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Portraits of Senegal’s Female Auto Mechanics
No Man’s Job: Portraits of Senegal’s Female Auto Mechanics Kurtz didn’t want to create a strictly photojournalistic documentation of these women. Instead, he wanted to use his art to drive home his point stylistically. “By using studio flashes, interesting compositions and poses (then post-production in Lightroom),” he continues, “I take a painterly approach by enhancing the reality and presenting these women as modern-day heroes.” Here are the results: http://petapixel.com/2014/09/26/mans-jo … mechanics/ Sep 28 14 12:48 pm Link Where the best man for the job is.... a woman. Studio36 Sep 28 14 02:27 pm Link i dont' see them as painterly. i just see them as tacky. i think herb ritts....god rest his soul....should have been the photographer. Sep 28 14 02:38 pm Link L A U B E N H E I M E R wrote: You should see his series on people who wear white after Labor Day. Sep 28 14 03:41 pm Link Sep 28 14 04:17 pm Link I think his point is that he's lighting and posing them, and color grading the photos, and not just trying to 'document' them with minimal intervention. Sep 28 14 04:20 pm Link Sep 28 14 04:32 pm Link Thanks again for putting up another interesting thread. It was interesting to see his setup. Sep 28 14 06:38 pm Link These were great. Love the opener with the torch going, and that magazine snoot  Sep 28 14 07:21 pm Link How exactly are these ladies "heroes"? Is a male nurse a hero? Stupid/overly dramatic thing to write, photos are kinda meh. Sep 28 14 07:32 pm Link Not my cup of tea, something I really have no interest in knowing about, like honeyWTF's Mom grocery shopping at the gas station, something I never needed to know. Sep 28 14 07:48 pm Link Thanks for sharing the link. Great photos, great story. Reminds me of David Allan Harvey's work for NG in Nigeria. Sep 29 14 07:51 am Link GER Photography wrote: You know the world is different outside of your little cocoon. Sep 29 14 07:52 am Link Daniel Leon wrote: You should travel to a third world country to see how society oppress women, especially in Africa. Sep 29 14 07:57 am Link Daniel Leon wrote: I can see why you'd take this view. Didn't love the pictures and "hey look women in a poor country doing something associated with being a man" stories irk me a bit. Would like to have learned something about them more than just their sex to suggest heroism. Sep 29 14 08:33 am Link Daniel Leon wrote: He didn't say they are heroes. He said he lit them so as to enhance reality and present them as if they were. Sep 29 14 09:03 am Link Figures they are mostly just sitting around and not working. j/k  Sep 29 14 09:05 am Link Christopher Hartman wrote: And the reason you say it 'figures' is ... ? Sep 29 14 09:07 am Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: If I have to explain it... Sep 29 14 09:21 am Link Very nice. I love the second image especially. It kind of reminds me of Joey L's work. Sep 29 14 09:26 am Link Fantastic photos! Sep 29 14 09:27 am Link me voy wrote: fyi, the term "third world" is now regarded to be a derogatory and out-of-date... Sep 29 14 09:28 am Link Black Technicolor Art wrote: Agreed. Sep 29 14 09:28 am Link Cool series. Sep 29 14 09:45 am Link me voy wrote: Believe me I know what it's like in other places in the world, but women mechanics in Senegal? Not something I'd care about. And I know about women mechanics!! My Mother was a WAVE in WWII and rebuilt radial aircraft engines and my aunt built P38's at Lockheed. Sep 29 14 09:49 am Link GER Photography wrote: It's odd to me that you are investing any time or energy into a thread about something in which you have no interest. Sep 29 14 09:54 am Link Personally, I like the photos. Especially the first one. Sep 29 14 10:09 am Link NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote: So you're only ever interested in views that agree with yours? Perfectly fine to enter a discussion to point something you disagree with, in this case the try hard attempt of making people seem extraordinary for no reason. Sep 29 14 12:15 pm Link i'm still imagining herb ritts...  Sep 29 14 12:35 pm Link L A U B E N H E I M E R wrote: He's still dead, but Photography goes on. Sep 29 14 12:38 pm Link Daniel Leon wrote:
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