Really love a lot of Steve's work, shot probably the most beautiful, haunting and iconic portrait of modern time…
But this is the pirelli calendar…its just not his genre, kind of thinking he and pirelli will look back on this as a mistake.
In his possible defence though, does anyone know if anyone has ever said no to shooting the calendar?
It doesn't really fit in with previous calendars they've put out, but I love what hes done (assuming some the images at the end are part of whats going in). Simple, beautiful !
Beautiful images. He captured their beauty without showing flesh, which could expand Pirelli's customer base, but most importantly he stayed true to himself. No sell-out here.
E-motion Photography wrote: LOVE IT!! Forget their "style" in the past. If you just take the photos on their own merit, just amazing work!
True, I have always found his work amazing but, it isn't Pirelli. At the end of the day they are selling a brand and "style" that is part of it. Seams like a marketing gamble, the kind that can only be big; one way or the other.
Definitely a radical departure from the normal Pirelli Style. However the photographs are quite exceptional in their own right and are incredibly well done. He really captured the subtle nuances of these women.
Patchouli Nyx
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Santa Cruz, California, US
D M E C K E R T wrote: Just saw this video with BTS footage, interviews, and a glimpse of the final images, on nikonrumors. Shot by the legendary Steve McCurry.
Is it just me but after seeing the start of the video I expected better results. The models and location looked great but the photos at the end where meh.
Am I the only one that thinks that grabbing screen shots of that video would yield better photos?
How much do you think they would charge to let me shoot Isabeli Fontana? Wowser.
cy be rea n
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Vatican City, Holy See, Vatican City
tenrocK photo wrote: Beautiful images. He captured their beauty without showing flesh, which could expand Pirelli's customer base, but most importantly he stayed true to himself. No sell-out here.
that's not the calendar's purpose
"The calendar is famous for its limited availability, as it is only given as a corporate gift to a restricted number of important Pirelli customers and celebrity VIPs."
Dan K Photography wrote: Is it just me but after seeing the start of the video I expected better results. The models and location looked great but the photos at the end where meh.
Am I the only one that thinks that grabbing screen shots of that video would yield better photos?
How much do you think they would charge to let me shoot Isabeli Fontana? Wowser.
i do somehat agree (though i loved the final images). Saw a few video frames that would have been "WOW"!
Lee Nutter
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Fred Greissing wrote: The images are simply beautiful.
Such are contrast with the plastic photoshop look
of so much fashion today.
Out of the camera, the images were beautiful. But the finished shots are awful, and more plastic and fake (HDR UGH!) than any decent fashion image I've laid eyes in the past few years.
Out of the camera, the images were beautiful. But the finished shots are awful, and more plastic and fake (HDR UGH!) than any decent fashion image I've laid eyes in the past few years.
When I get bored I tell the models to take their clothes off, apparently when Pirelli's art director gets bored he tells the models to put their clothes on!
And they send some guy from Nat Geo to shoot the calendar? Railroad tracks? Really? Maybe next year they'll hire some great wedding photographer. How about senior portraits, when do they get their shot?
Please.
Fire the entire creative team, the lazy farts have spent too much time drinking wine and smoking weed.
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Better to have thread for professional photographers which know what is top notch work and which know what are top level files :
Would you use any of these files in your portfolio?
Does he have a strange shooting style or was he just ineffectively trying to hide the camera's brand name? Looks like he used both Canon and Nikon and I think maybe Hasselblad.
D M E C K E R T wrote: Just saw this video with BTS footage, interviews, and a glimpse of the final images, on nikonrumors. Shot by the legendary Steve McCurry.
thoughts? (i'll be back to share mine when i've properly gathered them)
He definitely broke tradition...when I watched it the other day it was surprising to see the model with clothes on. I think it's a nice change... probably fuelled by economics.
Fashion has enough porn to last a couple of years, once calendar year isn't a biggie.
Christopher Hartman wrote: Does he have a strange shooting style or was he just ineffectively trying to hide the camera's brand name? Looks like he used both Canon and Nikon and I think maybe Hasselblad.
His hand was hurt, I believe, in a blast and he has lost most of its use.
I like the shots, maybe not for this calendar though. But I also don't think it's a bad thing to change things up occasionally, though I'm sure a few tire store employees will disagree with me.
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