"If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time."
- Robert Doisneau
"They're all the same, but each one is different
from every other one. You've got your bright
mornings and your dark mornings. You've got
your summer light and your autumn light. You've
got your weekdays and your weekends. You've
got your people in overcoats and galoshes,
and you've got your people in shorts and
T-shirts. Sometimes the same people,
sometimes different ones. And sometimes the
different ones become the same, and the same
ones disappear. The earth revolves around the
sun, and every day the light from the sun hits
the earth at a different angle."
Auggie (Harvey Keitel)
Smoke (1995)
My name is Phil Sharp, Flickr is my sketchbook
London, UK
Copyright © all images cannot be used without permission.
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- JoinedMarch 2005
- OccupationGeneral man-about-town / Gentleman Photographer
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Great work!!!! I love it
Yes, it is true. Here we are shown outstandingly impressive portraits. Thank you for participating in this pleasure and the opportunity to learn a lot.
When I think of portraits, I immediately think of your fantastic work, Phil!
you're one of the best portraitist on flickr !
What an exquisite gallery ! Great master of light and tones, it's inspiring and glorious !! Thank you so much for sharing your art. Colin
GRANDIOS! Extrem elementare, nüchterne Fotografie ... ein besonderer Moment der Entdeckung bei flickr. THX
Wow. What an inspiration.
Three words describe the man known as Phil Sharp. However, no one will tell me what they are.
Every once and a while, I come across a photographer on flickr whose dynamic stylistic approach to their art inspires and moves me - Phil is one of those people. His ability to create and capture cinematic moments bring out the delightful musical elements in his fashion/band photography, and intimate soulful presence … Read more
Every once and a while, I come across a photographer on flickr whose dynamic stylistic approach to their art inspires and moves me - Phil is one of those people. His ability to create and capture cinematic moments bring out the delightful musical elements in his fashion/band photography, and intimate soulful presence in each subject in his portraits. Watch out New York - as soon as this man finds his permanent place in the city, the art world will never be the same. And did I mention that he was real gentleman? ;-)
Read lessHis stream says it all - well, a good part of it I'm sure. The rest is probably much better. Superlative stuff.
Phil and I are such great pals that when we saw each other in the bagel shop, neither one of us said hello. Nice pictures, though. (But where are the dancing girls? You have dancing girls?)
My Hoggy Smoggy
Phil is a friend of a friend.
i've come to hate him because i can't be him. damn shame, tho, as he may be the world's greatest photographer.
basically, i adore his work so much that i want to fave every single photo. a true inspiration.
he's a swell photographer, but i wish he would stop calling me a slut.
Take my picture.
your marvelous photos make me want to smear butter all over my computer screen.
simply, a tour de force
".....further more, your face sickens me!!"
To change all the other serious and cliche comments below: Hog is a wonderful photographer with an acute sense of composition. He uses DoF in such beautiful ways that he is immediately recognizable among the flickr crowd. His subjects are always distinguished and his use of color is unique.
I was in the garden and I saw a little thing in the ground and I pulled it out and it was a little Hog and I fed it some cornbread and it burped and then I put a mojito in its little hand and it grew big and it giggled and then ran away over the fields completely naked with its bum showing and everything. That's how H… Read more
I was in the garden and I saw a little thing in the ground and I pulled it out and it was a little Hog and I fed it some cornbread and it burped and then I put a mojito in its little hand and it grew big and it giggled and then ran away over the fields completely naked with its bum showing and everything. That's how Hog happened. AND THAT'S A FACT
Read lessFew people know that Hog is composed entirely of ununtrium. He is presumably a solid at 298 K Colour and is probably metallic and silvery white or grey in appearance.
He seems very nice and tolerant of drunken ramblings. Which is something I always look for in friends.
What can I say about Hog? He really likes the word 'Verve'.
Hog adores my photography 8~P
Hog has been pressing my buttons for some time now. He seems to favour the one that makes me go "beep" and the one that makes a cuckoo come out of arse. He has excellent taste, as I'm sure you'll agree. Somewhat like a kumquat, dipped in fanny batter. Delicious.
If the Hog was reduced to a quadriplegic, I would carry him. He knows this.
He's exactly like Walkers crisps
I hope some day he loves me as much as I love him
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