Guide to Unique Photography

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Photographs are often compared to paintings. When Freddy Alborta died last August, we were reminded of this by his photo of Che Guevara lying dead on a table surrounded by his captors. The British art historian John Berger compared the image with paintings by Rembrandt (The Anatomy Lecture by Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632) and Mantegna (The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, 15th C.). In the Vietnamese napalm girl by Nick Ut, you can see Edvard Munch’s The Cry (1893).

Desiree Dolron (1963, Haarlem, The Netherlands) is currently one of Holland’s most successful photographers. Her work has already been bought by the Guggenheim museum in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Dolron likes extremes.

GUP visited Paris Photo in le Caroussel du Louvre. Chez Paris Photo ‘05 From November 16 to 20 galleries attending the biggest photography fair showed some of the best kept photography secrets and shared new talents with its visitors.

Proportionally, few photographers specialise in still lifes and are attracted to balancing everything to the slightest detail: carefully selecting and preparing game, poultry, vegetables, fruit and flowers, handling scalpel and tweezers with almost surgical precision, arranging objects with endless patience and accuracy, positioning and moving lamps, reflectors, spot mirrors and foil, while at the same time applying the plant spray and ice to make sure that the vulnerable and perishable products do not lose their delicious appearance.

According to GUP, 27 year old, Daniel J. Ashes (The Netherlands) is a real talent. At the moment he’s into portrait photography, but who knows what kind of photographical tricks he pulls next year. Take a good look and see what GUP already knew...