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Mar. 2nd, 2005 11:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I saw the above photo of Cate Blanchett for the first time today in the course of my day job. And it's been stuck in my head ever since, because it's so clearly one of those accidental lucky photos, that peeks behind the curtain just a little. Look at that walk. Of course we all know the red carpet is performance, but there it is, proof positive.
Celebrity photography so rarely includes what makes photography great, which is the sense, not just of the moment in the photograph, but of the moment just after. By the time we see a still image, even in this digital age, the conclusion of the story began in the photo has already been decided, and good photos show that inexorable march towards the finish line, even as when they were taken the conclusion remained unknown.
Such a great image.
I saw the above photo of Cate Blanchett for the first time today in the course of my day job. And it's been stuck in my head ever since, because it's so clearly one of those accidental lucky photos, that peeks behind the curtain just a little. Look at that walk. Of course we all know the red carpet is performance, but there it is, proof positive.
Celebrity photography so rarely includes what makes photography great, which is the sense, not just of the moment in the photograph, but of the moment just after. By the time we see a still image, even in this digital age, the conclusion of the story began in the photo has already been decided, and good photos show that inexorable march towards the finish line, even as when they were taken the conclusion remained unknown.
Such a great image.
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Date: 2005-03-03 06:13 am (UTC)