Russia in the raw

[alfredo]

https://www.rferl.org/a/29098499.html

Some nudity, but don't get too excited.

[elleng]

1. Thanks, alfredo.

'Markov said helping to raise orphan children is like keeping a Tamagotchi, the handheld digital pets which were popular in the 1990s. “You get this little monster that you feed and feed and feed, and the f***er grows and grows and grows, and it feels like everything in life is not in vain, not in vain, not in vain.”'

'Of his plans for the future, Markov just says: “Nothing in particular. I’ll just keep shooting photos.”'

[alfredo]

5. The subjects remind me of the movie Trainspotting.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. These are really excellent photos, alfredo. I enjoyed the raw quality they show.

He is doing excellent work. Very clever with the iPhone.

Thanks for posting these.

[alfredo]

6. The iPhone is making enroads into cinema too.

The Steven Soderbergh movie “Unsane” was shot on an iPhone.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Wow. I know you can shoot video, but enough video for a movie? Amazing. n/t

[alfredo]

10. I guess they had several they could swap out and

and offload the rushes while the other is in use.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Yeah, that might be possible.

[alfredo]

12. You will be impressed at the rigs they have for the iPhone.

[BadGimp]

3. captivating photo essay

[alfredo]

8. The commentary was so good.

[flamin lib]

4. Saw this recently at a seminar on photo storage as an off topic tangent.

There is a whole new movement called mobile journalism. The image quality and the saturation of cellphones in society today is transforming photojournalism. Cell phones have become invisible. They can capture essential life in places that even a modest dedicated imaging device becomes intrusive or perhaps even dangerous.

It is the future.

[alfredo]

9. Id miss the feel of my cameras.

The mobile camera has been there when we needed to capture history.

[flamin lib]

13. So would I, but then I'm not a street photographer.

The style you show needs an ICL to cover the range if subjects you bring to us viewers. The same for me.

Cell phones lend themselves to capturing everyday life from simple exuberance to gritty cringe inducing reality. Because they are such a ubiquitous presence people don't respond to them. It took Annie Leibowitz years hanging around the backstage world of rock and roll to become invisible. She could do it with a phone in a couple of weeks because she wouldn't be a 'photographer' making photographs but instead just a groupie hanging out.

I said in another post that pro photographers need a full frame camera because it is big, looks complicated and impresses the client as much as producing exceptional images. Sure, all the candid wedding shots that won't be any larger than 4x5 can be made with a $100 p&s but who'd pay a couple $grand for that? Cell phones are on the other end of that spectrum.

They are a tool uniquely suited to a particular style of imagery. Couple that with a good eye and a mastery of post processing and you get Russia in the Raw.

[alfredo]

14. Again, it is the craftsman, not the tool.