Comments on: [Video + Pics] Mary Ellen Mark Shoots Prom Photos

By: writersbloc

writersbloc — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Great vid. I like the photos but find the floor/background/set extremely distracting.

By: Jessie Ramsey

Jessie Ramsey — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:39:00 +0000

I cannot begin to describe the emotional impact the closing comment of the young man featured at 1:41 had on me. I hope his mother received and was able to take some joy in the products of this project.

By: Segiphotography Ltd

Segiphotography Ltd — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:31:00 +0000

I like the emotion these images give me, the color tone enhanced it mood.
People have the right to their opinion regardless if you think its good or not but it does get you to feel some emotion, it which I think the photographer was trying to do.

By: Jorge Gera

Jorge Gera — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:18:00 +0000

People love to bash and negatively critique other photographer’s work, seems that those who do so are better critics than photographers…

By: leethecam

leethecam — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:46:00 +0000

What these images show, and what so many portraits hide so well – is the true character of the people in them.

Sure they could have been far better posed – but I like the way some of them stand awkwardly, or think they are posing well.

The rough background actually serves to enhance that honesty. The images are not pretending to be anything more than real people placed for us to see for what they are or are hoping to be at that moment. The photographer plays no part in their image – only to record what they are.

Refreshing at times, even though love beautiful images too…

A favourite portrait that I’ve taken, is a shot of a man sitting with no particular pose. Just him on his couch and looking at the lens. Its a very honest shot of his character, and although I feel I’ve executed it well, its the simplicity of the image that makes it my favourite. That’s why I like some of these shots.

Each to his own – I guess that is the art in in all.

By: Enrique Romero

Enrique Romero — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:02:00 +0000

They would not stand out at all nor would we be commenting on them had they´d been shot differently…

By: josephp

josephp — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Poorly executed is in the mind of the beholder. They are someone’s vision, which you certainly don’t have to agree with. I have seen Ansel Adams photographs that I hated or didn’t agree with and I still think that whoever gave Billie Holliday a recording contract was drunk. I guess the response would be “Who am I?” I don’t know, Alessandro…but I would ask you the same question. I wasn’t all impressed with it at first but I found myself smiling as I scrolled through them and then watched the video. Made me happy. So from my point of view, which is in the realm of possibility, they don’t suck. They’re charming.

By: Mark Kauzlarich

Mark Kauzlarich — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:58:00 +0000

I just didn’t like them. Also, talking about context, you completely strip the context out by not putting the capitons for the photos up. Its kind of like destroying the work in part. But as for the images themselves, as a photojournalist I often look for something that stands out to catch people’s attention, but it just felt a bit… mean-spirited to pick certain couples because they were obviously… non-normative (in a mean sense). Kind of like a side-show-esque way of looking at the project.

By: Louis Rafael Rosenthal

Louis Rafael Rosenthal — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:19:00 +0000

i wouldn’t say poorly executed by any means, i actually really like the shots – very much reminds me of “Worlds in a Small Room” by Irving Penn….. To each his own though.

By: BrianCarlson

BrianCarlson — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:22:00 +0000

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