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There was a photo guide photographer out at Caddo Lake the same morning I was there with a documentary photographer "DPH" accompanying. The DPH was in my frame with some great light, so I documented her. There was some pretty severe lens flare on this shot which was removed to the best of my capabilities. Caddo Lake, Texas, USA, October 2022
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The question stands; why would this picture be different from a Real Estate advertisement?
Both would show a structure in an uncritical manner. The difference being -- a Real estate 'document' photo has an intent of use while a 'documentary' style New Topographics photo is a useless image. This is not semantics, but a purpose of use by the photographer at the time of making the image.
reference; Szarkowski.
Plus, "In a NT picture one cannot understand the structure without understanding the landscape and conversely."
Addendum: it is difficult for me to comprehend and subsequently digest the idea of ‘useless’ pictures being worthy of inclusion into the New Topographics genre. But I acquiesce to photography historians who are well adept in this field.
Probably the best motorized way to quickly get around Paris. These are parked on the narrow cobbled street in Les Abbesses, Montmartre, Paris.
Who among us that shoot moody urban photos can resist a ghastly looking parking garage? They're so cinematic that hardly a film made in the city doesn't invariably end up with a dimly lit car park scene for a car chase or shoot-out, or both. Perhaps it's low-hanging fruit for filmmaker and photographer alike, but... As I said, how could I resist? Seen in the Docklands region of central Dublin.
I should have asked why he had the chicken, but I failed to do so. A candid shot seen at the horse fair in Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
Old guys rule. Seen at the Ballinasloe horse fair, Co. Galway, Ireland.
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A young man inspects the engine of a finely-restored MG from the late 1950s, lacking only the correct factory-style steering wheel to be perfect in my eyes! Seen in Galway Ireland at the annual classic car meet.
Fuji X-E4, Astia Simulation, XF-27/2.8 R WR, EI 160 ISO, 1/600s, f/8, Capture One Pro + Affinity Photo
The circus in in town, and the back of their ticket booth trailer is backed up against the Salthill, Galway, Ireland bottle bank. Struck me funny for some reason!
Birmingham past and present 1 of 2.
The Back To Backs, shops and terraced houses dating back to Victorian times. A few of these are preserved by the National Trust and are well worth visiting. It’s quite an eye opener to see how people lived in very cramped conditions, with working families sharing communal washrooms and courtyards. Tours can be booked with the National Trust, my U3A photography group did one a few years back and found it very interesting. Highly recommended.
Russians losing their war in Ukraine and losing badly. Nuclear terrorism did not work out for them at Chornobyl and they want to play the same game at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is much bigger than Chornobyl. It is so unfortunate that we have to share out the beautiful planet with such idiots...