Carty.
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- kyl30
silly haters...
- mrdobolina0
I just don't see the point in being a prick about it. not directed to anyone except that guy that was a prick about it.
- Rand0
ICUH8N
- Crouwel0
crouwells love is like winter I am cold and my toes are numb :'(
chossy
(Oct 23 06, 07:59)exactly.
- monkeyshine0
My response was to the "overrated' response; mean-spirited and unnecessary.
- Crouwel0
oh wait, sorry. been away. i forgot there were more cuntish responses. point taken.
damn, i may be a bit agitated (again) cuz i just had to walk a few miles since the parking garage was on fire and my car was in it. :(
- Crouwel0
i love you chossy. i'd vrtually nibble your toes to warm them up. that's how much i love chossy.
- chossy0
FRESH!!
- lvl_130
do i have to compliment the work jsut to be likeable? or for respect?
to me respect is being honest. i hate lying just to be nice all the time. yuk.
Crouwel
(Oct 23 06, 07:57)nah, i think it is aimed more towards the old saying "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" but please correct me if i'm wrong.
The people that are yelling jock riding can go ahead and throw that term around as loose as they want. it's pretty much a half-assed attempt to cause conflict without any legitimate reasoning on their own part. i like his photos and i think they are very well composed. i also think he really hits his target audience/client dead-on for what they are looking for. the work speaks for itself...and to me it speaks volumes.
- Mario_Hugo0
I don't "get" photography, really. It all kind of treads some middleground for me, with girls in their underwear and documentary photography loftily sitting on top, and drunk skaters showing their junk a bit lower on the tiers. ;)
- mrdobolina0
saying "overrated" after all neuarmy did was posted a link is being a punk bitch in my world.
Carty updated his site, that is what the thread was about. Not about how it is better than anything else on the planet. lighten the fuck up.
- Crouwel0
yeah, his newer work is better then his old. gotta give props for that. better lighting and a little bit more substance to the portraits.
- Seff0
// how hard is it to take pictures anyway? I mean c'mon!
- mrdobolina0
stop playing the blame game, seff.
- Seff0
booo
- jonnyquest0
anyone that can actually make a living just shooting images these days has to be doing something right...
Either you don't like his work or you do what's the difference?
His clients seem to love him and in the end the only people he has to make happy are his clients and himself.
- Visia0
I tend to agree with the camp that wonders why this keeps getting posted.
I find his work to be good but not great.
On one hand he seems to have a good working relationship when doing portraiture, especially in the urban vein, but on the other hand all the shots seem flat as far as lighting is concerned.
And, there's a couple of fashion editorials in there that are based on really simple concepts (e.g. gangfight in an alley) and the execution of them is poor. They come off as very much contrived which weakens the original concept even further.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they all see so . . . fake. I've never really been moved emotionally by any of them which is why I consider them good but not great.
Yet, I always see this link popping up in here all over the place and have to admit that I too have wondered why.
As for the idea of "be nice or shut up", that's rediculous. If you don't want a critique then email the link to your mom.
- kingjulien0
While I don't care for his work, at all, I acknowledge that he's good at what he does. If perpetuating and glamorizing and commodifying urban contemporary culture is the ideal, Carty is one of the best.
I just think it was absurd years ago when he used to sign every post "Picture Pimp", and when he posts his own site in photography threads. That to me is a bit much.
With that said, I'm sure he's a nice guy, and I'm stoked for anybody on NT who's made it.
- kyl30
I think carty gets the links here because he's an old school nt'er. unfortunately, one who doesn't come by often because of the negativity(go figure).
- CHAOTICROOTS0
Holy have another glass of hatteraid!!