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. I'd never seen her work before but it is very good and a shining example of not about the kit funny how a lot of the greats used the simplest of kit. If not the cheapest.
 
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Anyway... I really like the erstwhile Jane's work. Simple but very nicely done, proper portraits.
 
Andysnap said:
Anyway... I really like the erstwhile Jane's work. Simple but very nicely done, proper portraits.
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Now, i'm not much of a people photographer, as I've often said... but there's definitely "something" about a few of the images i've seen of hers... Certainly the Samuel Beckett is a real cracker - and I must admit the colour Hockney caught my eye from the "life in pictures" link...
 
So anyway, the hoover has been out,
and like like a broken record I will say again, if you are not interested in a subject or a forum
then stay out,

That is my final word on the subject too.
As you were filmies :thumbs:
 
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Certainly the Samuel Beckett is a real cracker - and I must admit the colour Hockney caught my eye from the "life in pictures" link...
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I'd seen that Beckett one a few times before, but never with an attribute. Absolutely cracking portrait. The Hockney one is interesting too - one of those that captures something about the personality involved.
 
Cuchulainn said:
I'd seen that Beckett one a few times before, but never with an attribute. Absolutely cracking portrait. The Hockney one is interesting too - one of those that captures something about the personality involved.
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Exactly, both of those seem to capture something of the essence of their subject. I've never been able to do that....:(
 
She did 2 fantastic books, exposure and faces. Both out of print but well worth getting copies of each.

Mart
 
I love her approach to accurate exposure. Always 1/60 f2.8, and a desk lamp in case the lighting wasn't right. :-)
 
For some reason her photo of Bridget Riley is the one that really grabs me, although almost all her work is just soooo... lookable at! On Sunday evening I stuck a roll of film in the F80 and an 85mm on the front but I have the suspicion it would take me years of practice and I still wouldn't come close.
 
Just a quick thread revival. I got the DVD for christmas and last night finally got chance to sit and watch and can highly recommend it. Obviously contains lots of examples of her work, but also interspersed with interviews with her and some stories regaled by 'talking heads'. The whole thing is very poignant and interesting, definitely worth a watch if you have a few quid spare to grab a copy.
 
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