Fulton is a friend of mine (he’s even got a cameo in a piece of fiction I recently published, more on that later) and he’s spent a significant chunk of his life listening to me ramble on, complaining about the fashion industry, vapid girl shots, horrible retouching, and all manner of other banal topics. And he listens, and responds, and then goes and shoots pretty girl fashion, because he likes it. And that’s good, because Fulton is good at fashion photography and I’d much rather he do it than some asshole guy I don’t know.
Check out these images he just sent me. Look at that color! That’s some good color. Look at that girl’s face! There’s actually skin texture there, thank god. Like I said, I’m glad Fulton is shooting fashion and not that other guy, because that other guy would be too busy staring at breasts to notice the shape of the rest of that girl’s body or bother thinking about color schemes.
While I’m still not really interested in fashion photography, I’m glad Fulton didn’t lend too much weight to my tirades against it and I’m glad he’s playing with the medium. Next, I just want him to approach a larger variety of subject.
zachary comment on June 25, 2009 11:56 pm:
I personally love fashion photography. And to me, it really seems like the most practical direction for a photographer wanting to make money while still functioning in a creatively free manner. The only other appealing option to me is documentary photographer, eg: James Nachtwey.
The other choices then are fine art photographer, advertising, food, and sports. Fine art photography as a career is tremendously impractical, and is usually a by-product of an already successful commercial career (usually fashion). Advertising can be interesting, but usually involves more computer and less camera. Food photography is boring, but certainly not more boring than sports photography. The choice is easy for me.
Plus, just look at the work of Irvin Penn, Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts… There is great art to be found in fashion photography.
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Alison comment on June 30, 2009 12:06 pm:
some stunning images (and he might even make some money and meet pretty women!)
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Ian Aleksander Adams reply on June 30th, 2009 12:43 pm:
Unfortunately, editorial fashion doesn’t make that much. Magazines, at least these days, even ask for big shoots to be done for free at times (since they say it’s good for your publicity.) It’s sort of bull, but it’s so competitive that they get away with it.
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