Restaging Iconic Photographs

RioRico · 09-26-2011, 11:19 PM

How to Revisit an Iconic Photograph - NYTimes.com

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SB: The issue of copying can be kind of touchy among photographers. Did you have any qualms about exploring these iconic images so directly?

AS: I really didn’t have any qualms about this. Photography is a language. And in order to speak the language, you need to learn about how other people use it. I know that there have been a number of controversies about photographers copying each other. But this was an educational experiment. And it was fruitful. As they say: Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

karma mechanic · 09-27-2011, 12:52 AM

Learning about how other photographers did what they did by trying to reproduce their images can be very educational indeed. In this case I hope that it has educated the photographer that his images have captured only a tiny bit of what makes the originals work. Not the essence, not the impact, not the feel. Just a bit of the layout.

09-26-2011, 11:19 PM	#1
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Restaging Iconic Photographs How to Revisit an Iconic Photograph - NYTimes.com Quote: SB: The issue of copying can be kind of touchy among photographers. Did you have any qualms about exploring these iconic images so directly? AS: I really didn’t have any qualms about this. Photography is a language. And in order to speak the language, you need to learn about how other people use it. I know that there have been a number of controversies about photographers copying each other. But this was an educational experiment. And it was fruitful. As they say: Good artists borrow, great artists steal.

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09-27-2011, 12:52 AM	#2
karma mechanic Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hampshire, England Posts: 192	Learning about how other photographers did what they did by trying to reproduce their images can be very educational indeed. In this case I hope that it has educated the photographer that his images have captured only a tiny bit of what makes the originals work. Not the essence, not the impact, not the feel. Just a bit of the layout.