east timor (1 Viewer)

[La La]

Re: picture a week (idea)

hi guys. you should all take a moment if you can to check out my colleague's latest portfolio. he just returned from east timor and some of his snaps are here.
for a young guy - 23/24 i think - he's got some extraordinary talent. i think these are a hybrid of exceptional beauty and tragedy.
anyway, enjoy.

http://www.eddieadamsworkshop.com/usr/usr-show?U_ID=U0000DD2.pFldeEc

 

[La La]

this was originally just a post in picture a week.........who made it into a thread?

nice one anyway

 

[Jerry Twig]

My connection is far too slow, but I'll definitely have a look later on a better connection.

 

[Space]

They're really good photos.

 

[La La]

hi guys.
dominic is now in Gaza and just msn'd me the link to his photos from there and they're rather amazing.
http://www.dominicnahr.com/gaza01.html

 

[Space]

This ones proper amazing:

 

[La La]

absolutely.

the one of the guy with whip scars on his back:

"...Inshalla, Welcome to Gaza. says: (12:57:39 AM)
yeah...he is oen that got kidnapped...
La La says: (12:57:58 AM)
by who?
...Inshalla, Welcome to Gaza. says: (12:58:34 AM)
by fatah. he was just driving in his car and he had something from hamas in his car. he is just a normal guy not a fighter but they didnt care"

 

[Space]

Fucked up, sounds very similar to Ra shit.

For those who don't follow the link:

 

[La La]

dom says since he's arrived he has had to hide his camera and grow a beard. and that noone wants the pictures because its not an israel vs palestine thing

 

[Gambra]

That ones absolutely amazing. I keep being dran to his face in the rear view mirror and directly to the right to the rifle. Brilliant. He still there?

 

[La La]

yup, still there. i dont even think hes stringing for AFP - he just went out there as a freelancer.
i really love his photography - he has a way of capturing incredibly personal and intimate moments without you feeling like he was there.

 

[Goff]

Pretty amazing stuff.

 

[La La]

dominic has updated some of his gallery

http://www.dominicnahr.com/gallery/gaza/

 

[tripoli]

dominic has updated some of his gallery

http://www.dominicnahr.com/gallery/gaza/

incredible photography

 

[Space]

So it seems this guy won best international picture story in the college photographer of the year awards for the pictures from gaza.

http://www.cpoy.org/index.php?s=WinningImages&yr=62&c=43

The main page with some amazing pictures:

http://www.cpoy.org/index.php?s=WinningImages&yr=62

This probably deserves its own thread.

Edit: Actually it seems he came runner up in other categories. Fair play to him.

 

[La La]

yeah got an email about this. so proud of him, he fully deserves it.

 

[La La]

for anyone who cares, he is now in the congo for the agency to which he was signed a few months ago.

his work in the region to date is here: http://www.oeilpublic.com/diaporama.php?r=578&p=13

and well worth a look. more as and when.

 

[hugh]

Great stuff ....

 

[maims bond]

i concur with all the gushing praise on this site. would like to know some of the process behind the pictures though. I think the use of darkness in his images is incredible and would like to know (technically) how it was done. Is it just that he has a really good camera with loads of photoshop tricks? Does he use filters/polarizers? Or is he just at one with the camera?

I went to the wildlife photographer of the year exhibit in London at the weekend and each photo was accompanied by the specs of the shot i.e. what camera/lens/aperture/flash etc. I found it very informative, and some amazing shots as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/..._wildlife_photographer_of_the_year/html/3.stm

 

[sarah]

Ditto to the above, would love to know more details on the shots whether loads of photoshop was involved or just clever flash use.

Those nature shots are amazing too.