This is a brief excerpt from F-Stoppers
If you have ever opened up a Vogue or Vanity Fair, you have seen some of Norman Jean Roy’s work. He is truly a master of his craft and a well sought after photographer. In this interview with Nymag.com Norman discusses how he believes digitial photography is killing fashion photography.
“Though primarily identified as a fashion photographer, Jean Roy describes his work as portraiture. “A great portrait needs to first grab you and then let you sit in there and continue to draw you in. [Whereas] with a lot of fashion photography, it really hits you hard and then it slowly fades away,” he told the Cut. “To me, that’s the fundamental difference between a great photograph and a great picture.” When we stopped by Jean Roy’s West Village studio to speak about sixteen of his most iconic works, he added, “It’s a real wrestling match always [having to] work and make a living in one of, quite possibly, the most self-absorbed industries in the world.” In the slideshow ahead, Jean Roy talks about making portraits of George W. Bush, Cate Blanchett, Florence Welch, and others.”
There seems to be a connection between portrait photography …
By: Thomas Ingersoll
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