Author Topic: Chris Dorley-Brown  (Read 766 times)

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Chris Dorley-Brown
« on: May 24, 2018, 09:59:22 AM »
Does this offend anybody else. Tony Ray-Jones and Bill Jay are probably spinning in their graves. Is it the fact that he mentions HCB or regards them as documentary photographs. I can appreciate Jeff Wall and Greg Crewdson's work. Maybe I'm just getting old. :-(

https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/may/20/the-big-picture-chris-dorley-brown-street-corner?__twitter_impression=true

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Re: Chris Dorley-Brown
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2018, 10:23:34 AM »
Is it possible to say I like the results but dislike the method? Looks good, but it´s "fake".
On the other hans, it could be both interesting an humours, being a series of images portraying humans in relation to a given space!?
Like a playground with so many functions, trough out the day and year.
Prosopopoeia, with a camera

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Re: Chris Dorley-Brown
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2018, 01:24:04 PM »
Taking “spray and pray” to a new level.

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Re: Chris Dorley-Brown
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2018, 01:16:16 AM »
Well, the photographer in question has a very narrow view of omission and addition. He suggests he does neither, but indeed he does add something quite significant: time. And in doing so creates something that wasn't. All photography is deceptive, partial, and false in some way, but this is purposefully so. His "challenge" of HCB's decisive moment is a silly premise that photographic talent with Photoshop skills. It may be some sort of art, but it's hardly straight photography.
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