Hi Mike, Thanks for the data. With style I referred to his way to photograph people posing smiley and happy to do so, looking friendly and proud of their existences. I like this kind of portraits, no matter if they are more or less documentary than no posed ones. Regards
Albano --- "mike.wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Abano wrote: > > I din't knew him. Gorgeous work, I like the style. > It > > reminds me a bit to Doisneau. > > He's not at all famous and probably never will be. > But what he's done, > for me, eclipses the works of "greater" > photographers. He lived in the > community, the community funded his photography by > buying his pictures > and he has documented in great detail a tiny part of > British culture > that has now disappeared. > > I suspect that there are many others who have done > this but only a few, > like Frank Sutcliffe as well as Doisneau, gain any > recognition and that > is often by accident. Much of the work done by > these people ends up > lost, destroyed or dispersed. I also suspect that > applying the word > "style" to his work would amuse him. He was never > anything but > extremely poor (during his active photographic life) > and his work looks > the way it does due to his use of whatever was > available at the time. > Paradoxically, he is probably now (still alive, last > I heard) richer > than he has ever been, although I think he has had > to give up working > due to failing eyesight. > > mike > ===== Albano Garcia "El Pibe Asahi" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
