Mark Cohen Photographer Video
This is by far the funniest shooting style I’ve seen. It’s like he walked out of a Pink Panther film. Sneaking up and scaring the guy next to the ladder, the camp walk away from the old guy near the wall, talking a photo of the ladies leg. Sheer hilarity.
The key take away is the audacity. He does seem to choose more powerless subjects. Women, old people. I guess that’s the dirty secret of close street photographers. He’s very similar to the work of Bruce Gilden but I like his non-grotesque aesthetics better.
He moves fast, unlike Winogrand. This is such great, important stuff to see.
He seems to rarely look through the finder. But perhaps the range finder viewfinder is so much larger that you can be a little further away.
I envy black and white photographers being able to work in a far wider range of light. And obviously with the flash he increases the possibilities even further.
Posted 2 years ago
