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John Melskens
{K:-5433} 11/17/2006
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Very nice portrait of his daughter AND "Der Rudi".
The other portraits in this serie are wonderfull too.
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/17/2006
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Hi Doyle,
Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't offended at all, so not to worry....
Admittedly, it's the worst of the series (a grand total of 9 different persons, captured in a reflection of a photo, painting or work of art showing something close to them. As those figures are quite well known ("locally world famous") their expression and the image behind the reflection will fall into a clearer perspective for us Dutch natives.
The Dutch translation was rather funny. As with other online translations, the context is missing, eventhough with a bit of imagination the narrative is clear... Thank god my Engish is proficient, if I may say so myself...:)
I'm good, just rather busy these days, having started my own business... It's keeping me away from UF most of the time.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 10/17/2006
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Hi Hugo!
Amateurish was perhaps a poor choice of words. As it happens . . . there are some very good amateurs out there and it really shouldn't be used as a term to imply lower quality (especially by an 'amateur' like myself! LoL!)
I was quite clear that this wasn't a graphic design having followed this series and have NO DOUBT that there is a certain amount of difficulty and an inherent finesse needed . . . along with an expertise . . . to make these types of shots at all . . . much less to make them work. Since you mention that you appreciate the honest opinion I'll make the assumption you weren't offended.
Hmmmmm . . . The Dutch made sense AFTER reading the English. This suggests poor grammar at the very least in the Dutch . . . so it's back to the ol' drawing board. Online translation . . . but not too difficult . . . is the key. Generally, safe with short simple sentences and it helps to know where to place adjectives in relation to the nouns they modify since that varies from language to language . . . etc.
Glad to hear the client was happy and hope all else with you is well too.
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/17/2006
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Hey Ian,
The book will definitely be in bloody Cutch...:)
I like your style - it evokes questions and reactions. As to your inquisitive description, I think both rational and emotional reasons go hand in hand. Rationally, there's the photographic boundaries I had to work with - persons, setting / scene (these were shot on location - at the person's house), and the type of reflection.
Then there are the more emotional elements that are combined in these images - the knowledge of the relation between the two, which is the least obvious, but also the selection of the "work of art" used as background and reflective surface. Those were in most cases based on the line of the interviews, subjects and nature of their relation with death. ALthough it's easy to be dead, it's still not easy to talk about it, but that's primarily a western attitude - in other cultures, the element of death is as common to talk about as elements of life, and those two go hand in hand as well...
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/17/2006
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Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your feedback. It IS litterally the frame within the frame, as the strip on bottom and left is the picture frame in which the photo of the father was mounted. As the photo itself was too small to feature the whole reflection of the daughter, I had to make use of it....
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/17/2006
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Hey Jude,
The title will be "Muerte" - written entirely in Dutch, so I don't think that will be of much use.... "Reflections on life and death" is the title I gave to this series, but it does match with the content of the book too.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/16/2006
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Hi Joao, thanks for your continuous support, much appreciated!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/16/2006
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Hi Joggie,
I quite agree, I enjoyed the various comments a lot.
It took me a while before I realised what you meant by the superposition. It would be rather tricky to achieve, though, with the almost translucent transition between father and daughter, I think.
The frame you see is an actual frame around the (essentially too small) photo of the father. As it was small, I could not get the reflection within the photo, so I had to include the frame, so I decided to use it in the composition, too - if you see what I mean. Hope this explains...:)
Cheers,
Hugo
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C.A. Mikulice
{K:13300} 10/16/2006
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Hi Hugo-- it looked as if you caught Rudi's daughter looking lovingly at the photo of her father, thus, to me, candid. I love the shot... and you obviouisly did a good job putting her at ease...
christine
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/15/2006
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Hi Thilo,
Yeah, Rudi was probably more well known in Germany than he was in Holland. Never knew his daughter used to produce his shows, and she's continuing with his ideas.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/15/2006
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Hi Doyle,
I agree it's not one of my favourites either. This was the most difficult shoot of the lot, as my client insisted on having the portrait of her father in the photo, and I had to work with a relatively small image, hence the frame.
Amateurish, heh? Nice way of putting it, but you'd have to try it to know. It's not a composite image, it's a single shot reflection. That explains the overlap between the white shirt of the daughter, and the cut off image of her father. It's not a "graphic design" you're looking at, but a reflection in a rather small (too small) photo which has been framed. The only option was to use the frame as a part of the image to create the depth. It also distantiates the man from the woman, eventhough the portrait of the man is essentially too dominant in this photo.
I appreciate your honest opinion, though. Luckily, my client was extremely happy with the result, as they realised the difficulty of the situation. The father died only a few months prior to the photoshoot, the grief still very much present.
Your Dutch translation made me smile... After reading the English version, it all made sense. How did you achieve that? Dutch ancestery? Or an internet translation tool?
I'll catch up with your work soon. I'm rather busy at the moment though.
Take care, and thanks for your thoughts,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/15/2006
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Hi Doyle,
I agree it's not one of my favourites either. This was the most difficult shoot of the lot, as my client insisted on having the portrait of her father in the photo, and I had to work with a relatively small image, hence the frame.
Amateurish, heh? Nice way of putting it, but you'd have to try it to know. It's not a composite image, it's a single shot reflection. That explains the overlap between the white shirt of the daughter, and the cut off image of her father. It's not a "graphic design" you're looking at, but a reflection in a rather small (too small) photo which has been framed. The only option was to use the frame as a part of the image to create the depth. It also distantiates the man from the woman, eventhough the portrait of the man is essentially too dominant in this photo.
I appreciate your honest opinion, though. Luckily, my client was extremely happy with the result, as they realised the difficulty of the situation. The father died only a few months prior to the photoshoot, the grief still very much present.
Your Dutch translation made me smile... After reading the English version, it all made sense. How did you achieve that? Dutch ancestery? Or an internet translation tool?
I'll catch up with your work soon. I'm rather busy at the moment though.
Take care, and thanks for your thoughts,
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/15/2006
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Ha Gerhard, Dank - het concept, zeker samen met het thema voor het boek is vrij goed geslaagd, al zeg ik zelf. De serie portretten van de dochter van Rudi waren absoluut het moeilijkste, omdat mijn klant er op stond een foto van Rudi in het plaatje te gebruiken. En die foto was op zich niet zo - een beetje prominent en te klein. Ik heb de foto laten afdrukken, ingelijst, en meegenomen naar Duitsland voor de shoot. Dat maakt 'm een beetje geforceerd, naar mijn gevoel. Bij een aantal anderen is het concept veel sterker uitgekomen - Kardinaal S. is daar waarschijnlijk het beste voorbeeld van.
Groeten,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/15/2006
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Hi Phil,
All in due time.... I can produce quite a few of these series, as I rather like the concept (If I may say so myself), and I'm thinking of continuing it eventhough the book is finished....
You flatter me; don't think it's the best photo in this series, it was by far the most difficult one, as my client insisted on having the portrait of her father in the photo, and I had to work with a relatively small image, hence the frame.
Talk to you soon, I'll catch up with your photos soon, too!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/15/2006
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Thanks Jan, Although I don't think it's the best photo in this series, it was by far the most difficult one, as my client insisted on having the portrait of her father in the photo, and I had to work with a relatively small image, hence the frame.
Cheers,
Hugo
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/15/2006
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Hi Christine,
Thanks for your comment. It rather intrigued me - what made you think it's a candid portrait? I actually consider that a compliment, but in all fairness, it was an appointed shoot - staged (I had the photo of her father printed before the shoot, and brought it with me) for a book about death, containing a series of 8 of these types of photos.
Interesting - would love to hear your thoughts on the candid aspect!
Cheers,
Hugo
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 10/15/2006
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great work. magnificent. 7
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Bruce Harper
{K:5305} 10/12/2006
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Hi Hugo
Another very interesting series, with interesting responses. Here I think you've captured the expression on the daughter's face brilliantly, a mixture of love & pride & sorrow. I didn't like the white square initially, but looking at it again its starting to grow on me, I think it acts as a frame within a frame, tieing the two faces together.
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Jani Salvataggio
{K:27283} 10/10/2006
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Great composition!
Regards
Jani
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jude .
{K:14625} 10/7/2006
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Ah, wait; I'm betting the title is "Reflections on Life and Death"...this is what I get for skimming the 'about.'
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jude .
{K:14625} 10/7/2006
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Marvelous series, Hugo...can we have the title of the book and when it will be available for purchase?
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Nelson Moore [Kes] -
{K:20241} 10/6/2006
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Hi Hugo -
This is a fantastic composition, what a wonderful way to bring them together into one shot. Very creative and thoughtful idea. Congrats!
Cheers,
Kes
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 10/5/2006
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another touching work my friend.. have all the best
roby
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Ian McIntosh
{K:42997} 10/5/2006
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Yeah great memories there. How much more larger than life can the man look. This is a bold and brilliant venture. Gnarly challenges even for a technologist such as yourself Hugo.
Look I know you like to post your series in threes but can't you just post them all up here. Don't make me buy the bloody book it's in Dutch (surely?).
Your aesthetic choices for this, I'd like to know:
Compositionally it is more what we mere mortals would think of rather than the others so far which are very spacey. I imagine you know that. but we aren't in the ivory halls for this shot are we, we are in someones home, with the daughter of the power player, not the power player...
I have to look at my rationals here but will carry on... Us ordinary joes can put ourselves in this picture (identify with) more easily than the others... No that's not it. Hers is the hardest loss, hence honour it with simplicity? The first guy anticpating his death, the second on the death of a sort of peer, this one her father.
It is easy to be dead. It is the bereaved that need looking after.
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Joćo F * Photography
{K:41945} 10/5/2006
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Excelent and strong composition dear Hugo W. well done my friend !!
regards
joćo
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 10/4/2006
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Hi Hugo
Glad to see you back again. Anotehr interesting addition to the series. The varied comments is almost as interesting and "entertaining". I go with what is said about the expression of the daughter while one has to know more than myself about Rudi Carell's life/character to express an opinion about that. The fact that they did work close together perfectly explains the expressionon her face. Technically I have to agree with Doyle to a certain extent - the whitish square is intrusive and can give the impression that its been pasted on the background image of the daugther. Personally I'm not sure how it came about since the outside edge (left and below is dark. My only explanation (guess) would be that the window (?) reflected on the portrait formed the white square while the shadow part formed the thick dark edge left and below. What intrigues me is the absence of any detail of Rudi's portrait in this dark edge. Nonetheless another image that gives the grey matter some much needed exercise. Kind regards.
Joggie
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Thilo Bayer
{K:50358} 10/4/2006
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Hi Hugo,
well, now I see what you mean... Awesome double portrait shot, and Rudi was really well known in Germany. It seems that his spirit lives with his daughter. And she seems somehow happy with the situation...
best wishes,
Thilo
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:101119} 10/4/2006
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De klapper. Niet een van mijn favoriet mijn vriend. Het witte plein in de weerspiegeling leidt heel naar mijn geest en meer dan een beetje af. . . Goed. . . Het verschijnt bijna amateuristisch! Uw werk, naar mijn geest is ALTIJD veel beter dan dat en ik kan niet voorstellen me dat appelation betreffende uw werk gebruikt te worden, maar. . . Goed. . . Dat is een eerlijke mening tenminste.
Ik doe HEEL veel zoals de uitdrukkingen gevangennamen. Ik hou slechts totaal niet van de voorstelling / compositie. Ik denk echt. . . Indien het enig hulp aan iedereen is. . . Dat het dat van het bijvoegsel beeld strookt krachtig van de kwaliteit van het werk afleidt.
Ik zal een koe afbeelding naar u als pennance voor mijn gedachten wijden. . ., Maar u bent zo veel beter dan dit. (In mijn mening, natuurlijk)!
Achting, Doyle ik <~~~~~
(Readable Dutch)?
Wow. Not one of my favorites my friend. The white square in the reflection is very distracting to my mind and more than a bit . . . well . . . it appears almost amateurish! Your work, to my mind is ALWAYS much better than that and I can't imagine that appelation being used in regards to your work but . . . well . . . that's an honest opinion at least.
I do VERY much like the expressions captured. I just totally dislike the presentation / composition. I really think . . . if it's any help at all . . . that the squaring of the inset image detracts powerfully from the quality of the work.
I will dedicate a cow picture to you as pennance for my thoughts . . . but you're so much better than this. (In my opinion, of course)!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Gerhard Hoogterp
{K:4863} 10/4/2006
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Ook weer een heel fraai plaatje. Enerzijds een interesant en creatief concept, aan de andere kant moet je ook elke keer maar weer iets vinden om een dergelijke foto te kunnen maken.. Heel fraai..
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 10/4/2006
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Oh, Hugo, I like this a lot! Is this the end product? What about the three paneled one?
Her facial expression is wonderful! To me, it looks like she is looking back on the time with her father with fondness, pride and contentment! At the same time, I can see sadness in her smile.
As usual, a top notch, unique, Hugo de Wolf production!!! :)
Cheers
Phil
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Pablo Dylan
{K:63918} 10/3/2006
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Great composition!!!
Pablo
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Ursula Luschnig
{K:21723} 10/3/2006
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Hi Hugo,these reflected faces are so fantastic,I love her smile and his laughter.I think you caught their personality excellently !
Cheers,Ursula
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 10/3/2006
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Hi Avi, You're right - this is not a double exposure, nor two images superimposed. All three photos are single shots I made for a book discussing reflections on death - I made a total of 11 portrait series - all single images, shooting the portrait in the reflection of a mounted photo, painting or drawing...
Cheers,
Hugo
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Avi
{K:70138} 10/3/2006
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One more.. you are amazing.. and I am inclined to believe that you did not use a double exposure here - did you ?
all the best Hugo !
Avi
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Jan Hoffman
{K:39467} 10/3/2006
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Well done-- clever and careful placement of reflection; just the right angle.
--Jan
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C.A. Mikulice
{K:13300} 10/3/2006
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nice candid portrait, Hugo. I like the concept here very much, it works well.
christine
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