Sunday 23 May 2010

The reality of close-ups



In this photograph is Angelina Jolie in 2004, photographed by german photographer Martin Schoeller.
This image reveal the originality of Martin's work, the style that clearly illustrate a photographer's vision and intentions.
Martin photographed many different celebrities as well as ordinary people. Each of his photographs is taken close up, with a strong and uniform light, which gives a particular brilliance to the eyes but does nothing to hide any imperfections in the skin.
The frame barely contains the face with its gaze, making it appear powerful and mysterious.
The mothod Martin uses while photographing is that he just waits. He gives no instructions to the subject, other than simply to be in front of the lens, and he then waits for the moemnt when the mask falls and the true personality is revealed.
As noticable in this image, the result have a strong visual impact.
his method is ruthless: nothing is concealed, not a line, not a fold of skin.
Each face is stripped bare: reality is exposed.

http://www.mediastorm.org/0002.htm

http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?StoryId=4931

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