Images from Africa
January 1, 2007 7:33 PM Subscribe
Africa? But there's water, and flowers. Geographical ... stereotypes ... wavering ...
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 7:58 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 7:58 PM on January 1, 2007
Very nice. Bookmarked.
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:06 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by Devils Rancher at 8:06 PM on January 1, 2007
I like this one a lot. (But I'm a sucker for a flock of bats flying high above a steep, craggy cliff.)
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:19 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:19 PM on January 1, 2007
Thanks for posting. Photography is something that I'm either hot or cold about. This heated me right up! (Must go for another peek!)
posted by snsranch at 8:20 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by snsranch at 8:20 PM on January 1, 2007
Eh, the excessive photoshoping is annoying
Africa? But there's water, and flowers. Geographical ... stereotypes ... wavering ...
I am honestly amazed at the lack of, I guess education, that that comment illustrates.
posted by delmoi at 8:23 PM on January 1, 2007
Africa? But there's water, and flowers. Geographical ... stereotypes ... wavering ...
I am honestly amazed at the lack of, I guess education, that that comment illustrates.
posted by delmoi at 8:23 PM on January 1, 2007
Very cool.
posted by eyeballkid at 8:39 PM on January 1, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by eyeballkid at 8:39 PM on January 1, 2007 [1 favorite]
Delmoi, did you venture past the overly photoshopped ones? There are some real keepers in here, so I'd recommend not giving up on it too early.
I like this one a lot. This portrait is great as well, as is this wonderful aerial shot.
And I'm with Terminal Verbosity on this one. I've not seen very much of this side of Africa before. I think he was just being honest. Africa is often portrayed as hot savannah or desert or what have you. It's nice to see something other than the "geographical stereotype."
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:56 PM on January 1, 2007
I like this one a lot. This portrait is great as well, as is this wonderful aerial shot.
And I'm with Terminal Verbosity on this one. I've not seen very much of this side of Africa before. I think he was just being honest. Africa is often portrayed as hot savannah or desert or what have you. It's nice to see something other than the "geographical stereotype."
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:56 PM on January 1, 2007
And major bonus points for them all being released under Creative Commons!
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:57 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:57 PM on January 1, 2007
Maybe I was spoiled by reading national geographic as a kid.
posted by delmoi at 9:14 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by delmoi at 9:14 PM on January 1, 2007
I've had this photoblog bookmarked for almost a year. The guy has a great eye, so it's a shame that he hasn't posted for a few months.
posted by diddlegnome at 9:38 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by diddlegnome at 9:38 PM on January 1, 2007
Is this the guy that made Apple's desktop wallpaper photos? Or did he just borrow their proces?
posted by StrangerInAStrainedLand at 10:47 PM on January 1, 2007
posted by StrangerInAStrainedLand at 10:47 PM on January 1, 2007
Maybe I was spoiled by reading national geographic as a kid.
We simple folk just flipped through the pictures in the dentist waiting room. I remember having a somewhat serious relationship with Miss Tutsi of 1965.
posted by hal9k at 10:54 PM on January 1, 2007
We simple folk just flipped through the pictures in the dentist waiting room. I remember having a somewhat serious relationship with Miss Tutsi of 1965.
posted by hal9k at 10:54 PM on January 1, 2007
Gotta say, I'm with delmoi on the photoshopping angle. Seems there's just a little to much of this going on with photos on the web: these guys don't know when to stop. If you're cool, you'll just do a little brightening here, a little contrast there. Heck, even erasing that stray lightpost that's ruining your composition, but when it gets so obvious, well, it's not exactly photography anymore, is it? There should be a new term for some of the more, um, enthusiastically photoshopped pictures. Shopography, maybe.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:53 AM on January 2, 2007
posted by flapjax at midnite at 1:53 AM on January 2, 2007
Maybe I was spoiled by reading national geographic as a kid.
Didn't seem to help much in distinguishing Zimbabwe from Zambia.
posted by Wolof at 3:08 AM on January 2, 2007
Didn't seem to help much in distinguishing Zimbabwe from Zambia.
posted by Wolof at 3:08 AM on January 2, 2007
Flapjax, I may seem a tad defensive because I feed myself largely through Photoshoppery, but We could debate endlessly the qualities of skill involved in creating a piece of art. I see an artist with a vision who uses a camera and a computer as his (her?) medium, and that's okay with me, because the vision is very, very good in this case. We will never know if Man Ray would have used Photoshop or not, but Photography has never been purely about capturing reality, although there are practitioners who espouse that.
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:18 AM on January 2, 2007
posted by Devils Rancher at 7:18 AM on January 2, 2007
What Devils Rancher said.
The thing about photography is that you can use it in different ways. Many people, like myself and Delmoi, grew up reading National Geographic (still my all time favorite magazine) and therefore are used to shots that are well composed but not really manipulated and refect a certain amount of "reality" in them.
As an amateur photographer, I try I use photoshop to fix what my camera messed up or what my camera couldn't capture. Basically, I try and get the photo to reflect the way I saw the scene.
Then there are people who use photos like any other medium and manipulate them to express their own vision like a painter would with a canvas. I consider those people to be more "artsy," and thats cool, its just not my thing. But this guy has some great photos for both crowds.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 11:55 AM on January 2, 2007
The thing about photography is that you can use it in different ways. Many people, like myself and Delmoi, grew up reading National Geographic (still my all time favorite magazine) and therefore are used to shots that are well composed but not really manipulated and refect a certain amount of "reality" in them.
As an amateur photographer, I try I use photoshop to fix what my camera messed up or what my camera couldn't capture. Basically, I try and get the photo to reflect the way I saw the scene.
Then there are people who use photos like any other medium and manipulate them to express their own vision like a painter would with a canvas. I consider those people to be more "artsy," and thats cool, its just not my thing. But this guy has some great photos for both crowds.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 11:55 AM on January 2, 2007
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