A veces, mas veces de lo que parece, se encuentran cosas curiosas sobre fotografía y fotógrafos.
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pues bien esta página nos hace un relato sobre la biografía de este conocido fotógrafo americano.
Merece la pena detenerse, no por conocido deja de ser interesante, en el proceso de selección de la foto a publicar entre las varias fotos que un fotógrafo saca de un tema
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Characteristic of his working style, Evans took many photographs of his
selected subjects, approaching from different angles or using different
cameras. Evans’ exacting eye worked tirelessly to capture the image in
the moment, rather than in the darkroom after the fact. In the course of
his experimentation, the variations between the shots can sometimes
appear subtle. Although we cannot reconstruct all of the complex
decisions made by Evans’, both artistic and technical, it is possible to
read the variant images in relation to one another, in an effort to see
what he saw
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In a final, and widely unknown, photographic campaign, Evans adopted
the Polaroid SX-70, a pocket-sized, mass-market camera that produced
instant, self-developing prints.
Comparison A
MODEL: In a series of photographs taken of Allie Mae
Burroughs, the camera, lens, film, and nearly everything but the model
are the same from image to image. The slight variations in Allie Mae’s
facial expressions differentiate the photos. In the first image, her
expression, while stoic, is somewhat gentle, compared to the second
where the tip of her head to one side and the furrow of her brow combine
to seem as if she is scrutinizing the viewer. The second image is the
one selected for the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
Comparison A
MODEL: In a series of photographs taken of Allie Mae
Burroughs, the camera, lens, film, and nearly everything but the model
are the same from image to image. The slight variations in Allie Mae’s
facial expressions differentiate the photos. In the first image, her
expression, while stoic, is somewhat gentle, compared to the second
where the tip of her head to one side and the furrow of her brow combine
to seem as if she is scrutinizing the viewer. The second image is the
one selected for the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
Comparison A
MODEL: In a series of photographs taken of Allie Mae
Burroughs, the camera, lens, film, and nearly everything but the model
are the same from image to image. The slight variations in Allie Mae’s
facial expressions differentiate the photos. In the first image, her
expression, while stoic, is somewhat gentle, compared to the second
where the tip of her head to one side and the furrow of her brow combine
to seem as if she is scrutinizing the viewer. The second image is the
one selected for the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.
Comparison A
MODEL: In a series of photographs taken of Allie Mae
Burroughs, the camera, lens, film, and nearly everything but the model
are the same from image to image. The slight variations in Allie Mae’s
facial expressions differentiate the photos. In the first image, her
expression, while stoic, is somewhat gentle, compared to the second
where the tip of her head to one side and the furrow of her brow combine
to seem as if she is scrutinizing the viewer. The second image is the
one selected for the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men.