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I'm sure he's a fine photographer, and knows all the basics and even master all the advanced techniques...Originally Posted by Boys Noize
As someone who has studied Gursky's work, his work is definitely not something that "any donkey with a dslr, tripod, and photoshop" can do. I'm not even the biggest fan of Gursky's but it's ridiculous that so many people can pass judgement on his work WITHOUT having seen the actual thing. You guys are somehow able to decide that his work is or isn't that great by looking at an image that is 1/100th the size of the actual work. To say that Gursky doesn't dedicate time and effort into his work and that he doesn't understand lighting techniques or framing is just complete nonsense.Originally Posted by JordanXI45
& you do?Originally Posted by Boys Noize
you have no idea what you're talking about
...the only problem is NONE of it is depicted in this photo. I understand that we're judging the image based on a jpeg, but god damn, what can the actual photo depict that could possible make it worth 4.3 mill?
The symmetry? The colors? the framing? ... all of which can be corrected in photoshop, mind you.
If you know something we don't, please enlighten us. I'll be the first to admit that I'm wrong but until then, this photo is a disgrace to anyone who works hard and tries to push out the very best, creative photos to earn a middle class living as photographer.