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civilized ku # 14 ~ what would Henri Cartier-Bresson have done?
Friday, March 23, 2007 at 08:39AM 
Information • click to embiggenWould H.C.-B. have been content to sit and wait for the 'decisive moment'? Would he have taken lots of moments and then made the most decisive one?
I use to think that Photoshop hadn't changed things too much - it just put the traditional darkroom on steriods. Now, I'm beginning to think that' it has changed everything. To paraphrase the Tyrell Corporation motto - 'More Human Than Human - we can now make pictures that are 'More Real Than Real'.
The man behind the curtainn looms ever larger.
Reader Comments (3)
You know Mark, I'm just loving this. I always wondered, when you were in the thick of posting your "radical" images on NPN, what your photography would be like outside that nature realm. Of course I enjoy those immensely, but was always curious to see how your vision would translate beyond those parameters. I know you've been with camera in hand for a long time, but until this blog began, I didn't really have an idea how your square thinking and vision in general would come across outside of natural shots. I'm really enjoying it.
As for this image, it makes me pleasantly uncomfortable for some reason. I'm not sure if there is some heavy PS work going on here or not. If there is, it looks seamless to me. The way everything is so perfectly ordered on the shelves and the way that couple is leaning on it...feels like something has to give. I am a person who loves to sit and watch people move through space and place and a clean, well defined room like this is perfect for that. This is an intriguing photograph.
Would he have known if he had the decisive moment if he shot film? I know the answer if he shot digital.
...All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain...