©Chris Buck [Steve Carrel]

Since I saw the work of Chris Buck few years ago, I was really surprised about the originality of how his subjects are depicted in the images. In a field as crowded as celebrity portraits, Chris raises with a level of creativity and visual expression that never fails to surprise. You can see many wonderful images at his website and read a very interesting essay about his work published online here.

I like to photograph people in uncompromising positions, I do that all the time! I work to do it--it's my job. I want to make a photograph that's an interesting photograph that might say something about them. So to do that you need to put people in situations where they feel awkward. Well, to me anyways, those are the pictures I relate to, maybe because I feel awkward. So I relate to pictures of people feeling awkward. So I'll do that with people. I won't tell them that, I won't say, 'hey, I'm gonna make you feel awkward,' though sometimes I will, if I feel there's some sort of connection with them and I think they're gonna get it. Some subjects respond well to this, Usually it's somewhere in between. - Chris Buck

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© Luis Sinco (Los Angeles Times)

Very interesting story published online in LA Times. .. you have to register for free if you like to read it [story]. You can see a beautiful multimedia show combining pictures and audio on the story here. More images from Luis Sinco and an interview where he explains his work in Iraq can be found at the npr site.

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Times photographer Luis Sinco made James Blake Miller an emblem of the war. The image would change both of their lives and connect them in ways neither imagined.

The young marine lighted a cigarette and let it dangle. White smoke wafted around his helmet. His face was smeared with war paint. Blood trickled from his right ear and the bridge of his nose.

Momentarily deafened by cannon blasts, he didn't know the shooting had stopped. He stared at the sunrise.

His expression caught my eye. To me, it said: terrified, exhausted and glad just to be alive. I recognized that look because that's how I felt too. I raised my camera and snapped a few shots.
With the click of a shutter, Marine Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller, a country boy from Kentucky, became an emblem of the war in Iraq. The resulting image would change two lives -- his and mine. [story] .

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