Are These Not Fantastic Photographs?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2472272/A-vanishing-way-life-captured-forever-British-photographer-travels-world-record-dozens-dying-tribes-danger-disappearing-forever.html

Does one think that these people would happily still live their lifestyle if they were to experience 21st century living?

Or are we pompous into thinking that it is them who are living an inferior life style? Personally I wouldn't wish to change with them, how about you?

[DTCwordfan]

Ashkaine is Dutch - and they live in Amsterdam, his own personal site has some incredible pics of her and his wife - Jimmy is as bald as Duncan Goodhew - he suffered a traumatic loss of all body hair from Malaria when he was 15. Ashkaine is amazing as the pics show. Not sure if these are showing your end....

http://jimmynelson.white-creates.com/

[DTCwordfan]

Believe he is digicam now - his early work on China and Tibet was film.....and his own developing. Wish I could share a book that I have with you here.....Literary Portraits of China.

[stewey]

DTC, I'll check out that site when I return from you know where:)...Cheers.

[DTCwordfan]

Stewey - he shot these latest photos on a traditional 50 year old plate camera apparently; it makes the visualisation even more spectacular.

Try and see if you can locate a Literary Portraits of China (without or with the brand) - I was one of his sponsors and then used Jimmy for a month's work in the UK for the gas industry to build us a portfolio for advertising and communications......and spectacular his work was - not just the sparky shots from clients like Allied Steel but photos of Westminster Cathedral, Glasgow Uni chapel etc (we had churches as a good chunk of our portfolio to help balance gas loads)...and then product shots from the like of Johnstone's of Elgi, (knitwear), various whisky cos and all the rest including Whitbread pubs, - he 'contrived' a brilliant Coronation St photo of Alberts drinking thier Mackeson's in Bury, or nearby.

[askyourgran]

Interesting thread aog, the pictures are marvellous as a library archive. The youngsters of today with their gameboys etc, have no idea how the other half live.

[Zacs-Master]

DTC, very interesting that you know this guy and Stewey well done for questioning whether they were digital. Digital is amazing but film, especially plate images, cannot capture the atmosphere quite the same. I suspect it was a hassleblad he used.

[DTCwordfan]

He used a Hasselblad in China, if I remember right, Zac....I will have to go and dig the Literary Portraits out......

[joggerjayne]

Do they ALL have guns ?

[Zacs-Master]

Cheers DT. Would be interested to know. The pic from the OP which convinced me was the Maori ones. No digital camera can quite capture both atmosphere & detail as well as a plate. At first I thought they'd tweaked the ISO to get the grain but then the detail is too.......detailed.

[DTCwordfan]

He loves those detailed portrait shots...wondering if I lent the book to friends a few months ago. I'll have a dig around.

[DTCwordfan]

Literary Portraits was off Nikons if I remember well, Zac........just found the book and nothing on the tech specs in there. However, I recall that the ex, who managed the project for we the sponsors went up to Tokyo to visit them as to the PR aspects accruing from this......

[Zacs-Master]

Cheers DT. Would that be 35mm Nikons?

[DTCwordfan]

yes.....top of the range ones - again if I am remembering well and from a wee shot of him on the inside flap pointing what looks like a 135mm lens at somebody.

[DTCwordfan]

Kodak films I believe (which one and what ASa/Din who knows) - the trouble and strife was an ardent Fuji fan, having had them as an account and that crossed with her - well not that much!

[Zacs-Master]

Yep, looks about right. A little bit of foreshortening but pin sharp on the focus point. Until I started looking at these I thought digital had caught up with film. Now I'm not so sure.

[Zacs-Master]

Re Fuji film...I agree with your mrs. Much richer tones. Especially for nature shots. I have a Fuji bridge camera which you can set to mimic their Velvia film. It's set on that permanently.

[DTCwordfan]

Landscapes yes, portraits probably Kodak...I preferred the red tones there. Anyway time for the sack.

Nice to see Jimmy's work again and this set is really impressive....I had found it about a week ago, his name cropping up on something else.

[DTCwordfan]

Thanks for posting this one, AOG.....