Saturday, July 12, 2008

The Decline of Fashion Photography: An Argument in Pictures

From Slate online awhile back.

"Great fashion photography—like great art in general—doesn’t just 'tell about today'; it speaks truths about yesterday and tomorrow. As Nick Knight puts it, 'If you want reality, why don’t you look out of the window?'”

Also... " … many fashion photographers today aren’t even photographers first. Immediately prior to achieving his status of celebrity photographer, Mario Testino was a waiter."

http://slate.msn.com/features/010510_fashion-slide-show/01.htm

TG is in agreement.

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