nesrani Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 I've put a pdf of a selection of images from my Lansdowne Road project about Bombay street people at <p> <a href="http://www.robertappleby.com/personal/lansdowne road.pdf"> Lansdowne Road</a> <p> The download is 2Mb, so it's a bit long, but I hope you enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Nicely done. The photos are beautiful, and the presentation is great. How do you produce the pdf? Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackflesher Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Rob: <p> Awesome body of work! My compliments. Great scans and great color -- What film were you using? <p> BTW, I'm not sure what that monkey was doing, but he sure looked happy! (I'm still LMAO over that one!) <p> ;-), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 great work rob! some of your pictires remind me of Mary Ellen Mark work on prostitutes in Bombay. <p> I have a question, is there a reason why all your images are cropped in a similar way? is it because of scanner limitations, own liking or just to protect your work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye_cahn Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Enjoyed it very much, number 22 is my pick. Jeff you gotta get the full Acrobat 5.0 app to produce the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted January 31, 2002 Author Share Posted January 31, 2002 Jeff, I use Pagemaker 6.5 to make the pdf's. <p> Roberto, what do you mean by cropped? They are all full frame. They have to be very compressed - the next compression level gives me a 10Mb file - so they're not very smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_travis Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 BRAVO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preston_merchant Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Rob: <p> The photos are superb. Bombay has some of the meanest streets in the world, and the area around the Taj, as you well know, is so thick with beggars, pimps, and drug users that I�ve never been able to find its saving graces. Patience and a sensitive eye are your hallmarks! <p> My only, I hope helpful, bit of �criticism� is that I would like to have seen a few more establishing shots to complement the close-ups. When, as you say, an Indian village has been transplanted to the city streets, it would be good see things from a few steps back. I would like to see a little more of Lansdowne, of Bombay itself, to appreciate the milieu in which these people live. But that�s an editing issue. <p> Anyway, great stuff. I hope people appreciate how truly difficult it is to get shots like that in India and the sensitivity you have brought to the subject (I get too impatient with the saffron yarn on my wrist, the sugar nuggets, and the pleas to purchase �milk powder�!) <p> Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albert_smith Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Great work Rob! I'm getting to the point where I'm able to say, "That looks like an 'Appleby' photo."... before seeing the credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 I meant those don´t look 2x3, but it must be a matter of compresion, Rob; great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted January 31, 2002 Author Share Posted January 31, 2002 Roberto, I think that's a problem with the monitor; stuff always looks a bit stretched vertically because the pixels are not square. I believe there are some high end screens with square pixels. I've often considered resizing to compensate for this, but then I suspect different monitors have different pixel aspect ratios, so I've never bothered. <p> They are 2x3 by pixel count, however. <p> BTW - I think MEM's Falkland Road is her best work, and I called this Lansdowne Road as a homage to her. Pity she went over to the more sterile, clinical BW (IMO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schopke Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Rob, <p> Did you use a flash? Some of the images appear to have a highlighted effect, as if from flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_georg_wolf Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Hello Rob, <p> this is a very, very good series of photos! I erally enjoed going through them. Thank you for sharing your visions of India. <p> Best wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tse_sung_wu7 Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 I'm not able to download it. Is the URL indeed: <p> http://www.robertappleby.com/personal/lansdowne road.pdf <p> - with a space between "lansdowne" and "road.pdf"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted January 31, 2002 Author Share Posted January 31, 2002 KG - I'm glad you like them. But India is much much more than this, and even my view of India is much more. I'll be posting some more pdf's shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_kneen Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Love the portfolio Rob. <p> How did people respond to being photographed? I have done some work in Bolivia and the locals either love it or hate it,no middle ground and the ones who say yes charge you about us50 cents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcg Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Beautiful work, & I love the PDF format. Nicely nicely done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 I know what you mean rob, tell me, so I love freedom of sigth, it has keept me comfortably into amateur photography, to ignore what you see or force your eyes into something you don´t care, got to be bitter than a drop of sweat into your eyes; although I don´t consider that her best work. <p> but pixels got to be square some day, what the hell! <p> be proud of your work my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 by the way, I see at least one long lens shot, probably a 90, what is it?; <p> another one, once I read you use Abrahamson´s RW on all your bodies, how do you handle fast winding and same focus on secuence shots without taking your focusing finger off the tab?, well sorry for the "so specific question"? I just got mine and I´m figureing out how to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angus_ngtg Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Hello Rob, <p> Unfortunately I am unable to open the link. Any idea why? <p> Thanks,Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angus_ngtg Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Never mind all, I managed to get it open. Nice work Rob. Some of the pictures are outstanding. If you don't mind my saying, I think some of the photos are a bit repetitive. IMHO I would consider editing the group a bit tighter. How long were you able to work on the project? Are all the photos shot with Leica M. If so, do you have a lens preference? I'm wondering what you think of Steve McCurry's work. <p> Best Regards,Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msitaraman Posted January 31, 2002 Share Posted January 31, 2002 Fantastic work Rob! Bravo, Bravo!! <p> I like the cover shot, and especially the one of begging at the stop light, with the young baby reaching out from inside the car. A very fresh and nuanced take on something of a signature shot from Bombay. <p> And many thanks for the free treat :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph_barker Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 Excellent work, Rob. I enjoyed both the photography and thepresentation. Including the names of the people and your personalcomments added greatly to the cohesive presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_piper2 Posted February 1, 2002 Share Posted February 1, 2002 Rob: I still can't get the .pdf - I get "URL not found" clicking on your posted link, and trying to go through the main website I get messages that all the "india" galleries are "Off-line for the time being." <p> ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted February 1, 2002 Author Share Posted February 1, 2002 roberto, this was all done with the R6, 24 35 and 50, but there's only one 50 shot (the three boys headshot). After this I went over to the M because the R6's kept on breaking. As for the rapidwinder, you'll get used to it, as Frank Zappa used to say. <p> Tom, I shot something like 150 rolls of film for this project over about seven months, obviously not fulltime. As I said in the intro, it was a personal obsession. I guess I could edit it even tighter, but I'm fond of all these snaps (which I know isn't a good reason to publish them, of course!). <p> Mani, the shot of the boy begging at the stop lights is a funny one - I actually climbed onto the car to take the picture, and when the lights changed the family just waved at me and drove off. Only in India! <p> Thanks all for the reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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