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Alcoholic or Millionaire? 6 Photographers Shoot The Same Guy To Show The Power Of Perspective
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Alcoholic or Millionaire? 6 Photographers Shoot The Same Guy To Show The Power Of Perspective

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This eye-opening experiment by Canon Australia shows what can happen when photographers approach a photo subject with an agenda. Six photographers were told six different stories about the man they were supposed to photograph, and these stories come across in their resulting shots.

The six different backgrounds given for the model, Michael – millionaire, ex-convict, psychic, alcoholic, lifesaver and fisherman – all led his photographers to produce radically different results. They even shot their photos in the same studio with the same props!

“A photograph is shaped more by the person behind the camera than what is in front of it,” Canon Australia wrote in their video. Along with this valuable lesson, never forget how much creative license you have when photographing a subject, no matter how simple it might be!

More info: canon.com | facebook | instagram (h/t: petapixel, demilked)

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Self-made Millionaire

Ex-Convict

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Life-Saver

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Alcoholic

Fisherman

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There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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VickiStafford
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you could put all those labels into a hat and apply them randomly to the photos, and you'd never know the difference. They all look like book cover portraits.

microsaurio
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Awww sorry you waste your precious time reading 3 paragraphs, looking 7 pictures and a goddamn 3 minutes video!!!

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VickiStafford
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you could put all those labels into a hat and apply them randomly to the photos, and you'd never know the difference. They all look like book cover portraits.

microsaurio
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9 years ago

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Awww sorry you waste your precious time reading 3 paragraphs, looking 7 pictures and a goddamn 3 minutes video!!!

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