Friday, October 23, 2009

Warren Thompson





In the last couple weeks I have changes my film photography project drastically. Warren Thompson is doing what I would like to take a shot at for the rest of the semester. He photographs people doing their job, walking around, talking to others, etc. Some of these images are more staged but others look at if they do not know that the photographer is there much less taking an image of them. Most of the time when someone sees a camera they smile and try to look nice. It has become a natural reaction to the camera. He catches unflattering images of people. I am interested in the expressions and actions that people do not want a camera to catch. When they are not expecting to have a picture made of them. I think he does a wonderful job of catching these actions.

3 comments:

  1. Similar to.... Robert Franks' s The Americans, you think?

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  2. I didn't even put those two together. It is similar to Robert Frank but more modern.

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  3. Your interest in both might be pointing to something in your own work worth expressing and exploring more...

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