Photography Thailand Forum

[gregoire]

This book deserves its own topic. Find out all about it here: http://9days-inthekingdom.com/index.html

The 50 photographers involved in the project have just finished shooting and now the book is in its editing phase. The expected release date is December 2007 on the auspicious event of The Monarch Rama IX's 80th birthday.

I had the chance to go to the closing party of this event at Jim Thompson's house and also to interview some of the photographers at their HQ on the last floor of the Dusit Thani hotel. I'll be putting these interviews online during the coming days.

First one up is James Nacthtwey. He's a living legend of photography and has been working for Time principally since 1984. His interview is here: http://blog.aziacity.com/bk/2007/01/james_nachtwey_interview_with.html

I'll keep you posted when more stuff goes up.

I found our conversation very enlightening, I hope you will too.

One thing I didn't write but that some of you might find interesting is that he shoots 35mm film and uses a only a prime lens (35mm I'm guessing from his pictures).

[David Salmanowitz]

Gregoire--Thanks for posting this. It is always interesting to me to see how different photographers approach things. I am always amazed that one subject with 2 different photographers can be shot so differently, but that is the beauty of photography or other art forms as well. If we all shot the same way it would be boring.

[CW Lawrence]

Hey Gregoire, great article. Gotta fix the link to Nachtwey's site though - your link goes to natchwey.com... :)

[David Procter]

thanks for that Gregoire

[gregoire]

Thanks guys. I'll keep you posted when I get around to posting the other ones.

[gregoire]

Steve McCurry is famous for his picture of an Afghan girl that made it to the cover of National Geographic and that then led him on a quest to find her again 17 years later, after the Taliban were defeated. McCurry is a true master of light and color, which makes him a very “total” photographer. His portraits always have an intensity in their subjects’ eyes that is near magical. If I could choose a photographer to magically rob of his talent (not a nice thought, I know) I might choose McCurry—in part because I love color so much.

Read my interview of Steve McCurry on the topic of 9 Days in the  Kingdom at http://blog.aziacity.com/bk/2007/02/steve_mccurry_an_interview.html

[thebelge]

Hi Gregoire....

I have to correct one think you said about Natchway.

James Natchwey shoot digital too...i saw him at work in Bangkok last year. Shooting with an Eos 1Ds mark II and 24-70 L 2.8 zoom.
So sorry to scratch the legend man but he's not doing only negativ and 35 mn shooting  


Fred