Bob Sumitro
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Hi guys,
Looking at the photographs in Salgado's book Workers, two questions come to mind.
The first one is how heavily were the photos post processed?
The second is, looking at some of the photos that are candid or at least to me they seem to be candid, were the subjects posed?
To me they look like candid pictures of someone doing their works but at the same time, the composition, the background of the photos, suggests (at least to me) that the subjects were (asked to) posed.
Were they posed or is it because Salgado is really good and he always capture the right moment?
Thanks, Bob
Edit:
Asher asked me about which pictures I'm refering to. Sorry guys I forgot to refer to the pictures. The pictures I'm referring to are on page 176-177, 188-189,190-191, 196 or 322-323. There are other pictures, but these ones are the ones that caught my attention the most with regard to whether or not they were posed.
As for the post processing question, I refer to all the pictures. For instance, look at the pcitures of the dam workers in India (page 364 to 393). I live in a tropical country where the sunlight during the day is really harsh not diffrent than the light condition in India ... but in those pictures, where I know the mid day sun is really harsh, the lighting doesn't look that harsh.
Looking at the photographs in Salgado's book Workers, two questions come to mind.
The first one is how heavily were the photos post processed?
The second is, looking at some of the photos that are candid or at least to me they seem to be candid, were the subjects posed?
To me they look like candid pictures of someone doing their works but at the same time, the composition, the background of the photos, suggests (at least to me) that the subjects were (asked to) posed.
Were they posed or is it because Salgado is really good and he always capture the right moment?
Thanks, Bob
Edit:
Asher asked me about which pictures I'm refering to. Sorry guys I forgot to refer to the pictures. The pictures I'm referring to are on page 176-177, 188-189,190-191, 196 or 322-323. There are other pictures, but these ones are the ones that caught my attention the most with regard to whether or not they were posed.
As for the post processing question, I refer to all the pictures. For instance, look at the pcitures of the dam workers in India (page 364 to 393). I live in a tropical country where the sunlight during the day is really harsh not diffrent than the light condition in India ... but in those pictures, where I know the mid day sun is really harsh, the lighting doesn't look that harsh.
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