Comments on: [BTS Video] Time Magazine’s “Person Of The Year” Shoot

By: Ron Sanchez

Ron Sanchez — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:53:00 +0000

i really liked the dog.

By: Anthony Kurtz

Anthony Kurtz — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:41:00 +0000

I’m sorry but I don’t understand how “making images more violent” has anything to do with creating portraits of real protesters, fresh off the street. I’m no big fan of white backgrounds but it makes us look at these individuals in their purest form. Some people will just look like your nice neighbour from down the street and I think that’s the point here. To show that we are just a mix of average heroes fighting for the same thing.

By: Anthony Kurtz

Anthony Kurtz — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:41:00 +0000

I’m sorry but I don’t understand how “making images more
violent” has anything to do with creating portraits of real protesters,
fresh off the street. I’m no big fan of white backgrounds but it makes
us look at these individuals in their purest form. Some people will just
look like your nice neighbour from down the street and I think that’s
the point here. To show that we are just a mix of average heroes
fighting for the same thing.

By: Stuart Holden Imagery

Stuart Holden Imagery — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:30:00 +0000

shooting protesters as they come in from a protest just seems very contrived to me … I dunno jury is still out for me over this – great images but its almost as bad as the media photoshopping riot images to make them more violent.

By: Bram Berkien

Bram Berkien — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:13:00 +0000

I get your point, but don’t agree with you. What makes these pictures interesting is that the people are taken out of context and placed in front of a generic white background. This way, the viewer can focus much more of the person instead of his environment, and you start to see the differences and also similarities between all the protestors. Think about what this series would’ve been like if he’d photographed each person on the street with no additional backgrounds or strobes. I think that would’ve been less interesting.

By: Nyaj Timautes Yaaj

Nyaj Timautes Yaaj — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:39:00 +0000

I envy him. What more can you ask for from a job like Peter’s?!

By: James

James — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:55:00 +0000

There is something profoundly wrong about shooting
protesters in a studio ….

By: Bram Berkien

Bram Berkien — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:10:00 +0000

Amazing video.
With regard to the dog: there’s a lot of street dogs in Athens, so the dog probably belonged to no one. These dogs are attracted by whatever is happening on the streets. I was on a bike trip through the city and these dogs kept following us, they were just interested.
The protest dog probably just thinks the riot police are there to play with him :) Either that, or he’s fighting corruption.

By: Albert Manduca

Albert Manduca — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:13:00 +0000

Most definitely. I must have seen 100 pictures of that dog during the protests from so many different journalists. Immortalized forever.

By: Lee Morris

Lee Morris — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:13:00 +0000

That dog story is amazing