Regarding telling stories with photographic images, I've produced an "imagenovel" trilogy entitled Vittoria's Island. I thought I was the first to conceive of the genre, but I learned when I completed Book I that an American chap by the name of Wright Morris beat me to it in the 1940s. He called them "photo-texts," which were a combination of words and pictures in several unique works of fiction. In ?The Inhabitants? (1946), ?The Home Place? (1948), and ?God's Country and My People?, (1968) "picture and word cohabitate in a manner of mutual and complex exchange."
I learned of this from a photo historian right here on Photoforum!
J
Vittoria's Island, Book I http://www.palcewski.com/VI
Vittoria's Island, Book II http://www.palcewski.com/VII
Who Do You Think You Are? Photographically Illustrated Short Fiction http://www.palcewski.com/stories
Media Coverage of the Palcewski - Maria - Sophia Loren Connection http://www.palcewski.com/SL
More Media Coverage http://www.livejournal.com/users/forioscribe
About John Palcewski & Imagenovel Concept http://www.palcewski.com/JP
Photographs of Maria http://www.palcewski.com/M
In her authorized biography, Sophia acknowledges pregnancy during 1963 Filming of ?Ieri, oggi, e domani? http://www.palcewski.com/SLB
From: Les Baldwin <fotofx@ix.netcom.com>
Reply-To: photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu>
Subject: Re: do newpaper phojos carry lights
Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 03:50:14 -0700
Hi All,
I really think the type of publication and the subject matter dictate the gear as well as the photographers style.
Many photographers can mix both daylight/ambient light and flash and you will not be the wiser. Ususally you can tell, but it can be done. If your particular rag is B&W only with medium screen counts then you can get away with whatever as long as you come back w/ a good image.
However if you run color or even worse coated papers within the newspaper,
than skill with a wide variety of equipment including hot lights, strobes,
reflectors and diffusers is called for. Oddly enough many of my clients in
the last few years have asked for a more "journilistic" approach to image
creation. HUH? Then why did i buy all this %&&*$$$ gear? No matter what they
always want what they see somewhere else...
I use strobes alot outdoors, for fill. But I also use flags for negitive fill as well. Diffusers were all the rage sometime ago and now I see stuff that looks like it was shot w/ a P&S with shadows on the wall behind and everything!!
thanks I feel better now <vbg>
Les Baldwin
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