Thanks again Graham
As I wrote the last email, I wondered if I had already asked you the
question and lo! I had. It was well worth repeating though, and I
enjoyed the portraits of Cyppo – a generous and warm-hearted soul from
the way you have portrayed him.
Cheers
Chris
On 24 Feb 2005, at 09:14, GeeBee wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Wide angles from the waist are shoot and hope. I don't normally ask. I
> did
> take on a project designed to overcome my unease at photographing
> strangers.
> Although I am still uncomfortable I wouldn't hesitate to ask for a
> 'special'
> photo opportunity whereas before I would let a good shot go rather
> than ask.
>
> Here is the introduction to the project '36 Total Strangers and the
> results:
>
> "Very few of my shots have people in them and this point was noted by
> Kyle
> Cassidy. I waffled some excuse about British reserve and Kyle's
> solution was
> to set me a project where I had to get 36 shots (1 roll of film -
> remember
> film?) of total strangers. The theory being that it would cure me once
> and
> for all of my personal discomfort at the prospect of sticking a camera
> in a
> strangers face. He laid down some rules on equipment (no telephoto
> lenses)
> and location (no parades) and with these in mind I loaded a roll of
> film and
> set out on the project. One roll of film proved to be a little over
> optimistic and it took me eighteen months to get all thirty six :-)"
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/Strangers/index.html
>
> One of them was a successful artist. Scroll down the link page for a
> running
> commentary on the thought processes of a panic stricken photographer
> :-)
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/cyppo.html
>
> --Graham
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