09 November 2011 @ 11:18 am
Why, oh why?  
So there is this photographer called Tyler Shields who takes photographs of lots of celebrities and posts them in his blog and it seems everyone seems to want to work with him. And I have to say I don't get it. I do not think his work is beautiful, artistic has a good mood in any way.

Instead it's sexist and deals only with cliches and everyone always looks cheap. There are a few exceptions, but not too many.

Anyways, currently half the cast of one of my current guilty pleasure shows, revenge, has done a shot with him and of course it looks cheap and pretentious, which makes me sad. One of the pics I like though. It's the pillow fight with the silouettes. Also Gabrial Mann has a really nice chest ;)

It makes me a bit sad. You can check it out here. Tell me how you feel about it ;)

ps: Still looking forward to seeing the new episode sometime though.
 
 
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[identity profile] elli.livejournal.com on November 9th, 2011 12:53 pm (UTC)
It reminds a bit of con group shots ;)
It's not that I don't think he's got the skill. Technically he is very good and from time to time he's got really good shots!

But the subject matter is disgusting. Mostly people are sex objects, or beaten up. Women are always the victim and dudes the predators. Sort of. And often woman are also shown doing stuff like laundry. I'm in no shape a femisit, but it is just sadly obvious here and I don't get how actors can want to support such a view.
[identity profile] anjak-j.livejournal.com on November 9th, 2011 02:34 pm (UTC)
Heh heh. Yeah, con group shots are always cheesy and clichéd.

Technically, yes his photos are fine - his colour is balanced, his lighting is good, etc. But there is nothing about the pictures that really wows me, nothing that makes them special. And I don't just mean the composition or subject - I just looked at those pictures and found them very...flat. Even when I was looking through his portfolio, there were some really good ideas from a composition standpoint but they lacked that something I can't really explain that separates a technically good photograph from an amazing one.

And I agree with your assessment of the subject matter in much of his work; there seems to be a lot of misogynistic themes within his portfolio and while his photos lacked that something, they certainly managed to evoke anger. Usually, I'd offer that this might be the intent, to make people angry to lead them to action against such things in society, but nothing in his portfolio indicates he's that sophisticated - a lot of the images just come off as gross and it pains me to see some of the famous faces he has photographed and that yet more want to work with him, thus propping up such antiquated views of women.
[identity profile] elli.livejournal.com on November 10th, 2011 10:31 am (UTC)
Yes.. they are :D

Maybe the pictures lacked soul for you...
some emotion that is just missing. I have the same problem as well.

and WORD. That is exactly my issue with it.