http://www.fiscusphoto.com/ some of the photos look more like digital graphic art than photography.
He is the "father" of the ultra-realistic plasticky look that made famous so many emulatores like Dave Hill and Joey Lawrence.
Excellent. To me Avedon's work doesn't resemblance to Jim Fiscus's. Its pretty different.
I dislike everything: style, subjects, illumination, fakeness, and photographer's attitude.
It is nearly 180� opposite of what I like.
Avedon is the "GOD" of portraiture imho. Old classic style but still marvellous.
unfortunately these people are 1000 miles from artistis flaire -- where is the emotion ??
they have only 'crazy' ideas or good equipment or contacts to people they are on the top of society ???
Stieglitz, especially in his younger days, was pretty snooty about professional photography. You were in debt to your clients, not to your own artistic vision. But then he was independently wealthy so could afford such an attitude.
The thing about much commercial work is that it is like any other business: find a formula that works and then replicate, replicate. You build a brand and make a good living.
Yeah it is very contrived for my eye.
Hollywood style at it's most plastic.
This is what big budgets can produce.