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Trying to remember the name of a photographer from late 70's or early 80's
I've asked this question on the dpreview site without luck. And I've asked several other photographers I know and my facebook friends... with little luck.
A long time ago I remember reading an article about a photographer who'd show up at these high-end fashion shoots with nothing but a point and shoot Olympus XA 35mm compact camera. The art director's would be incredulous since he didn't even bring any lights or assistants. Just himself, a pocket camera, and some film.
I recall that the article said he was shooting high ISO AGFA film and pushed it for even more grain.
His images were mostly of women. They were VERY grainy and misty looking. The women, and girls were always beautiful, but not with a super model edge to them. Kinda natural beauties.
I remember some of the images looked like they were available light in a dance studio, but not professional dancers.
I want to say the article was in American Photographer magazine, but only because I remember reading that was a lot back then.
The closest I've found is an English photographer named David Hamilton. He was accused of rape later in life and eventually killed himself.
I did find out that David Hamilton used some AGFA and liked to shoot with the lens wide open to accentuate it's flaws. He also claims to never have used any filters for the soft look and would sometimes make several prints on AGFA papers for different textures, then rephotograph the print he liked best.
He could be who I'm thinking of but I had recalled him to be an American photographer. I might've just assumed that since it was in American Photographer magazine. He also did a lot of work for Elle and Vogue.
I just can't find the images I recall in any of his work... even though the style looks very close to what I'm describing.
There's another photographer who was hot at the same time named Robert Farber. He also used some AGFA and did some soft, moody, misty images of women. He's still around actually, but his work from then looks too refined for what I'm describing. And, most of the women in his images look like professional models.
I can't find anything about either of them using an Olympus XA compact though. I specifically remember that particular camera being mentioned because it was a popular consumer camera with reportedly good glass... and I remember wanting one after reading that article.
Does any of this ring a bell with anyone? Or, is this all an elaborate figment of my imagination? lol
Comments
Could it be
https://www.alexcoghe.com/5-smart-analog-cameras-for-street-photography/olympus-xa/
Probably not him, but David Bailey used to promote the Olympus Trip camera.
I had a Olympus 35mm (might have been the XA). Absolutely brilliant, took hundreds of photos with it, and the compact size meant I took it everywhere. Part exchanged it in the end as the shutter button started playing up.
Its not Bruce Gilden right?! I cannot recall him Olympus but more of a Leica guy!?
Originally, I was just trying to reference a look for a camera app developer to try and make a film emulation of it.
But, now...
I'm trying to verify that I didn't just dream the whole thing up. It's disconcerting that no one at all seems to recall this story I've described. It's like I experienced it from some alternate reality or something.
Anyway... the images were very pastel in color. They looked similar to the following images... but none of these images looks familiar to me, and there aren't any dance studio images in this collection either.
https://designyoutrust.com/2019/10/dreamy-photographs-of-young-women-taken-by-david-hamilton-from-the-1970s/
I did find some David Hamilton images that have this look and are of ballerinas, but they aren't the images I remember.
Although, that image in this collection called "Roses of St Tropez" does look very familiar
http://www.artnet.com/artists/david-hamilton/2
I'm thinking it's also possible that I'm experiencing some kind of blurred/mixed memory. Perhaps I'd been reading about one photographer who'd done all these misty images... then at some point, around the same time, I read another article about a photographer who shows up with an Olympus XA... and the two memories got sort of mashed together into the same memory.
I don't think so though. I even still have an old Olympus XA as a result of that original desire to have one based on the beautiful, misty, grainy, pushed high ISO AGFA images of women that accompanied the article.
@skiphunt really reminds me of Andrei Tarkovsky's polaroids.
https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/2939/andrei-tarkovskys-polaroids
Love his polaroids. Been getting into contemporary Russian cinema directors lately too.
Wim Wenders has some sweet location polaroids as well.
Wow, many great photos here. Amazing light!
Jock Sturges?
Careful... NSFW
Not worse than David Hamilton. But yes, good point.
If that was your daughter you'd say "WTF?". There are some sad fucks that have that fetish.
I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It leads to disasterous lives and terrible acts.
Great work, but no. There wasn’t any nudity. Not even the suggestive stuff in the David Hamilton images. Pretty innocent. And the grain was so prevalent that it almost looked pointillist/impressionistic
Merry Alpern has done some really grainy work. But, she’s a woman and the subject matter doesn’t fit. thierry le Goués? Greg Gorman? I’m probably too hung up on the fashion angle.
Oh I know. Wim and Andrei have great vision.
I’ve lately been binging on Andrey Zvyagintsev films. My favorite so far is The Banishment. Much of the film looks like a moving Andrew Wyeth painting.
Andrew Wyeth is one of my absolute favorites. Certainly underappreciated imo. I haven't been viewing much Russian films of late though Tarkovsky is a timeless favorite though I have been enjoying Kieslowski and Mizoguchi this summer. I'll have to look into Zvyagintsev.
My favourite Wyeth image: a whole (folk horror) movie in that single image. I have it on the wall of my, ahem, ‘studio’.:
I only recently discovered Zvyagintsev from a podcast interview with Ethan Cohen. His most influential directors are Kurosawa, Fellini, and Hitchcock. He was asked if there were any contemporary directors who impressed him. He only mentioned one, Zvyagintsev. He said some people were born to direct. He said Zvyagintsev is one of those people.
I’ve found most of his films via a combination of Kanopy, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. Most people rate his films Elena and Loveless higher, but I liked The Banishment best. I think I’ve watched all available now except I still have his film Leviathan to watch.
Great, I will be checking into his work this weekend. Only other contemporary director I can say is worth watching the whole catalog is Wong Kar Wai. If you haven't seen his work, WKW is worth the time and effort.
Indeed! In my all-time top 10 for sure
Good luck finding your guy here. I've been there more than a few times.
I'm about to give up. I tried a few months ago too. I’m thinking it had to be David Hamilton. Just wish I could clear up the Olympus XA part of the story though.