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marco g.
{K:81} 7/5/2004
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I like it!
beautiful model!
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Irma Vep
{K:1480} 6/20/2004
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I appreciate your comment. The things I find most useful quite often are recommendations to look at certain other artists.
thank you.
Irma.
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 6/18/2004
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LOve this image,Irma.... if that is your name... or is it taken from the french film? There is also an event @ the Cidadel coming in 2005 called "The Mystery of Irma Vep".....so you are semi famous as are your images interesting and intriguing. I'm a painter and would love to see your paintings at some point.
Cheers, BArtock..aka....Tim
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james mckenna
{K:6535} 6/16/2004
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i see some interest in the fluid ropes and in the woman's half expression, but this has a curiously flat feeling, given the subject. maybe it's the lack of solid shadows, but i think more ambiguity in expression, maybe more action in the standing figure would help. the blurred action in the other shot goes this direction and that's good, but loses the expression on the woman's face.
when i showed at the camera club of new york, i met barbara nitke, a photographer whose work may be of interest to you.
http://barbaranitke.com/
like nan goldin, nitke has built a large body of work taking intimate documentary-style photos. but where goldin seems to focus on personal relationships, nitke seems to be drawn to people revealing themselves intimately in semi-public situations: fetish clubs and parties, porn shoots, etc. donna ferrato is another artist working in a similar area (she's featured in the current aperture, and you can see some of her work at aperture.org). the commonality among these three appears to be the lengths to which they go to establish trust with their subjects. this trust allows them to peer behind the public mask people wear when revealing intimate parts of themselves to relative strangers. these subtle nuances of expression magnify the power of their pictures many times. jock sturges, another artist of the intimate, is famous for the depth of trust he establishes with his subjects; his pictures reveal worlds in the eyes and postures of his subjects.
but to your picture: getting into such an event with a camera and bringing back these images is an accomplishment, irma. they are well framed and exposed; i especially like how the table juts in from the side on this one. i'm interested to see where you take this.
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Pedro Libório
{K:53861} 6/15/2004
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interesting register!
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Irma Vep
{K:1480} 6/15/2004
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Hi Roger,
You bring up some interesting points.
Although I understand that within a photo of a sculpture the quality of the artwork itself will influence the viewer's response to the photo, I am sure that the vision of the photographer is still part of the equation. I think that a 'vision' (a way of seeing) is different than the photographer's 'interpretation' of a subject.
A parallel would be a painting of an architectural subject, or a drawing of a dancer dancing.
In the case of me posting this image on usefilm, I don't feel I am entering a competition, in fact I would hope not! I am sure art is not a competition..
I think there is a difference between a simple documentary photograph of a sculpture and an artistic photo of the same sculpture.
In the case of this photograph, yes I would consider it photojournalistic, but I am also seeing the scene as an artist, and am presenting more than documentation of it. Or maybe people (Mohammad whom you mentioned) may disagree, and see no artistic merit in it, or don't like the subject, which is valid too, I just would like that explained properly.
For the record I do think that Mohammad has some strong work in his portfolio, original and a unique vision.
You mention too that your fondness of the subject may colour your response to the photo. I understand where you're coming from, since my fondness of the subject is what prompted me to shoot the scene; I found it strange and compelling, and felt a visceral reaction in me.
What was interesting, too, is that these people weren't part of a planned 'show' at this event, though this is what I ended up taking the most pictures of..
You're right, it doesn't make sense to say that photographing a performance isn't original.
Thanks for commenting, Roger!
Regards,
Irma.
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Roger Skinner
{K:81846} 6/15/2004
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Hi Irma maybe what Mohammad means is that you are photographing someone else?s ?artwork? in that I am not completely sure if what we are looking at here is performance or some sort of fetish show,?either way some people do have ?issues? with authorship etc round these sorts of things. I for instance pretty much don?t tolerate someone sticking a photo of a sculpture into a competition as too much of what influences us as judges is the work being photographed. yair sure I know the photographer brings their interpretation to it and blah blah blah but.. yair well n e way in the case of your hogtied works I didn?t get that maybe I like the notion of fetishist behaviour and that colours my admiration of the series. If M is saying that it is not original to photograph performance or whatever, then what is it original to photograph certainly nothing in m?s portfolio is striking to me in that sense so go for it love your work have to go my students have just arrived see u
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Irma Vep
{K:1480} 6/14/2004
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Hi Mohammad,
To answer your question - yes I am an artist. Mostly drawing/collage and painting, but also photography, some digital and some film.
It's true this photo is different than most of my others on this site, considering the series that features me as the subject is all I've been posting so far.. I wanted to post other, recent work I am doing that aren't self portraits.
Just curious, what do you mean by your comment "this photo isn't original"? Was that a typographical error, because I am certain it is my original photo. Or did you mean it doesn't look very original and it is a weak photo? I just don't understand.
Cheers,
Irma.
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Paco Ferrer
{K:8586} 6/14/2004
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I like it!
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Mohammad Reza Shahrokhi Nejad
{K:7396} 6/14/2004
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this photo isn't like the others.
Are your an artist?
this photo isn't original.
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RC. Dany
{K:64104} 6/14/2004
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An angle interesting or not very usual and very good composition.
Greetings anne...
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Irma Vep
{K:1480} 6/14/2004
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Hi Paul,
Thanks for your comment. We often call it 'Rodeo' in Alberta, too!
Cheers,
Irma.
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 6/14/2004
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I love the blurred rope and hand!
We have a similar competition here in Texas; we call it 'Rodeo'. ;)
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