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06/11/2005 08:31:15 AM · #1 |
I shot this today outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Photography Museum.
The reason I went there was to see an exhibition of the work of Yukio Tabuchi, a naturalist and photographer in the mold of Ansel Adams. He took lots of black and white photos in the Japan Alps. Superb butterfly photos (and drawings he did) as well.
While in Tokyo, I also went to the Fuji Photo Salon, which had incredible bird photos.
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06/11/2005 08:33:56 AM · #2 |
| It's very very good. I like it a lot. |
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06/11/2005 08:50:41 AM · #3 |
What makes that kiss photo famous? I have never seen it before.
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06/11/2005 09:17:41 AM · #4 |
| Well, as far as I know probably the most famous photo of all time. It was said that the photo was the best candid photo ever taken, but I think eventually the photographer admitted that it was a staged shot and not a candid at all. Someone else may be able to verify whether this was the case. |
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06/11/2005 09:26:22 AM · #5 |
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06/11/2005 09:26:58 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by pgatt:
Well, as far as I know probably the most famous photo of all time. It was said that the photo was the best candid photo ever taken, but I think eventually the photographer admitted that it was a staged shot and not a candid at all. Someone else may be able to verify whether this was the case. |
From about.com on Robert Doisneau...the photographer:
"A 'Life' assignment in 1950 on 'young love in Paris' led Doisneau to set up a number of scenes of young acting students kissing in various locations around Paris. 'Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville' (Kiss at the Town Hall) can be seen on walls and in poster shops around the world. It is a far more successful picture than the others in this series, more authentic and immediate. By working from behind a cafe table and including passers by on the pavement and traffic behind we get the impression of a moment snatched (like perhaps the kiss), while the other shots seem more contrived and set up. The models too are acting more naturally, with an air of abandon missing elsewhere - perhaps because it is more public than the other scenes he tried. The reactions of the passers by - a man avoiding the pair, looking steadfastly forward, while a woman's eyes are swivelled round to watch the couple, also reinforce the feeling of spontaneity. Importantly it also makes deliberate use of a slight technical imperfection to suggest a candid shot, with shallow depth of field and a slow shutter speed that gives some blurring, particularly of some of the pedestrians. Overall it is a fine mixture of carefully planned spontaneity and a little luck helping the prepared photographer." |
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06/11/2005 10:03:49 AM · #7 |
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06/11/2005 10:32:41 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by pgatt:
Well, as far as I know probably the most famous photo of all time. It was said that the photo was the best candid photo ever taken, but I think eventually the photographer admitted that it was a staged shot and not a candid at all. Someone else may be able to verify whether this was the case. |
Actually, that picture is far less famous than the WWII "Kiss" photo taken on V-J Day - Aug 15, 1945 - at Times Square in New York City and that one IS a candid. It captured the national feeling of that day like no other picture.
I think that Robert Doisneau's picture was at least subconciously inspired by the Times Square image since it was taken only about 5 years later.
Famous WWII Kiss Photograph
50 years later the couple was finally identified as Edith Shain and Carl Muscarello.
Message edited by author 2005-06-11 10:39:22.
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06/11/2005 10:44:35 AM · #9 |
And here I thought some of the most famous photos were the one of Ali hoovering over Frazier and the one of the Afghani girl by Steve McCurry in NG...jeez.
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06/11/2005 11:22:41 AM · #10 |
Pug-H, that's a great photo...nice work!
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06/11/2005 12:19:36 PM · #11 |
Great shot, David!
The model in the image sold her copy of the original print given to her by Doisneau in April, 2005 for 155,000 Euros. The model, Francoise Bornet (in the image with her then boyfriend, Jacques Carteaud) was sent her copy by Doisneau a few days after taking the picture as an assignment for Life Magazine. Ms. Bornet stated "I know think of it as a picture that should never really have existed. That's why I'm getting rid of it. The photo was posed. But the kiss was real." From Art Daily
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06/11/2005 12:24:35 PM · #12 |
| I love the "Kiss" photo..I mean really love it. And personally, I still feel a staged shot can be candid..if you have something in mind that they're not doing - then get them to do it. The fact that it was staged and looks so spontaneous and natural is a testament to those involved. |
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06/11/2005 01:55:23 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Actually, that picture is far less famous than the WWII "Kiss" photo taken on V-J Day - Aug 15, 1945 - at Times Square in New York City and that one IS a candid. It captured the national feeling of that day like no other picture. |
When the title said famous "Kiss" photo, this is the one I thought they meant, I had never seen the Paris one before. Its a nice image though.
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06/11/2005 03:00:54 PM · #14 |
David, that's a superb photo. And amusing too, in light of the controversy over the original's "candidness". At least yours is clearly a candid!
The only critisism I have is the skewed perspective, which also causes that distracting sliver of wall on the far right. So I tried a quick fix in photoshop:
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06/11/2005 08:14:51 PM · #15 |
Thanks for all the comments, and views - it's now my second most viewed non-challenge photo, all within 12 or so hours, plus 5 favourites. Thanks Magnus - I was aware of the skewing but haven't done that sort of editing on it yet; I just cropped it a bit.
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06/11/2005 08:31:24 PM · #16 |
I like the skewed version more that the edit bcos the space feels bigger...
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06/17/2005 08:45:51 AM · #17 |
Because someone requested it, I've made a print available of this photo at DPCPrints. Just letting you all know. ;-)
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06/17/2005 09:20:06 AM · #18 |
This shot is fantastic; this shows that you have an eye for people interacting with objects, an indispensible quality for adveertising.
There is an overall voyueristic feeling here, perhaps based upon the collective japanese/tokyo city persona or "zeitgeist"
fantastic shot- resstores my faith in Pentax. |
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