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14
Mar 11
© Kasia Grabek 2011.
© Kasia Grabek 2011.
Above workshop Samples and beow Student Letter of Recommendation by Kasia Grabek.
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To whom it may concern
A Couple of weeks ago I finished a fashion photography workshop with the amazing instructor C. Stephen Hurst and the entire workshop exceeded my expectaions. Stephen is not only excellent photographer, and phenomenal artist but also fantastic teacher!!! Each class was great and organization was superb! Tons of useful information and coverage of various lighting techniques. Stephen’s communication skills created a positive learning environment where everyone had equal opportunities to try lighting. I really love his teaching style and the way he critiques the work – because he pushes you to find your own voice as a photographer. Stephen is also a great mentor and an inspiration and I feel honored that I could be one of his students!
Yours sincerely
Kasia Grabek
www.inventivephotographie.com
Personal Reflections — No comments
09
Jan 11
FTV: 2001. Angel of Sunset Park. Born with a heart condition.
Personal Reflections — No comments
09
Jan 11
FTV: Meaning From the Vault. Work unpublished and unpolished. One of my first test shoots. Lower East Side. Winter 2002. Inspiration found in the work of Dante Rossetti.
Process and Methodology — No comments
22
Dec 10
Those of you who follow NEwsRandoM know I have a Love affair for the NY TImes LENS Blog. Why you ask?! Look no further than this interview (orig. in Chinese) with Mongolian photographer A Yin who has documented the fleeting nomadic culture of his homeland and thus the disappearing mores and traditions of a people who descend directly from Genghis Kahn. The above Diptych is of the same boy two years (and thus two Eras) apart. The shift from a ‘way of being’ that has lasted for hundreds if not thousands of years to a space and a place that is distinctly 21st century China is profound, melancholy, and sobering. I would write more but as not to color your experience with this work Click on the link here or the photo above (make sure to view in Full Screen mode) and let me know what you think.
Personal Reflections / Process and Methodology — No comments
20
Dec 10
Humanity. I need to feel connected. But sometimes it’s easier to do so with Strangers.
Click on the Photos to see more of this project ‘The Stranger’s I Know’ But if you need a primer starting here is as good place as any.
Personal Reflections / Random — No comments
15
Dec 10
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
A Winter’s Tale: these three images discovered me and my angst over organized religion more so than I made or constructed or discovered them (Funny how that works, photographs discover you and not the other way around). Taken in places I care not to remember. Inciting emotions I care not to recapture. But alas, this Trinity–if you will–shall continue to grow and foster, because it must. And because, with IPhone in hand, I can not turn away.
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
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15
Dec 10
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
Today in Brooklyn, NY: 20 Degrees and the remnants of a light snow. Not enough to be a Winter wonderland but just enough to be mildly irritating.
Thus, I wish for warmer days and bucolic fields…..
Wild fruit within hidden hills
plucked from vines on salt cooled winds; atop a technicolor blue, Adriatic Sea that whispers softly and softer still.
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13
Dec 10
Solve, Solve, Solve! Is there anything you can’t do. Your work has always exuded a ‘cinematic exuberance’ rich in color, angst, and mysterious narratives. But as I troll through the NYTIMES.com website this weekend and discover your latest collaboration with Owen Pallet evoking his inner Bernard Herrman; and revel in a host of ubber talented performers performing Passionately (alliteration anyone?) I can only say thank you for being. Your work is, has, and will continue to be filled with a wealth of awe and inspiration.
Process and Methodology — No comments
12
Dec 10
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
Process and Methodology. Two words that intrigue me. From a HursT point of view powerful and professional photographs are simply made (for lack of a better term) conscious of the multiple (and sometimes conflicting) elements that come into being before, during, and after the shutter is pressed.
A personal axiom: When the fashion photographs from a shoot are a great success everyone, and I do mean everyone–from the stylists and models to the Janitor and Delivery Guy–bathe in the credit for a job well done. But when the photos are a diaster and not worth publishing and when the client makes Godzilla seem like a tame and domesticated pet by comparison. And when Things fall Apart, as Chinua Achebe writes, it’s your fault and your fault alone.
© C. Stephen Hurst. 2010
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11
Nov 10
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Searching for Props for an upcoming shoot I came across this chair. Ummm, yeah…….I had to repost.
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05
Nov 10
- © C. Stephen Hurst. 2000
FTV (From the Vault) will be a new feature appearing every blue moon or so on News Random of work unpublished and unpolished. Today’s post brings work created nearly a decade ago. Our Lady of Prospect was my first serious attempt at constructing a visual landscape based upon my emotional daydreams. Technically speaking, the images were created with a Rollei TLR (still my favorite Camera, and, my most valued educator) and a Leica M6. The film used was Ilford XP2 Super throughout. All shot with ambient light with the exception of one image. Location: Prospect Park Brooklyn U.S.A. All effects were done in camera with the aid of Multiple Exposure techniques.
- © C. Stephen Hurst. 2000
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