Comments on: Peopled Landscapes http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Michael David Murphy http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-20044 Michael David Murphy Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:31:39 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-20044 Nils, it's a poster of the space shuttle. Trust me! ;) Chuck, that blobby confidence required layers work in Pshop. No stone unturned! To your question, I don't think these necessitate large cameras, though the extra detail doesn't hurt. Andrew Long's placed a bunch of Robert Frank nodes on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whileseated/474743472/" rel="nofollow">the map on flickr</a>, for what it's worth. Didn't Timothy O'Sullivan put people in the photos for scale? My thought was that these could be more than a placing, for scale, that the human subject was as important as the landscape and both would combine to create something new. http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/cwp/4a40000/4a40800/4a40875r.jpg Nils, it’s a poster of the space shuttle. Trust me! ;)

Chuck, that blobby confidence required layers work in Pshop. No stone unturned!

To your question, I don’t think these necessitate large cameras, though the extra detail doesn’t hurt. Andrew Long’s placed a bunch of Robert Frank nodes on the map on flickr, for what it’s worth.

Didn’t Timothy O’Sullivan put people in the photos for scale? My thought was that these could be more than a placing, for scale, that the human subject was as important as the landscape and both would combine to create something new.

http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/cwp/4a40000/4a40800/4a40875r.jpg

]]> By: chuck http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19922 chuck Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:26:53 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19922 I especially like the blobby yellow confidence interval on the graph. So a question: does this automatically mean that peopled landscapes involve a level of detail requiring larg(er) formats than plain old digital or 35mm film? Because all of the examples cited seem to be view camera guys. It seems to me that many of Robert Franks images from way back in the 50's played with this concept of the people in landscape in a very grainy, low-res kind of way. Remember the miners leaning against a wall in some Welsh town? Sorry not to have a real cite. But clearly the idea has been around for a long time, if not explicitly discussed. Now that I think about it, some of my favorite William Henry Jackson images put somebody into the landscape, if only to give it scale, although he clearly understood that the visual potential went beyond that. I especially like the blobby yellow confidence interval on the graph. So a question: does this automatically mean that peopled landscapes involve a level of detail requiring larg(er) formats than plain old digital or 35mm film? Because all of the examples cited seem to be view camera guys. It seems to me that many of Robert Franks images from way back in the 50’s played with this concept of the people in landscape in a very grainy, low-res kind of way. Remember the miners leaning against a wall in some Welsh town? Sorry not to have a real cite. But clearly the idea has been around for a long time, if not explicitly discussed. Now that I think about it, some of my favorite William Henry Jackson images put somebody into the landscape, if only to give it scale, although he clearly understood that the visual potential went beyond that.

]]> By: Hugo Drax http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19626 Hugo Drax Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:59:03 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19626 Whats so great about Xaviers work? I did see some unfortunate wasted opportunities for interesting photographs though on some of the frames, rest are desolate snapshots no story nothing that grabs at me. Whats so great about Xaviers work? I did see some unfortunate wasted opportunities for interesting photographs though on some of the frames, rest are desolate snapshots no story nothing that grabs at me.

]]> By: James Archer » Blog Archive » Michael David Murphy on “Peopled Landscapes” http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19581 James Archer » Blog Archive » Michael David Murphy on “Peopled Landscapes” Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:25:27 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19581 [...] David Murphy of 2point8 recently posted a great piece about an interesting spin on street photography: instead of allowing either the individual or the [...] [...] David Murphy of 2point8 recently posted a great piece about an interesting spin on street photography: instead of allowing either the individual or the [...]

]]> By: Geoff http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19368 Geoff Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:58:22 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19368 Dude, you'll probably find Andrew Moore's work in general quite suitable for this theme. http://www.andrewlmoore.com/view_project.php Dude, you’ll probably find Andrew Moore’s work in general quite suitable for this theme.

http://www.andrewlmoore.com/view_project.php

]]> By: Nils Jorgensen http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19259 Nils Jorgensen Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:38:38 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19259 By the way, I have always loved that Sternfeld image. Is it just me, or have you noticed how it can sometimes look like the man is looking at a giant poster on a wall? In fact there's nothing there to say he isn't. Which would arguably put the photo into a different category on your graph ;-) By the way, I have always loved that Sternfeld image. Is it just me, or have you noticed how it can sometimes look like the man is looking at a giant poster on a wall? In fact there’s nothing there to say he isn’t. Which would arguably put the photo into a different category on your graph ;-)

]]> By: Nils Jorgensen http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19255 Nils Jorgensen Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:30:35 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19255 Enjoyed this. Great selection of photographs too. And no workshop on street photography will now be complete without your little graph being included in the talk. Enjoyed this. Great selection of photographs too. And no workshop on street photography will now be complete without your little graph being included in the talk.

]]> By: andrew http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19191 andrew Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:30:03 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19191 another Note for the Flickr version of the graph: http://www.jankesnergallery.com/jkgartists/artistspreviews/zoom/Minick_ScarfWoman.jpg another Note for the Flickr version of the graph:
http://www.jankesnergallery.com/jkgartists/artistspreviews/zoom/Minick_ScarfWoman.jpg

]]> By: Michael David Murphy http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19025 Michael David Murphy Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:08:31 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19025 Bingo! Thanks, Stephen. Those are new to me. Bingo! Thanks, Stephen. Those are new to me.

]]> By: stephen http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/04/27/peopled-landscapes/comment-page-1/#comment-19019 stephen Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:56:49 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=185#comment-19019 Check out Xavier Ribas' Barcelona pictures: http://www.xavierribas.com/Barcelona/index.html Check out Xavier Ribas’ Barcelona pictures:

http://www.xavierribas.com/Barcelona/index.html

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