Comments on: The Photography Of Cole Rise

By: Anto de Chav

Anto de Chav — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Great work Mike… I love it..

By: Dringus

Dringus — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:53:00 +0000

What bugs me about it is that, this isn’t supposed to be a series of photos that have a unifying concept or theme, its purely just a random collection of coles work, most from at least from 5 years ago, which at the time, this kind of processing and surrealistic style was very original.

By: Reed Mangino

Reed Mangino — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:07:00 +0000

Awesome stuff Mike and “To be honest, the more I see it, the less original it seems, and I’ve seen it a lot lately.” :)

I do a different type of thing (http://reedmangino.com – not a pro – retired ex-Apple software engineer) but I try to be very sensitive to other people’s work. Artists go through phases and may put time into understanding a contemporary technique – I see nothing wrong with that. If Chris hadn’t seen *something* interesting in Cole’s work I assume he wouldn’t have posted it.

Cheers

By: c cc

c cc — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:23:00 +0000

I wonder what lens did he use for the 1st and the 3rd picture. Pretty shallow DOF there…

By: c cc

c cc — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:14:00 +0000

Oh thank God, I am not alone. I ve always felt the same way and thought that something is wrong with me :D
(I am not too fond of emo self portraits either… )
sry.

By: Mike_Kelley

Mike_Kelley — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:42:00 +0000

It’s not that it’s BAD work. What bugs me about it is that it’s a series of cool photos that have no unifying concept or theme. What is he trying to communicate? What is the end goal? That is a question I always want to ask when I see a series of photographs. If there was a theme that resonated with me and they were all shot in this style, I’d probably a dig it a ton. That’s my big gripe with photos like this. They’re awesome, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think that they are awesome enough to stand on their own, without a series to back them up.

By: Mike_Kelley

Mike_Kelley — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:40:00 +0000

http://www.mpkelley.com
http://www.strobist.com

feel free. my work has been on here plenty :)

By: Casey Colomb

Casey Colomb — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:26:00 +0000

These pictures are great, are you guys kidding me? The work is
interesting no matter what way you look at it. True originality is so
rare, so rare you may have only seen it once so cut the “be original” BS!
It’s nerve racking to hear people complain about something done well
whether you’ve seen it before or not. Doesn’t stop you from listening to
the same ol crap on you iPod now does it.

By: PixiePaths

PixiePaths — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:25:00 +0000

Pretty incredible stuff. Inspiring.

By: Robert Simpson

Robert Simpson — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 03:49:00 +0000

I absolutely love the deserted shack – the mid-shot horizon (breaking those silly rules so many people allow themselves to be a slave to) is powerful, really drawing you in to the feeling to *being there*. Wonderful stuff!