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Melissa Herrin

9 Years Ago

I Just Thought I Would Share His Genius

http://www.beforethey.com/

I came across this today and this photog does zero post processing on his photographs and what he captures is beautiful and amazing. He sits and waits for days for the proper lighting to make his shot.

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John Wills

9 Years Ago

great, very colorful people in New Guinea...

 

David Bridburg

9 Years Ago

Melissa,

It is a great theme and brilliant shots.

Dave

 

Evie Carrier

9 Years Ago

Amazing...thanks for sharing!

 

Jim Hughes

9 Years Ago

I've only looked at a few but they're great. They don't have that jazzed-up, impossibly maxed-out quality that wins all the prizes today and screams "hours in Photoshop". Instead they look like photographs taken under real conditions in real light by a guy with patience and compositional sense. They could even be film - I don't know, haven't read anything about this person yet.

Update: yes, they're large format film. They have that look, which no digital processing seems to really duplicate.

 

Melissa Herrin

9 Years Ago

I was blown away at them. They just looked "different" in a good way but I couldnt put my finger on it.

 

Jim Hughes

9 Years Ago

Many of them have that marvelously 'off' white balance (slightly blue-green and desaturated) that we associate with classic film photography. They'd probably be rejected by the clueless geeks running today's microstock agencies.

This is the furthest thing from anything I can do, and I'm awed by it. You can't learn how to do this from books or web sites - you have to BE that sort of person. He's not just jetting around the world looking for wrinkled old women in colorful peasant dresses, or malnourished kids with big round eyes. He's putting people in their real, historical and geographical context, documenting the human past before it's completely erased, and doing a magnificent job of it.

 

Edward Fielding

9 Years Ago

Waiting for the right light instead of heading off for dinner certainly has it virtues. You can see from a few of them from the clouds overhead that he takes advantage of nature's giant softbox.

 

Patricia Strand

9 Years Ago

As a fan of Edward Sheriff Curtis, who documented our Native Americans, I am loving this! Thanks for posting!

 

Fraida Gutovich

9 Years Ago

Absolutely visually stunning work......so glad you shared!

 

Melissa Bittinger

9 Years Ago

Wow, it is like we have two different worlds inhabiting our planet.

 

Kunal Mehra

9 Years Ago

Thanks for sharing...this is beautiful work!

 

Edward Fielding

9 Years Ago

Forget post processing - image the amount of pre-planning required for a shoot like this. Those people aren't walking around in full regalia waiting for a photographer to happen by and snap their picture.

 

Jim Hughes

9 Years Ago

Planning, and the ability to connect with people that come from a very different background. Maybe he paid some of these people for their time and preparation, that's fine. Maybe he tapped into their feelings of pride and family history. No doubt he has a lot of stories and a great PowerPoint presentation.

I suppose he's already a bit name, with gallery shows, TED talks, coffee table books, whatever. Doesn't matter, my hat's off to him.

 

Roy Erickson

9 Years Ago

I looked at them all - thank you - Aren't "WE" a strange group of humans - not them - it's us. I'm NOT moving to Siberia.

 

Mary Bedy

9 Years Ago

Beautiful images!

What, Roy, you don't like the cold?

Thanks for sharing.

 

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