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- Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Alan
Panasonic Lumix TZ-110
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Documentary Urban Unquiet - Modern Dystopia
- Thread starter agentlossing
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Panasonic Lumix TZ-110
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- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
Very cool shot! And welcome! I think this site has some of the best layout of any photography site, much like Mu-43, and yes, its main strength is how diverse it can be without being segmented off like, say, DPReview forums are. If you want to post in depth M4/3 stuff, there's a forum for it; if you want to ramble about GAS-related things M4/3 or otherwise, those things have their place and don't have to be relegated to a single system forum (we have a "GAS" thread tag and everything!); if you're looking for places to post photos, all of the showcase threads are there but the thematic threads are even better.
- Name
- Miguel Tejada-Flores
Brilliant series of images and photographs, Andrew.
- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
Thanks Miguel, I appreciate those words a lot. I think it's a concept I want to work on for some time. My idea is to combine the documentary tradition of photographers like Walker Evans with something a little like Daido Moriyama and the grainy, gritty style of street photography emanating from Tokyo in the 60s. That has a bit of a William Gibson cyberpunk vibe that I think accurately reflects the "feel" of modern life. So I think it's a style that comes naturally because it doesn't feel artificial to me, but rather a direct, natural flow from the sensations of life to an aesthetic that works.
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- Location
- Bremen - Germany
- Name
- Rolf
So MoonMind suggested to me that one of my photos might be suited for this thread and, upon reading the description, I feel like I have quite a few photos that bring on feelings of existential unease. I wonder if that's one of the things that I'm sub-consciously looking for when I go on my photo walks? Anyways, here are 3 to start:
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ReneBee
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- Location
- Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
- Name
- René
These sure fit here, imho. Beautiful pics!
René.
René.
- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
Fantastic! Very fitting indeed.
- Location
- Switzerland
- Name
- Matt
Yet the advertisement on the wall behind the guy is essentially spot on - very well seen
M.
re-note
Hall of Famer
- Location
- Bremen - Germany
- Name
- Rolf
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Hall of Famer
- Location
- Bremen - Germany
- Name
- Rolf
- Location
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Name
- Alan
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Hall of Famer
- Location
- Bremen - Germany
- Name
- Rolf
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I was hesitant to post this but I think it suits the theme and, at least in my view, it's not a gratuitous bit of slum porn. In some parts of the city where I walk, there are huge numbers of un-housed people and drug addicts. My personal rule is to avoid photographing them unless their pose, interaction or expression is genuinely interesting; in other words, I apply the same criteria to the un-housed that I do to anyone else. But coming across this person openly shooting up on a busy sidewalk actually surprised me and raised the bar on the drug activity I've seen in this area and so I snapped this frame.
