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The Art of Photography => Discussing Photographic Styles => Topic started by: TommyWeir on April 13, 2018, 12:55:38 pm

Title: David Hurn - A life in pictures
Post by: TommyWeir on April 13, 2018, 12:55:38 pm

BBC4 documentary screened recently - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6b1dtn

Title: Re: David Horn - A life in pictures
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 13, 2018, 12:56:57 pm

Do we know who David Horn is? Or is it one of those cases: if you need to ask, you don't need to know? :)

Title: Re: David Hurn - A life in pictures
Post by: mbaginy on April 13, 2018, 01:07:38 pm

An interesting film!  Thanks for the link.

Title: Re: David Hurn - A life in pictures
Post by: myotis on April 14, 2018, 09:15:28 am

His (along with Bill jay) well known book "On being a Photographer" is under £5 for the kindle version, and good read, even if it isn't aimed at landscape photography. 

And I too enjoyed the documentary.

Cheers,

Graham

Title: Re: David Hurn - A life in pictures
Post by: Rob C on April 14, 2018, 11:08:30 am

Thanks for the link, Tommy, even if my viewing kept getting interrupted by Spanish ads!

Watching the short meeting with Barbarella (aka Ms Fonda) was just another of those times when the value of experience and natural ability comes to the rescue: he just suggest she do some hand things, and there you had it: perfect understanding of what the camera needs in order to lift something from straight-in-your-face, blank stare, into a connection. Surprisingly, though it seems obvious and easy to do, not all that many people make it work particularly well - some find their own hands turning into paddles...

Thanks again.

Rob

Title: Re: David Hurn - A life in pictures
Post by: TommyWeir on April 14, 2018, 02:48:05 pm

Cheers all, thanks for the steer to the book Graham.

Title: Re: David Hurn - A life in pictures
Post by: farbschlurf on April 14, 2018, 03:48:29 pm

Though I didn't know the name, I know that one photo with the cannon. I'm really bad in remembering names, but thanks good my memory for pictures is better. I liked the movie, thanks.