andrew_lee2 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Best pix utilizing Gilden's technique not done by... Bruce Gilden: <p> <a href="http://www.visualdiaries.com/arcieriintro.html" >link</a> <p> Also pretty good (larger site from which the above came): <p> <a href="http://www.visualdiaries.com/pastessays.html" >link</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I don't really see the need for this photographer's referencing to Bruce Gilden... "Bruce Gilden says...." Lots of people have probably said the same thing. It's pretty common for photographers to travel just to take photographs, isn't it? I see as much of Robert Frank here and maybe some Danny Lyon, except for the flash stuff which has always annoyed me for some reason anyway. For the rest of it, nice old school black and white pics, some nice shots... a load of images, and the juxtapositions work fairly well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Sorry Andrew, can you tell I have issues with Bruce Gilden's work? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_crawford1 Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 I see Bruce Gilden on the street in NYC often He trolls the same stretch of 5th Av that I do sometimes, and I am amazed he never gets arrested for assult. Like his work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maria_s. Posted March 26, 2005 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Hugh, which stretch of 5th Avenue does he work on, if you don't mind sharing? and about what time of the day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_crawford1 Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 3 times I've seen him between 57th street and maybe 50th street on west side of fifth ave.. Always in the afternoon so that his side of the street is in shadow but the other {background) side is in light. Then he uses the flash to (more than) balance the foreground and background. Of course that tells as much about where I spend my time as anything else, and maybe if I were ever there in the morning he would be on the east side of the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_crawford1 Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Oh, and he seems to be taking a lot of photos of female Japanese tourists. He walks up from behind and jumps in front of them with his camera and flash in each hand about 2 or 3 feet in front of them. Of course he's pretty intimidating looking in full war photographer drag, photo vest, bucket hat, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmack Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Jerry is a terrific street photographer and some of these photos could be interchanged with Bruce's work . Flash sharpens street photos but using it is a powder keg and expensive leica equipment can be damaged at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmo Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 A little Leica and celebrity worship -eh? I would expect to see a thread like this in the Leica forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akochanowski Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Ed, time to do a little 'tude control? This is a very interesting thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maria_s. Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Hugh, thank you so much -- with some luck I might chance upon him working. Cool link, Drew -- thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmo Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Andy, some folks prefer white meat and some prefer red meat, those that don't eat the type we like to eat have "'tude"....got it. Note to self: In any open forum personal expression of opinion is frowned upon and only welcome when it agrees with the masses, otherwise keep your opinions to yourself. Anyway, many thanks for the advice...noted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akochanowski Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 no, Ed, personal ops are just fine, bring them on. I eat red meat and let the vegans wander around undernourished all around me with nary a glance. It's just that I don't want to see you take the Grant path and turn into a nasty, nattering ninny the moment a thread participant mentions the "L" word. Remember, "L' users are people too, bless 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmo Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 LOL (maniacally, spittin up food and coffee all over my desk)...you bastard comparing me with the likes of that leica toting, base plate sniffin' bastard... <p> Next thing you'll tell me is that DSLR users are people too. <p> Oh, when will the nonsense end, Christ when will it end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 The nattering nabobs of negativism will not nail no Edmo ... no way, no-how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Ed goes negative on us, Andy, we'll just have to put him a <a href=http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Be1e>heavily padded bag</a>, and let him rest there for awhile, till he collects himself, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmo Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 The way I see it both Dave and Peter raise interesting points. Gildens work is a schtick, a gimmick done in a rangefinder style. Similar to One of Christo's gates or a Jackson Pollock...if you have seen one you have seen 'em all. It'd be interesting to see how far he would have gotten had he been using an SLR intead. Well at least this threads back on topic.... ps: Michael, I'm still not sure about what your trying yo say....hope your not comparing me too that vulgasr bastard Grant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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