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ClaremontPhoto

12-31-2008, 23:58

Today's Slate Magnum (http://todayspictures.slate.com/20090101/) is especially good.

Photos of New Year by Magnum photographers; some older photos and some new.

I especially liked the Josef Koudelka and Chien-Chi Chang photos.

ClaremontPhoto

01-01-2009, 01:46

A bump, and and to ask if anybody has been over there to see the photos?

Monz

01-01-2009, 02:38

Just checked it out Jon. Some nice photos there. I especially like the Trent Parke photo as well those by Chang. Thanks for the link.
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Monz

Svitantti

01-01-2009, 02:43

Yep, quality stuff!

oftheherd

01-01-2009, 04:02

Interesting, but somehow, looking at a bunch of drunks getting drunk just doesn't intrigue me that much.

Thanks for the link nonetheless.

MickH

01-01-2009, 04:33

I like Mark Power's "WARSAW, Poland—Soldiers celebrate New Year’s Eve, 1989". A lovely w/a photograph.
Thanks for posting the link.

mwooten

01-01-2009, 04:42

Good morning, I really liked number 05 --the scene from Brazil. Looks like an epic.
Hope '09 is kind to all y'all.
Michael

ClaremontPhoto

01-01-2009, 05:46

That link was just to Slate Magnum for 1 January 2009.

The selection changes every day, and the generic link is Slate Magnum (http://todayspictures.slate.com) which will always show the current day.

There are usually about 20 themed photos by Magnum photographers every day.

KEH

01-01-2009, 05:55

Loved the Australia pic. Thanks for posting.

Kirk

Pherdinand

01-01-2009, 06:41

i took a look on them, there are some i liked thanks for the link!

I wonder do these photographers not celebrate at all with their friends or family, or they just happen to celebrate out on the street and have a camera in the meantime?

Todd.Hanz

01-01-2009, 06:42

Yep, some great shots, it makes me wonder though. Alot of those shots, well seen and executed, are very similar (in nature) too many shots I've seen taken by RFF members (dare I say some of my own ;) ). Sooooo, what makes a photographer come to be appreciated by the general public like these Slate guys. Is it their body of work?

BTW, I'm not comparing myself to Koudelka... for those that might call me a blasphemer ;)

Todd

ClaremontPhoto

01-01-2009, 06:49

what makes a photographer come to be appreciated by the general public like these Slate guys.

These are Magnum photographers.

peter_n

01-01-2009, 07:06

Liked Trent Parke, Josef Koudelka (1990). Thanks for the link & Happy New Year to all!

35mmdelux

01-01-2009, 07:44

great. thanks.

ClaremontPhoto

01-02-2009, 02:18

Todd.Hanz:

Try looking at Slate Magnum today (http://todayspictures.slate.com/20090102/) and tell me seriously that you see this sort of quality in the RFF Gallery.

J. Borger

01-02-2009, 02:28

Thanks for the link. I am a big fan of a lot of Magnum photographers for the constant high quality of work they produce.
But i think Todd made a valid point in this case.
With the exception of the Trent Park & Koudelka pictures ... there is not much in there that moves me and looks any better than the average snapshot .... Magnum or not ;)
These guys at Magnum are very good at editing and putting photos in a series. All these series look great as a whole because they make for a story....... but a lot of the individual photos making up the series would stay unnoticed in a lot of galleries/forums.
This is no criticism ... just my 2 cents to feed an interesting discussion.

peter_n

01-02-2009, 04:58

I agree with the above post. You can count on the fingers of one hand the strong stand-alone images. But all of the photographers represented have produced very strong work on a reliable basis, just not that many at New Years. Can you blame them? ;)

Todd.Hanz

01-02-2009, 05:44

Todd.Hanz:

Try looking at Slate Magnum today (http://todayspictures.slate.com/20090102/) and tell me seriously that you see this sort of quality in the RFF Gallery.

I agree, the images shown today are better. It might be the subject matter or the era that they were shot in, Yesterdays images were kinda weak IMHO. Thanks for the link though.

Todd

Andrew Sowerby

01-02-2009, 05:45

Thanks for the link. I should check out the Slate Magnum page more oftern. I tend to forget about it.

The Mark Power photograph was interesting. Quite different from other stuff that I've seen by him.

Todd.Hanz

01-02-2009, 06:15

Todd.Hanz:

...and tell me seriously that you see this sort of quality in the RFF Gallery.

Here's a few In todays gallery (1/2/09) alone that IMHO hold there own (and I really didn't mean to hijack your thread John, sorry).

onur77
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=99032

Mauro Scacco
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=99029

benmacphoto
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=99003&cat=all&limit=last7

again, sorry to have hijacked your thread.

Todd

ClaremontPhoto

01-02-2009, 07:12

Todd.Hanz:

No, it's not hijacking at all.

I'm really enjoying the dialog, and thinking about photographers I know vis a vis established and well-known photographers.

MickH

01-02-2009, 07:25

Todd.Hanz:

No, it's not hijacking at all.

I'm really enjoying the dialog, and thinking about photographers I know vis a vis established and well-known photographers.

There are one or two who submit their stuff to this site who wouldn't be out of place on the Magnum books. However, I think for the rest of us, we can continue snapping away and enjoying what we can achieve at whatever our level of expertise.

leica M2 fan

01-02-2009, 08:01

I had never seen Slate before this, enjoyed all the photos. I will make it a daily to check it out. Thanks again.

40oz

01-05-2009, 19:42

I agree that the Slate-Magnum galleries are often quite good, and I often enjoy them for the opportunity they offer to see these pictures.

But I would also assert that if this forum had a paid staff to curate and market what is in the galleries, the body of work would be comparable.

I have spent many, many nights seeing local and national music groups in my town, and if anyone thinks nationally known music acts are the cream of the crop, they are sadly misled. Quite often the difference between fame and anonymity is motivation and opportunity, not skill. I've seen enormously talented groups with a fresh and invigorating approach vanish for no apparent reason other than people's lives (jobs, families, etc.) got in the way of entertaining others. Can't say I blame them.

sirius

01-05-2009, 20:39

magnum photographers make it look easy

robert blu

01-07-2009, 08:40

thanks for the link Jon, one more site to look at...
rob

MickH

01-12-2009, 10:18

Today's Slate Magnum spread makes me want to weep. I hope they balance up with a view from "the other side".

Tragic.

Todd.Hanz

01-12-2009, 13:30

Today's Slate Magnum spread makes me want to weep. I hope they balance up with a view from "the other side".

Tragic.

No doubt, but alot of those pics are from previous years. Though it seems to slant toward one side eh?

Todd