Was looking through the work of some of the old pros and came across Lee Friedlander.
Here is an excerpt from a site on the masters of photography:
"Lee Friedlander emerged in the early 1960s as a significant photographer of the contemporary American environment. His is a witty, multilayered vision which emphasizes the two-dimensional confines of the picture plane, challenging photography's formal conventions and making familiar objects and people enigmatic through near-surrealist juxtaposition. His images involving reflective and semi-transparent surfaces create playful ambiguities of space and meaning. The awkward, offhanded "snapshot" quality of his work disguises its considerable sophistication."
I came across a few candid shots he took of people smoking.
This is my tribute to him!
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Wow, very nice capture of this man. I would suggest cropping a little off the top, and a fair bit (maybe 1/4 of the image) off the left (leaving a little space around his head, but cropping off a bunch of his shoulder), to frame his face more in the upper-left of the frame, for even more impact... and that's on a shot that I found pretty impactful to start with. :-)
Alas, the (lack of) cropping I'm finding to be more distracting than I'd like... With it, I think this image would be at least a 9, and maybe even a 10 for me. without it, I'm struggling... I want to give it an 8, because it's such a nice capture of a moment, but I find it just doesn't quite sit well with me, and so I think I'll have to give it a 7.
The image grain of this photo seems to compliment the emotion that is being shown here. I think the image in itself is great and the look in his eyes are wonderful. I would have probably had him not in the center but to the left of the frame to follow the ROTs. Great work. 6
Part of the fun of the challenge is comparing the photos to the work of the photographers they're paying tribute to. I can't figure out who that would be in this case. Still a worthy photo. The background is a bit noisy and the subject a bit sharp. You may have intended this look but it would not be my preference.
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