Yes. I remember seeing it in NG when it was first published and being amazed by how good McCurry is. It’s become a cliche in itself now, as you can find all sorts of variants of it now as tourists clearly go to that spot to reproduce it.
Another way of treating the well-known subjects is to emulate the Japanese woodblock printers of the Ukiyo-e style, who published collections of different views of the same subject, such as Hokusai’s 37 Views of Mount Fuji. You can see examples online. I have a beautiful book first published in the early 20th century called Les Trente-Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel by Henri Rivière who produced a collection of lithographs in the manner of Japanese woodblock prints, but with a distinctly art nouveau style. You don’t have to go to Canada, Alaska or even Mars to do this sort of thing. You could do it in your home town - 12 Views of the local Taco Bell - or even at home - 36 views of my wife’s big toe. Or 10 Frames of Old Faithful. > On 20 Apr 2023, at 19:32, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That is an astonishing image. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > >> On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 2:11 PM Bob W PDML <pdm...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> >>> >>>> On 19 Apr 2023, at 18:56, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 19/04/2023 14:59 coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: >>>> In Sept we’re going to Yellowstone for 1 week followed by the Grand >> Canyon for another week. >>>> At least with digital I don’t have to worry about running out of film. >> (Just battery life.) Except for the 6x7. At 10 shots per roll one must be >> judicious. >>>> So the question is: What should I shoot? Not just the same things that >> a million other tourists have shot, that’s for certain. >>> >>> Nude selfies. >>> -- >> >> Oh dear, I hope it doesn’t come to that. >> >> I remember reading something about a million years ago by one of the >> Magnum or Nat Geo photographers who described what they did when they were >> photographing a place that’s been done to death already. He would buy a >> load of postcards which showed the classic views, and spend a day or two >> going to those places, photographing them, and getting them behind him, out >> of the way. Then he could start looking at what’s in between them, that the >> tourists etc don’t look at. >> >> You can also make an effort to look at the stale subjects with a different >> eye. My favourite example of this is a photo of the Taj Mahal by Steve >> McCurry, to which I provide a broken link in an attempt to stop the server >> from blocking this email: >> >> htt ps:// >> static.nationalgeographic.co.uk/files/styles/image_3200/public/21246.webp?w=430&h=323&q=100 >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
