Dear Readers,
This week we
move to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to meet another one-of-a-kind photographer,
Gaston Torres. First, I must state
something about his person: as I found out during our correspondence, he is an
exceptionally cooperative and kind person (well, all photographers so far have
been so, not to be mistaken), in his very own way. He is primarily a 35 mm fashion
photographer, using different cameras and mostly color neg film, even for many
of his commercial assignments and editorials. His talent is instantly obvious, once you see his work, as he is capable
of handling both very complex and also very simple photo setups. By simple I
don't think it as a diminutive, on the contrary. And especially in those
»simple« (film) photo shoots I think he really excels in. He did a very good job
on the recognizability of his style, although I am having a hard time how to
clearly define his style.....since his photos emanate quite some ambiguity.
After a long thought, however, I think the best way to describe Gaston's style
is a »an elegant mix of Terry Richardson
and Nobuyoshi Araki, with a pinch
of Helmut Newton«. I openly invite
you to visit Gaston's work on his
website and on his photostream
on Flickr.
Mitja
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