BRuce - do read Bob W's comments on thsi thread... if you are replying
to me not having read all the other back and forths especially
It is a totally different thing take photos of anyone of any shape and
size when they know you are photographing them...
I imagine too that the woman on the left would not be pleased as she
looks rather unhappy... Whehter or not that particular young woman in
the center is comfrotable in hew own skin, she is in an awkward pose,
and she is eating , of all things, an apple... it's stuffed in her
mouth.. bring anything to mind?Someone of her dimensions wearing tights
is not the best fashion choice either..
I think with street photography it is better to keep more of a distance
from your subjects - rather than the in your face weegee approach... The
apparent
closeness of Marco to his subjects - that is, in distance, with the
woman with the apple in the center , there would really be no point to
taking the photo at all if you as the photographer had no opinion about
her. It is complicated, but the photo makes me cringe, and I can't shake
that.
I wrote a bit about some personal stuff to Marco off list that figures
into my gut reaction...
I'm not obese, and considering my age, I dont' think I look too awful,
but I would not want to see a photo of myself with food in my mouth, or
at a clumsy angle or if I were angry or sad... unless I was on stage,
of course!
can't help it, that's me
ann
On 11/29/2016 3:13 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Ann, from my experience taking photos of people, overweight folks are
happy to see photos of themselves. Many -- though not all -- heavy
people are completely accepting of their shape and like to see
themselves in pictures as much as anyone else does.
I don't see this photo as mean spirited at all. I just see a slice of
life as viewed in Marco's well honed and strongly defined style. I
don't even see any attempt to mock anyone in the image.
I will readily admit to a thin bias. I am uncomfortable taking photos
of overweight people because I like to flatter my subjects and by
assuming that they would rather look lighter I have a tendency to
attempt to thin-ize larger folks by cropping, half hiding them behind
thinner people, using shadows, posing them in profile, and all the
other portrait photographer's tricks. On the other hand there's the
desire to portray the truth in street photos, so I suffer an internal
conflict in those situations.
On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 3:01 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Yes - I doubt that sadly overweight young woman would enjoy seeing this..
I've taken this kind of shot in the past, I'll admit.. but now I find it
difficult to look at... rather like facebook shaming..
ann
On 11/27/2016 2:53 PM, Marco Alpert wrote:
Mean?
m
On Nov 26, 2016, at 5:03 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
Now that's just mean..
ann
On 11/26/2016 4:47 PM, Marco Alpert wrote:
http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo16/peso34.html
Comments, as always, welcomed.
-Marco
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