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: Photo Essay - My neighbour Reg - Man of the Dales
: Wensleydale Blue November 20, 2011, 01:08:24 PM
Here's a sequence that I did a few years ago for a course in photography that I was studying.  The idea behind the assignment was to try and shoot in the style of a photographer you liked.  These were my attempt at shooting a la Bill Brandt.  Reg was a sweet and kind man who passed away last year and I now have a large print of him on my study wall as a tribute to him.

G
: Re: Photo Essay - My neighbour Reg - Man of the Dales
: Mike (happyforest) November 20, 2011, 02:16:53 PM
Nice Series of images.

Not really familiar with Bill Brandt work so no idea whether you succeeded in emulating his style.


Mike
: Re: Photo Essay - My neighbour Reg - Man of the Dales
: charles binns November 20, 2011, 06:21:14 PM
Nice series  -  the first pic is a lovely portrait
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: f6point3 November 21, 2011, 05:37:00 PM
Nice work!  Very good contrasty pics.  The 2nd one is a little strange, in that the sheep is in a position that reminds me of a Terry Gilliam animation from Monty Python.  :)  Plus, he (the sheep), looking directly at the camera, appears to want to comment on his odd plight.  This is my favorite of the three, naturally.
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: Soap November 22, 2011, 09:56:12 PM
The first one is ASTONISHING. I figured people stopped making real life portraits and do croppy 80mm headshots now. I absolutely salute you for capturing that beautiful essence of a man who had a time and place now immortalized as a piece of art that holds real emotions! Bravissimo!  :o
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: gregor April 20, 2012, 08:50:31 PM
These remind me - in a very good way - of the work of humanitarian photographer, Jean Mohr. Very nice...
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: Late Developer April 26, 2012, 01:47:31 PM
Lovely shots, Graham. Difficult to pick out a favourite from three such seriously good photos. The first name that sprang to mind when I saw them was James Ravilious but I can see a Bill Brandt-esque style there, too.