Actually, i might like his photographs for 5 minutes, in that ''Somethings Bouncing In My Shirt'', Lisa Marie vein (if you remember Malcolm Maclarens videohit) , but after those 5 minutes, the interest wears off drastically.

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And i'm mainly referring to his ''athletic nudes''. There are a few individual portraits that i actually like.

Thanks max yes Weber is influenced by Leni as well as Herbert List from the period before, was leni influenced by Herber List, elements of british media have in the past called him a snapper, but I think that comersitionaly and with the techical ability of the day was qute outstanding. It is very easy to get a picture today without realy thinking of the techical side. And yes I gues thats what I like about Webers work is that it is an extention of a traditional interpritation of the figure, by the way I prefer his magazine work to his personel work I think that there is a lot more going on when he combines figure with fasion or semi documentary, there are only a few of his figure studies that I find stands out for me.. Herb Ritts is the expert in this field, but is that another story. As a person brought up in the country and who spent five years in a full time mountain rescue team in North Wales, I can relate to the opetic licence and peace of a person at one with Nature, and that has got to be the oldest one in the book. This is the reason I stayed in Plymouth rather than run to London to chase the streets paved with gold. The south West of England has so much beauty, variation in landscale, and colour, the mentality is a littal behind though. I am not disagreeing in what most of you are saying, we seem to be saying the same thing from difrent angles. Thanks for the information on Guy I will try and check his work out, yet another learning cure, and thats what its all about. Many Thanks Sebastion

Any thoughts then on the Helmut Lang campaign? Interpretations? Perspectives?

The word I'd use to describe most of Bruce Weber's work that I've seen is Bland. But that's only due to my high demand for visually stimulating images. He's like a cheesy, cheeky commercial photographer. I'm not tooooooo familiar with his work. Mainly because what I've seen hasn't encouraged me to pursue seeing more.

Maybe we can share links to his work? Stuff you guys like, don't like. Why, why not...? ?
Then maybe we can find out what makes one tick...

[quote]He's like a cheesy, cheeky commercial photographer. I'm not tooooooo familiar with his work[/quote]

if you do not know what yer talking about, then keep schtumm....

I think Weber peaked in the 90's and did some great shoots for American and French Vogue, esp. his so called "trips stories" were real gems.......great storyteller, not just fashion......

"Mainly because what I've seen hasn't encouraged me to pursue seeing more."

I agree. There is an element of cheese in his work and I think you're right - it's combined with cheekyness too. His ability to tell a story, I think, really is a large part of understanding what his work is about. I don't think magnifying glasses are too expensive?

http://entertainment.polo.com/magazine/editorial/su05/bruce_weber.asp

interview w. B.W.