[pure-silver] Re: portraits for a book

  • From: shannon stoney <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:56:36 -0500

>I think I will be using mainly my 4x5 camera, and the subjects will
>be mostly men, older men actually.
>
>--shannon
>
>     Have a look at the work of Karsh, the famous Canadian portrait 
>photographer. There are several things to be learned from his work. 
>First, he studied classical painting. I believe this influenced his 
>posing and lighting to a very great degree. This is especially 
>notable in his color work.


It's funny  you should mention Karsh.  I had never heard of him, but 
the person I am working with on the book told me about him, and in 
fact said that Karsh had photographed one our subjects when he was 
much younger!  I will look.

--shannon

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