tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.comments2023-04-08T15:02:55.037+02:00Andrea Pistolesi PhotographerAndrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-2534925082666703532015-12-28T12:02:30.726+01:002015-12-28T12:02:30.726+01:00wonderful...wonderful...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096954893635825383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-29746393497719291402012-01-09T21:20:27.319+01:002012-01-09T21:20:27.319+01:00Il tuo splendido calendario
mi accompagnerà anche ...Il tuo splendido calendario<br />mi accompagnerà anche quest'anno<br />sia a casa che al lavoro<br />(dove ha riscosso grande successo !)<br />Grazie !<br />GiòAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-27413341941191456122011-11-03T09:40:17.593+01:002011-11-03T09:40:17.593+01:00Bellissimo blog! Complimenti, soprattutto per le f...Bellissimo blog! Complimenti, soprattutto per le foto!!!<br />Saluti da Vongole&Merluzzi!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-89523858530950923452011-08-13T17:55:10.016+02:002011-08-13T17:55:10.016+02:00Mercì Vincent!
That is what I try to do after all....Mercì Vincent!<br />That is what I try to do after all.. Teaching photography in a week would be crazy otherwise.. :-)<br />Yes, see you soon somewhere.. The world is small!Andrea Pistolesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-15435003672609492712011-08-13T15:53:39.115+02:002011-08-13T15:53:39.115+02:00Andrea, thank you very much for sharing with us yo...Andrea, thank you very much for sharing with us your time, knowledge, and experience. This workshop has been eye-opening to me, and you know from our discussions it's been hard for me to change my mindset. Also, sharing with us the future of professional photography with no doublespeak has been immensely valuable. This helped me understand the reality of our craft and left me with new directions to explore. For this, thank you! Do well, Andrea, I hope our paths will cross again.Vincent Besanceneyhttp://vincent.besanceney.fr/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-21346502371296951272011-05-26T11:32:24.189+02:002011-05-26T11:32:24.189+02:00Great story.Great story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-17593954750484603162010-12-28T19:26:27.866+01:002010-12-28T19:26:27.866+01:00Thanks - I was just clarifying in case people didn...Thanks - I was just clarifying in case people didn't know that about my film and assumed otherwise.Tim Hetheringtonhttp://www.timhetherington.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-87620908929190964102010-12-28T17:55:04.769+01:002010-12-28T17:55:04.769+01:00Hi Tim,
in fact I was mentioning your work as bein...Hi Tim,<br />in fact I was mentioning your work as being outstanding, probably the best work done in Afghanistan. But also exceptional, in the literal sense of the word.<br />What really moved my post were the reportages that I keep seeing in many media (I'm Italian, so I pay special attention there) that were, well, "soft".<br />But I still think the general problem of access and reporting exists, and for few good works (like yours) that makes sense, there are many that are just filling the pages.Andrea Pistolesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-13602989867024310152010-12-28T17:26:51.016+01:002010-12-28T17:26:51.016+01:00My documentary Restrepo actually contains rare ima...My documentary Restrepo actually contains rare images of wounded and dead Afghans in the immediate aftermath of an Apache helicopter attack on a house in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. The movie has plate widely across the US, and when these images were first broadcast on ABC' Nightline and repeats, an estimated 22 million people saw them according to broadast figures. While still not perfect, it's something considering the difficulty in accessing Afghan casualties that are often inaccesible owing to their remote locations.Tim Hetheringtonhttp://www.timhetherington.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-53206283210823663632010-12-28T13:42:45.783+01:002010-12-28T13:42:45.783+01:00Hi Rick,
yes, I agree with you on the need to pay ...Hi Rick,<br />yes, I agree with you on the need to pay attention to the many voices around. (Through collateral channels, though).<br />My main concern is more on the media then the photographers. It seems that to publish stories that are not following the mainstream of the public opinion is not good business, so they just don't do it. (On the other end publishing mainstream opinion is considered obvious. So they publish very few interesting subjects.)<br />I think what we are really loosing for good is the open view of the press that made Time, Life and NYT so important.Andrea Pistolesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-14342867647533545222010-12-28T13:20:58.850+01:002010-12-28T13:20:58.850+01:00there's Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, recent int'l jo...there's Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, recent int'l journo of the year, and the others in the book "Unembedded".<br /><br />Philip Jones-Griffiths shares your same perspective in his intro to the book, but it's a little harsh to me. Teru Kuyuwama gives a good insight on embed photography in a recent Lens blog interview with Michael Kamber. It is good to get that view, and as news consumers we have to look to the Abdul-Ahads, Bilal Husseins and Laith Mushtaqs for the same level of intimacy on the other side.Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-1972600872818534992010-10-15T01:50:47.722+02:002010-10-15T01:50:47.722+02:00I think i agree, bottom line, with your arguments....I think i agree, bottom line, with your arguments. Sad ones indeed. Market dictates, we follow... or at least some do. But then the long-term challenge is to revitalise the sector, new models, new ideas... I'm in..Matteo Bertolinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11808908415992281984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-34177532025173635282010-10-11T11:46:06.807+02:002010-10-11T11:46:06.807+02:00I have no doubt that this is a period of self-anal...I have no doubt that this is a period of self-analysis and transition for photograpy. As you rightly point out, everyone has a cheap fool-proof camera in his pocket. Does this means that I see more interesting pictures around? I would say no. Kitsch is the dominating trend, meaning that digital photography most of the time is trying to emulate kodachrome or B&W in the same way photograpy in the XIX centuries tried to emulate paintings.<br /><br />I believe digital photography has still to found his own voice, as photography did many years after its start with Weston or Strand. Is conceptual art the path? I don't believe so. Art can be conceptual, but does not need to. But it is mandatory for art to create real emotions. From what I see around, the emotion created by digital photography are based on the mimicking of traditional photography. As I can be moved by Ingres, but not by an arty photograph of the XIX century, I can cry in front of a great B&W print, but not in front of a photoshop creation copying Cartier-Bresson. Is not about being purist, is about moving forward...<br /><br />BTW, your picture for this post is great!Alastair Fontanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13212958136013195716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-1876653083666406172010-09-30T09:49:28.370+02:002010-09-30T09:49:28.370+02:00Thank you Andrea,
for your nice photo and more to ...Thank you Andrea,<br />for your nice photo and more to describe so positivily the city I´m living in.<br /><br />Grazie1000<br />OrlandoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214254193739364294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-33300391040506907642010-09-23T11:22:48.986+02:002010-09-23T11:22:48.986+02:00"taking photos is also a social responsibilit..."taking photos is also a social responsibility" - this is really true. In this era, the digital era, we all are going to loose a lot of images, in the future.<br />We (pro or not pro photographers)MUST take photos as to describe in a remore future the past times.<br />My english is very bad, I know, but I think that the sense of my meaning can be understood.<br />ByForza Paninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344088023709655816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-36582640128517262052010-09-23T11:18:01.504+02:002010-09-23T11:18:01.504+02:00You're right!!!You're right!!!Forza Paninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16344088023709655816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-29589329317248841662010-09-14T10:24:48.536+02:002010-09-14T10:24:48.536+02:00you're right Andrea, "keep making photos ...you're right Andrea, "keep making photos to express yourself!" is a basic rule that all have to follow. I think expression and likeness while shooting are the key for good and healty pictures. bye!nicolahttp://www.ncocco.itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-78024499794803373332010-09-14T09:52:11.069+02:002010-09-14T09:52:11.069+02:00interessante...
potrebbe essere materia per un sem...interessante...<br />potrebbe essere materia per un seminario...cirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-292294059908997252010-08-31T10:36:22.816+02:002010-08-31T10:36:22.816+02:00I absolute agree. But every day I wonder the sense...I absolute agree. But every day I wonder the sense of being in the most beautiful country in the world, Italy ! A country that has no longer the ability to express his talents. Where meritocracy is just a obsolete word... Where the law of the smartest wins ... And where professionalism is not more appreciated ...Robertohttp://www.robertomorelli.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-742939862738127742010-08-31T10:25:44.315+02:002010-08-31T10:25:44.315+02:00Hi Andrea, I add a further though that I believe i...Hi Andrea, I add a further though that I believe is not so obvious. Even those who teach learn something. Facing with the vision of others is always a surprise. It is so amazing to realize how others see things differently than your own. Don't you think so ?Robertohttp://www.robertomorelli.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-18584533374119727612010-08-30T10:46:48.763+02:002010-08-30T10:46:48.763+02:00An educated point, but all were not immigrants. Af...An educated point, but all were not immigrants. African-Americans, are not "immigrants" and yet they've contributed to the well-being of our society in innumerable ways, let alone in inventions my dear man. Besides, those immigrants you speak of came to America because they knew even then that that Europe was not a place of openess, it had lost its pioneering spirit ages ago. Why they came to my country and left the old country was because they saw a better vision and better version of themselves and the lives they wanted to create. Your young people feel the same way, that is why they are coming in droves (nothing has changed) and allowing their minds to run wild and free in an atmosphere that nurtures creative thinking. I welcome them. I love Europe and I hope to bring my pioneering spirit to Europe to give it the shot in the arm it so desperately needs again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-55447322939218205712010-08-30T08:40:36.189+02:002010-08-30T08:40:36.189+02:00I can agree on most of your vision.. But don't...I can agree on most of your vision.. But don't forget that most of American inventions were created by immigrants (born in Europe and gone in the US to find a fertile ground for their ideas..)Andrea Pistolesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-49982426046888231882010-08-30T07:14:21.819+02:002010-08-30T07:14:21.819+02:00The answer is not to tell "young Europeans wi...The answer is not to tell "young Europeans with ideas" to go where the so-called action is. The answer is to tell the Old Europeans, the ones sitting and rotting in their comfortable chairs and waxing poetic about the past that they didn't help create to get out in the sun and motivate the youth in their own countries. The reason why America has been in the lead for centuries (and this will continue for centuries to come) is that we promote our young people from BEFORE they are even born. Our parents tell us that we will be great, that we already ARE great. Everyone tells their child before they can even talk that they are special, that their ideas are brilliant, etc. What do you expect to get when you raise a child like that? A pencil-pusher?! No. You get someone who is constantly thinking of new ways to do things, constantly going after a vision in his or her own head, a vision that they will fulfill or die trying to. You get innovators, creators of the new! It's not about Europe, America, Asia, etc. This thinking is antiquated. It's about beliefs. The kind of beliefs you instill in your child, in your nation are the beliefs that will sustain him or her through out their life. Beliefs and Vision make for great nations and people. Europe has simply stop believing in itself, she has simply settled for a life of comfort. Believe me, I love her beauty, love her art and she inspires me to no end, but as an American I know full well, that life is not about comfort or status quo, it is about realizing your dreams. It's a very American way of thinking. Our work is never done, it just evolves into something else. I say to young Europeans, believe in yourself enough to shake up your elders, don't sleep, don't strive for a life of comfort. You can sleep in your pretty box when you're dead. For now, create and live! My country is too crowded as it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-10840295088834733022010-08-28T18:53:46.350+02:002010-08-28T18:53:46.350+02:00What you are talking about is not "being prof...What you are talking about is not "being professional" in the term of the word. A pro is somebody that works for living out of this job. This requires that you follow requirements from your client (being a magazine, a different company, or else..).<br />When you work on your projects is a totally different case..Andrea Pistolesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-750519313508250689.post-21081712698132847492010-08-28T03:28:31.419+02:002010-08-28T03:28:31.419+02:00I understand what you're saying but I do belie...I understand what you're saying but I do believe that Art and Commerce go hand in hand. There doesn't have to be an either/or situation. I love photography and want to be published as much as possible for the projects I work on. This requires knowledge of the business side of photography. I love what I am doing and I don't go around taking photos thinking "oh, I hope that this publication or that publication buys this series". I remain true to me but if anyone or any publication on the whole likes what I've done, I have to be savvy enough to conduct business with them, reaching a win/win situation.This Time Nowhttp://nearandfar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com