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- palimpsest12
- https://i.imgur.com/…YakuZoku
- I don't understand this one. What did I miss?Longcopylover
- some dimwit said that creatives should be running agencies by the time they’re 40, or some nonsense along that linemonospaced
- 4 a.m , 4 agencies, 4 neuronsneverscared
- if he even worked at 1 he wouldn't have time to post as much especially in Dec, Runs 2 my ass, that's about all the time I have 4 QBN todayYakuZoku
- He never said he ran one. He just talked mad condescending shit to members here who were mere CDs or senior ADs, saying they should be running agencies by now.monospaced
- I have to assume, since he is undeniably the BEST designer on QBN, and he was here FIRST, that he owns and runs at least 1-2 agencies.monospaced
- Is the shoebox dude back?tank02
- running an agency is a completely different business lolfeel
- ^ it's "I laid out a page for Vice 15 years ago so I'm top designer now" guy.
Vice lol, how cute ;)YakuZoku - come on shoebox guy, revolutionizing the shoebox-showbox worldArchitectofFate
- Titles are merely honorifics... there was a time in Los Angeles the entry level rol at entertainment agencies went something like this:jonny_quest_lives
- "Art Director" = Junior Artist "Account Executive"= Account Coordinator "Creative Director" = Art Directorjonny_quest_lives
- what does it matter as long as you get paid to solve problems and you enjoy the workjonny_quest_lives
- Any of those run agencies, dude?monospaced
- I mean there are rules... this ain't 'Namjonny_quest_lives
- chill monospaced is an idiot, he never thought this throughgrafician
- Nice try. My shit is air tight.monospaced
- Now shut the fuck up, Donny. Time to go pose at your coffee shop from the friend zone in one of your dumbass trench coats.monospaced
- prophetone3
- so many toyscanoe
- Wow on the intro!cruddlebub
- sold out in 12 hours.refunktion
- No waycruddlebub
- colab4
Vid of the Day
Is everyone else getting the "sign in to YouTube" when trying to play videos on QBN? Or is it my dumb computer?
- Gardener10
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The fantastic five born yesterday have moved into the old lizard tank.
and lo it came to pass that a sixth was born this morning, praise be!
- You should name the sixth one CotD.palimpsest
- It's a shame the lizard isn't there anymore, it would have been nice ;)OBBTKN
- j/k. Congrats, chick-mamaOBBTKN
- Congrats on your baby dinosaurs!_niko
- lol palimort_
- God dammit Pali, read it half asleep this morning and went completely over my head lol_niko
- flol cotdgarbage
- neverscared2
- anybody know and can point the bestest software which might make it possible to get an approximate 3d version of it to fuck around with it in blender?neverscared
- Someone posted a video link the other day_niko
- i know the meta stuff , but maybe some other software.. if the meshes are ok enough?neverscared
- https://hitem3d.ai/PhanLo
- https://www.meshy.ai…PhanLo
- thanksneverscared
- Oh you’re right it was this I was thinking about https://www.youtube.…_niko
- The meta ones are bit low res,The Hitem one is better but no texture and Meshy does a really good textured one, but it's paid.PhanLo
- oineverscared
- Krassy3
- Stefan Sagmeistergrafician
- And she thinks she's so coolbainbridge
- still would_niko
- I did herNBQ00
- ^ and you felt the need to share because?pango
- because sharing is caring, pangoNBQ00
- lol and you wonder why people find you repulsivepango
- I like her stuffrobthelad
- I'm a sweet bunny, pango.NBQ00
- Calling oneself a sweet bunny sure does make you more punchable NBQ. XIanbolton
- How can you punch sweet little bunnies? :(NBQ00
- with brass knucklespango
- it's all about t̶h̶e̶ ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶ meMrT
- when the bunny is a vile racist sex pest, you don't punch it - you batter it with a big fucking hammer.face_melter
- lol I'm no racist and also not a sex pest, just your accusations because you don't like all my opinions.NBQ00
- https://www.youtube.…pango
- there's probably a willy under that dresscherub
- many moons ago, she liked one of my post on Instagram. I was very surprised.HAL9001
- trying to hardmilfhunter
- Horp8
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It's going to be an unpopular hot take but...
I don't much like Martin Parr's photography; at least not consistently or fully enough for me to think of him as a great photographer.
He has taken some shots that really wowed me back in my art college days, but even then there were plenty of others who had taken equal and even greater candid street shots.
I've always found him to be, on the whole, a bit sneering and critical of other people's lives. He points his camera to say "look how crude, how basic, how easily satiated these poor people are".
Then there are the minor scandals across the decades that seemed to get brushed under the carpet.
The first was when subjects of his pictures allegedly came forward to say he had carefully contrived the scenes he'd shot... he asked them to volunteer and told them what to do, how to stand, how to behave. Yet the images were then passed off as spontaneous candid moments, caught by a photographer with a keen instinct for the decisive moment.
There were the smattering of alleged accusations of racist intent which came a little later, but then seemed to be scrubbed, possibly by PR and injunction to protect the value of his archive... I don't know.
But also, and this isn't his fault I know... he inspired a plague of Parr-esque aspiring street photographers, who assembled in such monumental numbers to take very shit photographs of fat people with ice creams that it became a permanent mutation of what street photography can be. It curdled a once full spectrum thing into being either Parr-like, or not Parr-like, with the democratics of opinion leaning towards the notion that if it isn't Parr-like then it isn't street photography and is therefore shit...
"This picture is a bit boring... where are the varicose veins and the little dog pissing up the NO DOGS sign?"
He did take some really great shots, but he also took an ocean of mediocre ones, and for me there's just enough of a whiff of contempt and mischevious cruelty that I don't feel that I will mourn the passing of a great creative genius today.
*takes a cheeky shit on his compendium*
- who?NBQ00
- NBQpango
- Nothing I would disagree with there.mort_
- popular take so far :)Gnash
- All art is staged.hellrod
- Some disagreement here. Never felt any sneer or judgement in his work, always a celebration. Home for me was seaside Yorkshire, so it was relatable.MrT
- https://www.theguard…
Martin Parr obituaryMorning_star - Find it hard to believe some of his photos were not staged, especially with larger amounts of people.letterhead
- it's hard enough to art direct 5+ people in a specific scene and get a single shot that doesn't need retouching. In my experience.letterhead
- Don't get me wrong, I don't hate his work, I just don't think it's as consistently remarkable as other people do.Horp
- Interesting obituary. Seems he had love for the north of England rather than a critical eye.mort_
- The documentary's worth a watch too - only released in the last year.MrT
- 1. Wait he died?
2. The sneer was kind of the point. Gross colors, gross food / subjects. His photography always came across as staged like a LaChapelle..garbage - ..about poor folks.garbage
- 3. Do people really consider him a street photographer? It's such a dumb designation, but photographers are morons so maybe they do.garbage
- canoe4
Punches For:
...at the Pistons game...
...out to dinner with the wife...
...at the cigar bar...
...playing golf...ffs charity guy I thought you didn't have the budget to pay my full rate?
- NBQ000
- Punch em anywayMrT
- speedbag that lil mofoAQUTE
- Is she still flashing skin?utopian
- Didn't she start her own agency like 8 years ago making ugly work?bainbridge
- https://www.creative…Krassy
- punching way better creatives than you?
wow so amazinggrafician - NBQ you're a muslim that hates muslim people brografician
- exactly, you know everything dot com :)NBQ00
- No one's punching anyone. And they can't be criticised because they're better creatives? Give over.MrT
- mort_11
- Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.palimpsest
- alzheimer ?neverscared
- @pali and for the thousandth time I'll add Believing is Seeing to the counterpoint reading list.garbage
- I wish people knew about sites like this. wasitai.comCyBrainX
- @garbage
A gol with a nar?palimpsest - The book is not really a counterpoint. But Irwin believes that art is in the process rather than the object. It's a great art book!palimpsest
- @Cy Thanks manrenderedred
- And the quote is really by Paul Valéry which brings it full circle.palimpsest
- The wasitai site is 1for 3 for me so far, not great at distinguishing illustration or art ai from the real deal_niko
- so @niko be nice and share?renderedred
- I tried a Norman Rockwell painting, a still from the Rudolph stop animation movie and a real painting of a bird from a friend and all came back as likely ai._niko
- But when it came to photos of people, it was 100% accurate, got every one on here right: https://thispersondo…_niko
- i see. so far from accurate really.renderedred
- thanksrenderedred
- @pali I meant compliment, and agreed. Damn this tired brain the past few weeks.garbage
- zaq4
- palimpsest9
- Do you want me to reply to this garbage Lazaro or?grafician
- yespango
- You're so fucking stupid you don't realize you've already done did replied.palimpsest
- Your obsession with me is cute but retardedgrafician
- Exhibit A:
https://www.qbn.com/…
Exhibit B:
https://www.qbn.com/…palimpsest - Exhibit C:
https://i.haasie.com…palimpsest
