Comments on: Photo decline or mirroring the times? http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/ Hawaii fashion industry and scene Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Nadine Kam http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-2000 Nadine Kam Wed, 14 May 2008 00:10:00 +0000 http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-2000 Thanks for sharing that. I really liked the "Greatest Show on Earth" photo! Thanks for sharing that. I really liked the “Greatest Show on Earth” photo!

]]> By: katlin http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-1999 katlin Tue, 13 May 2008 07:31:13 +0000 http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-1999 Oops! I forgot to include the link, good thing I checked back! :) http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/ And I agree with your point about design houses being picky with their image and editors letting the photographers loose - there is a lot of different people you have to please! :) Oops! I forgot to include the link, good thing I checked back! :)
http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/

And I agree with your point about design houses being picky with their image and editors letting the photographers loose - there is a lot of different people you have to please! :)

]]> By: Nadine Kam http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-1998 Nadine Kam Tue, 13 May 2008 03:26:45 +0000 http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-1998 Hi Katlin, You make a good point regarding the $$. There is a lot of money tied up in the fashion/magazine biz resulting in a lot of decisions carried out by committee, which probably does tamp creativity. If a photographer came to me with awesome photos in hand, that's one thing. But I don't know that any editor or designer would relinquish control to a photographer. Design houses are picky with their image so if you approach them with a concept/model they hated, they'd have no trouble saying no. And what's the Web site you're referring to? Hi Katlin,
You make a good point regarding the $$. There is a lot of money tied up in the fashion/magazine biz resulting in a lot of decisions carried out by committee, which probably does tamp creativity. If a photographer came to me with awesome photos in hand, that’s one thing. But I don’t know that any editor or designer would relinquish control to a photographer. Design houses are picky with their image so if you approach them with a concept/model they hated, they’d have no trouble saying no.

And what’s the Web site you’re referring to?

]]> By: katlin http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-1997 katlin Fri, 09 May 2008 23:30:20 +0000 http://blogs.starbulletin.com/fashiontribe/photo-decline-or-mirroring-the-times/#comment-1997 She did have an interesting argument. I thought it was weird when she said that fashion photographers today see themselves as artists and while previous times they were just trying to make a living. So, wouldn't you think that better pictures would come out of todays crop of photographers if she is using that argument? Maybe I'm missing a point... Also, a lot of the content and editorial spreads in magazines today are somewhat controlled by the brands that purchase advertising in that magazine. You can't just oust everything from Chanel's collection if they invest huge sums of advertising dollars in your magazine, that would just sour the relationship and cause you to lose money. Oh, and check this website out (if you haven't already) for all kinds of amazing fashion spreads from big magazines to indie, to US to international. I looooove this website, always a source of inspiration! :) She did have an interesting argument. I thought it was weird when she said that fashion photographers today see themselves as artists and while previous times they were just trying to make a living. So, wouldn’t you think that better pictures would come out of todays crop of photographers if she is using that argument? Maybe I’m missing a point…
Also, a lot of the content and editorial spreads in magazines today are somewhat controlled by the brands that purchase advertising in that magazine. You can’t just oust everything from Chanel’s collection if they invest huge sums of advertising dollars in your magazine, that would just sour the relationship and cause you to lose money.
Oh, and check this website out (if you haven’t already) for all kinds of amazing fashion spreads from big magazines to indie, to US to international. I looooove this website, always a source of inspiration! :)

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