The Amazingly Talented 19 Year Old Nirrimi

The Amazingly Talented 19 Year Old Nirrimi

A few nights ago I was introduced to the work of Nirrimi. After reading her bio, I was floored to discover this photographer hasn’t even lived two decades yet and has already shot major campaigns for companies like Diesel and Billabong. Her story is very inspirational, and makes me think that maybe I have been playing things too safe with my own career, maybe I should take some chances. If we fall on our face, we can always pick ourselves back up.

At the age of 16 she ran away from home to pursue a love interest, not only with a boy, but with photography. They traveled all over, as she won awards for her photography, and became the youngest agency represented fashion photographer yet. Soon she shot the fall/winter 2010 Diesel Jeans campaign and the next year she shot a campaign for Billabong. She has been published in Vogue Italia, Australian Vogue, Elle, and Nylon just to name a few. All of this and more from someone just shy of 20 years of age. I found her story to be truly inspiring, and her photos are gorgeous.

Check out her portfolio here, or follow her blog here.

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http://www.facebook.com/cwarkocki Chris Warkocki
Wait you’re successful with those over photoshopped poorly lit photos on your facebook? Geez, I guess you’re right that no one has an eye for art anymore. Thanks for the playing the game though.
I’m going to take a cue from your work and over use the vignette tool and ruin some skin tones! Can’t wait to increase my business using your techniques.
http://www.facebook.com/cwarkocki Chris Warkocki
The tone of his comments stems from the lack of talent and his horrible vignette problems… http://www.glennmarshphotography.com/html/?html=1&p=17
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000013742481 Glenn Marsh
Thank you for taking the time to review some of my work. Did I go through a vignette phase was it over used maybe and sometimes yes. I too looked at you work on your facebook page and I will refrain from making any negative comments. There is nothing more that I can say except tthat you should try to be less angry and spiteful about things that are not so important.
http://www.facebook.com/steno12 Stefano Druetta
i love the way you’re all trying hard on destroying Glenn Marsh’s work :D but seriously Glenn, can you really make a living out of those pictures? tell us the truth :D ahahah!!
kidding.
that’s the first business rule: some guys are good at taking pictures, some guys rock at selling themselves. maybe Glenn belongs to the second group. thumbs up!
abut Nirrimi’s work:
i actually like most of what i’ve seen so far. i mean, i love those look and tones, even if I feel like it’s a bit overdone..
BUT
what’s the main point of her work? what do i see? what can i feel?
i actually don’t know.
i mean, as a teenager, you still don’t know who you are, and that’s reflected in what you do. even if this girl looks like she knows MUCH more than her peers.. so does her photography, right? there’s a hint of “gipsyness”, a slight sense of sexual tenderness, a bit of shyness, and loneliness… you can’t see STRONG feelings, everything looks dimmed, wich is nice by the way.. she looks like she has learnt much more from life itself than from the masters, and books and shitty tutorial online..
i wish i’ll see what she will create when she’s 30!
http://www.facebook.com/steno12 Stefano Druetta
yup, the real interetsting new exciting thing about this girl’s pictures is SPONTANEITY. that’s something that’s catching my eye, even if here themes are few and repeated. this pictures are spontaneous even if staged. that’s what should catch your eye.. ; )
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000013742481 Glenn Marsh
The pictures that are on facebook are personal pictures taken by me for fun. I am a real estate photographer by trade and because of the volume of business that I have I am only available to do side projects for fun on the weekends. I have a separate page for my paying clients and my business. Would love to see your work give us all a thrill and post us a link to your site.
http://www.facebook.com/steno12 Stefano Druetta
man, i was just kidding, i’ve seen your website and i’ve seen the “real estate” gallery, I thought you were more into that business than the commercial-lifestyle-portraiture.
and i pretty much agreed with what you said in your post about how the industry is changing and stuff. your assumptions are legit, a bit superficial thou, but legit.
wanna see my sh*t? ;) deal! https://www.wuala.com/strefanodruetta/anteprime/StefanoDruetta%20Portfolio%202012.pdf/?key=kOh7Pt35oQqN
[i'm sorry you have to downlad this pdf, my website is actually being redesigned..]
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000013742481 Glenn Marsh
Hey Stefano, you have a a very strong port and your portraiture gallery is very good. Thanks for posting your link. I enjoyed looking at your work. Cheers.
http://www.facebook.com/steno12 Stefano Druetta
thanks man!
if you really like portraiture, keep pushing, learn, try, fail, invest in culture and human relationship, that’s the first goal..
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=748308861 Casey Colomb
Haters gonna ????
http://www.facebook.com/cwarkocki Chris Warkocki
I am a fan of this! I would love to pour my heart out without tact and honor just as Glenn has been doing. Is it ok if I add misconceptions, heavily opinionated nonsense and some big words?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000013742481 Glenn Marsh
Chris, my original response to you was removed so I am re-posting this. I do not claim to be an artist or have the time to be one. I have been a full time photographer for about 7 years and my business involves real estate photography The work that you have seen on my site are little personal projects that I did for fun. I keep my business site separate however there is one real estate example on my site. IF hating my work has made you feel a little better about yourself, then good for you.
http://twitter.com/SandyPhimester Sandy Phimester
Not to say anything bad or specific about this particular photographer or the particular photos here, this exact style is very popular right now. The only problem (generally speaking) is that a big majority of it is TOO similar, the types of shots, the moods and the use of the quirky props and the editing style is extremely similar. Look at a large selection of photographers who do this style, and you’ll see that it’s not just sorta the same, it’s extremely the same. And again, I’m not here to really criticize the specific photographer here, or her story or her work ethic, of course not. But I’d like to think that what truly stands the test of time when we talk about photos, especially portraits, is not the editing or the fads, it’s the content.
Most of us, myself included, are indeed guilty of going a little heavy handed.
I spend quite a bit of time, when not taking photos or hanging out – just looking at mostly 80s and 90s fashion photography and mulling over certain aspects of what connects strong/timeless photographs between generations.
Sadly (or not so sadly?) a lot of work that is more represented by it’s editing, will not stand the test of time 10, 20 or 30 years from now. Simply because some things don’t look real anymore, or do not represent the actual content of the image in a realistic way.
Anyways, I think another thing that bothers me about some of the comments is about being saying how this is a “film” look, nothing about 90% of these images has anything remotely close to a film sort of look. Real film is usually far more subtle than this. Take that as good or bad, but this is heavy handed stuff compared to film.
Lastly, it’s hard to write all of this and not come off sounding like an asshole, because it’s not meant to be as such. I think the last year I’ve spent more time trying to find that connection to reality, even when it’s about taking photos of things that don’t occur often in reality. If that makes sense.
http://twitter.com/georgesocka George Socka
plumbers do accounting now? who knew
http://twitter.com/georgesocka George Socka
Professionalism is when somebody pays you. Seems someone is paying her, so she gets intio the club as far as I am concerned.
http://profile.yahoo.com/6VEA6HACWXRIGO2NVBGWXVLB6M harry
No, that would be ‘Profession’.
http://profile.yahoo.com/6VEA6HACWXRIGO2NVBGWXVLB6M harry
There are plenty of people here in Oklahoma that shoot stuff like this and process the same. While I like the images they don’t stand out on their own and nor do they separate her work from others in any way. Congrats to her but eh…i want to see some mind blowing shit! F-Stoppers is becoming a defunct site no more awesome vids or real BTS stuff. More like indirect promoting of certain sites/blogs…guess that’s what happens when you get ‘big’ and have all these sponsors.
http://www.facebook.com/cwarkocki Chris Warkocki
Awwww poor Glenn. Feeling all the heat from arm chair?
So I’m guessing all those years of real-estate photography must make you knowledgable about the “industry” you speak of. I’m so glad you made some sense from all that. I figured the horrid examples of model/fashion work you were doing gave you some sense of what is actually happening in fashion/advertisement photography.
I don’t hate your work. I in fact don’t hate much at all. I do make exceptions to bigots, which you are not, so there is no hatred from my end.
You’ve been made an example of because you’re much better off staying quiet than trying to make yourself feel better here in the common space. You lack tact and respect.
On my side of the world I have been published multiple times in actual magazines you could have purchased and have work side by side with extremely talented and well respected photographers who are actually part of the “industry”. I know it hurts but walking around like some knowledgable person and hating on someones work who didn’t ask for your critique is careless and uncalled for. This was a post about someones work, they didn’t offer it up for opinion. If you had horrible things to say then post it on your personal Facebook and let your posse feel better about themselves.
It’s sad that when I look back and another person posted how the negativity in the posts have been an issue you agreed with that person. This time you walk in with the negativity and instead of sticking with what you’ve already said you decided to go ahead and try to bring this person down who didn’t ask for it.
When we do the same here you get all defensive??? Just as she never asked for your critique and knowledge of the industry you never asked for others to put your work through the grinder.
I’m just glad I can walk with my head up high knowing I can rock with my camera and not have to ridicule people to make myself look “cool”.
http://www.thrashonistas.com/ Anthony Ryan Tripoli
No sponsor forced me to post this, and we post a lot of BTS videos still, but truth be told more often than not, finding quality BTS videos is hard. There are some people who steadily produce them, but not often enough to keep a steady stream of BTS video content flowing. We here at Fstoppers all have different tastes in photography, and it often shows with subject matter we choose to post. I like to think that Fstoppers is a pretty all inclusive place though, and we try to stay well rounded with everything we post. I agree that this type of photo processing is very popular right now, and it is a style that appeals to me (hence why I posted it), but I also find appeal in other styles of photography too, and I try to keep my posts well rounded. I’ll stay on the lookout for some “mind blowing shit” but to me, this was damn good stuff, which was why I chose to share it.
douglassonders
YOU GO MIKE NELSON
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000013742481 Glenn Marsh
Chris, just to be clear I am not feeling any heat. I have nothing to hide and I stand by every comment I
have made. Here is the brief summary, you are welcome to fact check it.
1. I complemented the girl,I did not attack her. (the very first
sentence in my 1st post )
2. I made a joke about the industry and the current love affair of this trendy photo style that is everywhere. (nothing negative towards the photographer just an observable fact).
3. If someone made a statement that was a misrepresentation of what I originally said ,I responded to clarify what I stated.
4. I never attacked anyone here nor did I say anything derogatory or disrespectful to anyone.
On the other hand you made it your mission to come after me, I admire that you were so industrious that you took the time to look up my website and posted it on this forum. When all you had to do was click on my name and it would have taken you right to my FB
page.
With regard to my summary of the fashion industry;
One does not have to be directly involved in the fashion genre of photography to have an interest in learning, reading or attend seminars to listen to experts in the industry discuss how the
industry is evolving. This is where I obtained the information so, are the experts of industry wrong or are you?
The work of mine that you have reviewed is 2 years old. I have not had the time to update my site nor do I need to. I think that some of it is good and some of it isn’t. I really don’t care. I don’t use it for business.
I don’t want to embarrass you but you really should get a dictionary and look up the word hypocrite and then reread your essay.
And finally you shouldn’t let someone’s opinion that maybe different from yours rattle your cage.
Now go out into the field and backlight your subject, open up your fstop, position your reflector and point that lens into the sun and fire away.
http://www.dannyst.com/ Danny Santos
I agree. If you’re going to go on hating other people’s work, make sure you can back it up with your own work. Otherwise, you’re just asking for it.
http://wemetlastnight.tumblr.com/ Albi Kl
It may be of interest to note that altering the colour of a motion picture or still image (colour grading) is not new and has been in use within the creative industry since before myself and perhaps many others here were born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_grading
While Nirrimi’s style of grading may not be to everyone’s taste, it is not the only way to grade an image. Vimeo’s colour grading group provides countless examples of the different ways an image may be altered:
https://vimeo.com/groups/colorgrading
http://www.facebook.com/jesi.langdale.5 Jesi Langdale
I find Nirrimi’s work to be very wonderful and quite talented. For all of the people hating on the colour effects, she is working for the industry, a lot of what she does is guided by those people who hired her. More of her personal photography (which is still quite stunning) seems to use less of this look. Also, the Diesel campaign was in 2010, so her photography has matured quite a bit. We all have our styles and quirks, which is what makes us different. I will agree that the colours and ideas behind the photography do seem to be emulated quite a bit, but that is what societies do, and then there is another ‘new’ thing that comes along, ad infinitum. Fashion photography is money, and even Nirrimi seems to point this out in her bios, that she does this for money, and has separate photography that is her love. As a young photographer myself and a mother I think this girl is amazing just for what she has accomplished, not to mention her obvious skills.
http://www.facebook.com/jesi.langdale.5 Jesi Langdale
I find Nirrimi’s work to be very wonderful and quite talented. For all of the people hating on the colour effects, she is working for the industry, a lot of what she does is guided by those people who hired her. More of her personal photography (which is still quite stunning) seems to use less of this look. Also, the Diesel campaign was in 2010, so her photography has matured quite a bit. We all have our styles and quirks, which is what makes us different. I will agree that the colours and ideas behind the photography do seem to be emulated quite a bit, but that is what societies do, and then there is another ‘new’ thing that comes along, ad infinitum. Fashion photography is money, and even Nirrimi seems to point this out in her bios, that she does this for money, and has separate photography that is her love. As a young photographer myself and a mother I think this girl is amazing just for what she has accomplished, not to mention her obvious skills.
(Edit: For some strange reason it posted twice.)
http://pireze.org/ icie
I’ve been following Nirrimi’s work for years now, and her processing style pre-dates the rise of Instagram. Say what you like about the colours; you can even say she has the epitome of a hipster lifestyle (if you follow her blog), but here’s the thing: I’d have been impressed with her work even if she were a 40 year old man.
F-stoppers has posted a selection of her photos, mostly her professional work. But it’s her personal stuff that really gets to me: they possess a certain darkness or pathos, and dare I say it, honesty, that reverberates with me. Her processing is a facilitator of this: no more, no less.It’s a pity that the discussion around her work has been hijacked by the reaction against the current trends in colour processing. I suppose that is one of the limitations of the technically minded forum that is a photography site.
http://www.facebook.com/tguillaro Tony Guillaro
I agree, Congrats on what she was able to accomplish, But most of her work is just snap shots..I dont get it??? Should I just start taking snap shot an I can fulfill my dream of becoming a fashion Photographer
Muriu Kinuthia
Glenn Marsh, dude, gotta learn when to quit. Seriously. I like the pictures myself. Lovely work!
destiny Lane
Okay, just for the record… Nirrimi has been doing this long before Intagram came around. Besides, her story is actually far different than what’s explained here. I’ve followed her for many years, at first for her writing and a few photos here and there. Nirrimi isn’t the only one doing photography in this style, but she was certainly one of the first photographers loved for doing so, so many years ago.

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