.
Great Pics. Schoeller and Steve Pyke is amazing.
“Take a gander” should be “Take a Gender”.
My first impression was the same as Phil’s: gorgeous shots but the vignetting and sky tones made me think Photoshop.
@Phil
Here is a link about vignetting. http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-Lens-Vignetting.aspx
Most commonly vignetting happened in old large format cameras because the lenses could not provide enough equal light to the complete frame. As you can read in the article it often happens with very wide angle lenses shot wide open. It was cut back a lot on images when the leica came into play and with advances in optics. There are definitely lenses still out there that cause in camera vignetting. It can be a great effect and its too bad the digital age has ruined it to a certain extent by making it seem like a forced after effect.
Sorry i couldn’t find a more old school tutorial on vignetting, this link doesn’t give it the old timer ‘cool’ factor it deserves.
@ Rachel
Great selection of images! Riedel and Schoeller are two of my fav’s. I was in Schoeller’s studio a few months ago when he had all of the body builder’s prints on the wall right before they were sent to the press for publication. It was pretty amazing. I have his ‘Close Up’ book too, but I’d have to say these images work better as large prints than in book form. Don’t know when he’ll have a show of them, but I can bet you they’ll be large and they’ll be impressive.
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JD
http://www.jdittmarphoto.com
That second shot is awesome! I stared for a good minute before being floored by the rest.
Are these photos in Africa?
Great Shots. Very bold shots – GREAT photography.
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