Comments on: The Surreal Conceptual Photography Of 19 Year Old Taylor Marie McCormick

By: Andrea Silver

Andrea Silver — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:35:00 +0000

Mermaid tail stock… I hate to admit that you’ve boggled my mind on this there is absolutely nothing clever that can be said about this that doesn’t equivocate. So you do that with words and photos, I’m impressed.

By: Stanojev

Stanojev — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:40:00 +0000

Ok, I’m not going to “bash” you or your work, but I just looked at your stuff and I can say that for me personally, none of it made me want to pick up my camera and go out and take photos or go and create something myself after seeing it. Nothing made me go “I wonder how he did that?”. Nothing grabbed or moved me and made me go back and look at it again. In other words, it was uninspiring for me. As if I found an iPhone dropped on a sidewalk and went through the photos and then walked away feeling like I shouldn’t have done that. Or to use your analogy, it “tasted like a gum” that someone else had already chewed.
Seriously dude, putting down a 19 year old girl to make yourself feel better about your own “work” or your own opinion of what you like isn’t cool.

By: Tim Gallo

Tim Gallo — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:27:00 +0000

at last, someone with ability to take their mind from “genitalia” in conversation :) thanks.

i think you are absolutely right. though i was never angry or had any hard feelings towards artist, i was angry at the site maybe… i already regret it after all the answers i got.
than again as i wrote before, art is a conversation, it is not always positive. in most of the time art and artist get better for the first time when they got negative critique, not positive. if we talking about “fun” and “vision” – than maybe, i think, it is a little bit early to call it “surreal” “conceptual” photography?

and its not about age. stop saying that her age matters, there are photographers who are doing jobs for vogue at 19.y.o. so what? do you know how a portfolio review goes in vogue for 19.y.o. or 40 y.o. photographer? absolutely the same (well, at least in japanese branch it is so, i know, i`ve been there many times). bad is bad, good is good. nobody cares about your age.
we either build our conversation on someone`s age, or we build it on artists work (we can do the same if her work had to do something with her identity and roots, but its not)… i don`t care if she is producing her work while standing on her hands.

By: Sander Schat

Sander Schat — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:50:00 +0000

my guess is that you are more like the ‘slowly builds it voice’ yourself,
and that every other artist that is not like that,
needs some negative critics from you to set them straight.

Even a teenager who is just having fun,
should be receiving negative comments,
cause fun and play is not allowed in your ‘vision’.

A very tough ‘master’ you are.
Only… you are not her master.
You might be your own master, sure.
But let others pick their own masters.

By: Tim Gallo

Tim Gallo — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:16:00 +0000

well, indian one is a a test shoot for a make-up artist, and one is for a t-shirt catalogue. non commercial work is here:

http://www.asianphotoarts.com/blog/category/tim-gallo/
i don`t consider myself very good photographer, but does it means i can`t critique other peoples work? though i agree, we should follow the standards we preach. but it is not always true, because usually in photo-art industry the value of the work decided by those who never created anything. and i don`t think age is of a matter here. 19 y.o. or not.

By: Martin Ghecea

Martin Ghecea — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:05:00 +0000

I can see your point Tim.

By: Fleafly

Fleafly — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:33:00 +0000

I can absolutely understand a critique…I have a hard time defining your response as one though. Yes, I said “shit” and “ass”, could I have chosen other words, sure. I used those though because that is what I thought of your response to a 19 year old girl who is trying and had something good happen to her with her work featured here. I had a glimpse at some of your work on your FB site, it’s good (i really think that), however following your standards of being “original” and able to distinguish it from other’s work is another story. I had a hard time telling the difference between yours and others:

yours
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=491187560906897&set=a.462427663782887.121773.100000469737078&type=3&theater

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=535651083127211&set=pb.100000469737078.-2207520000.1359425476&type=1&theater

others
http://neilhr.deviantart.com/art/face-paint-60413582

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aUnZMHnlK6A/TjmDn4yPEFI/AAAAAAAADUI/y-GGY_Cxl9k/s1600/283288_260853617273921_137522999606984_1103229_3185894_n.jpg

Keep up the good work! But the next time you try and call someone else out, look at yourself first.

By: Tim Gallo

Tim Gallo — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:58:00 +0000

http://www.asianphotoarts.com/blog/category/tim-gallo/
here is some of my private work. you can bash it as much as you want :)

By: Tim Gallo

Tim Gallo — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:57:00 +0000

hi, Taylor. I hope you are not offended by my comment and are smart enough to accept negative critique. it was just my sincere opinion.
i think there are two types of photography, once that wows and fades… and once that is slowly builds it voice and stays. i think conceptual should go further than jus “cool idea”. that why i said it taste like a gum… you cant chew it for long, it is too sweet (meaning too much photoshop). but you can do better than that… did you check out the Shiga Lieko`s work?

“I like over-saturation, fantasy scenes, and I’m still a teenager. ”
if you`r conscious about it you can do better than that :) otherwise you will be just like one of those guys i gave a link in upper comment.

By: Tim Gallo

Tim Gallo — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:50:00 +0000

btw, can you tell me difference between this guys:
http://fstoppers.com/surreal-conceptual-photography-david-talley
http://fstoppers.com/surreal-and-conseptual-self-portraits-by-ingrid-endel
http://fstoppers.com/conceptual-portrait-photography-mariesol-fumy

they just look the same.