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GQ
Design Director: Fred Woodward
Creative Director: Jim Moore
Director of Photography: Dora Somosi
Senior Photo Editor: Krista Prestek
Art Director: Chelsea Cardinal
Photographer: Brian Finke
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I’m curious as to what you liked about this one.
answered below. just FYI.
Thanks for the refresher of Brian’s work. I’ve admired his work…especially how he wrestles the moment from the ordinary in a graphic and compelling way. Very few have been as successful at using on-camera flash for a style they own.
Kyle:
I’ve been fascinated by competitive eating for some time now, I follow the sport, interviewed Joey Chestnut, seen several competitive eating images. I think this shot is so well executed in that I had a a very uncomfortable visceral reaction to it without being repulsed. Successful photography is about provoking an emotional reaction.
Thanks Heidi, I appreciate getting a different perspective on this. The images do match the emotion of the sport. In all honesty I don’t get the sport or the images but I am sure there are things that I appreciate that you would not. More and more I am coming to understand that photography or any art is about doing what you are passionate about, then finding other people that get it. As a photographer I celebrate that the two sides met here.
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