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The weird, wonderful history of fairground photography

28 points by anarbadalov 5y ago

MrBuddyCasino 5y ago
Since the article contains few visuals, here's a gorgeous music video shot on a fairground to compensate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUfXDlTfBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUfXDlTfBQ
- watersb 5y ago
  Striking similarity to the photograohy in this of HN item today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30818253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30818253
- dylan604 5y ago
  https://vimeo.com/188327011 https://vimeo.com/188327011 I did something similar, but different. Rather than video, I shot long exposure timelapse without a tripod as they are forbidden to use by the fair organization. So it was more of an exercise in "hide and watch" mentality (after being sent back to the car to put up the tripod) to be able to shoot the footage in the style I wanted. Came back the next night with a monopod, and they said no to that as well. Nevermind that while I was doing my thing without any *pod, I counted at least 20 other people using tripods. It was me, my Matthellini clamp, a ball head, and a bunch of people looking at me like I had 3 heads.
  - pwython 5y ago
    Some cool shoots in there, but the music was similar to me waiting for my 56k modem to connect. :)
    - dylan604 5y ago
      Yeah, you'll never please everybody with music selection, so I just go with whatever I'm in the mood for at the time. Fun fact, I found that track on YouTube, reached out to the artist for permission to use it. His response was "yeah, sure. cool vid." He was just a teenager at the time, so I thought that made it a bit more interesting in an inside baseball kind of thing vs just some random track on a stock site.
- pwython 5y ago
  You might like this one too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BljkQJrl5wo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BljkQJrl5wo
khazhoux 5y ago
Skip your click. Two photographs. Yesterday there was an article about 1000-year-old jokes... without including a single joke. Why are people writing such useless articles?
- whodunnit 5y ago
  - anarbadalov 5y ago
    This was written by the chief curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art. He is, in fact, a person.
- rideontime 5y ago
  The first line below the title: > An essay from renowned photography historian Clément Chéroux’s book “Since 1839... Eleven Essays on Photography."
- cngn 5y ago
  Not the least bit curious about why there are so few photographs? Ah, there it is, in the second paragraph.
  - trutannus 5y ago
    Right, but I'm sure there's more out there than just these two. Having a post about photography with minimal photos is somewhat weird.
subpixel 5y ago
Reminds me of this book: https://www.mikkelaaland.com/county-fair-portraits-by-mikkel-aaland.html https://www.mikkelaaland.com/county-fair-portraits-by-mikkel...
zabzonk 5y ago
Best and weirdest fairground shots - Diane Arbus?

28 points by anarbadalov 5y ago

Since the article contains few visuals, here's a gorgeous music video shot on a fairground to compensate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUfXDlTfBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUfXDlTfBQ

watersb 5y ago
Striking similarity to the photograohy in this of HN item today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30818253 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30818253
dylan604 5y ago
https://vimeo.com/188327011 https://vimeo.com/188327011 I did something similar, but different. Rather than video, I shot long exposure timelapse without a tripod as they are forbidden to use by the fair organization. So it was more of an exercise in "hide and watch" mentality (after being sent back to the car to put up the tripod) to be able to shoot the footage in the style I wanted. Came back the next night with a monopod, and they said no to that as well. Nevermind that while I was doing my thing without any *pod, I counted at least 20 other people using tripods. It was me, my Matthellini clamp, a ball head, and a bunch of people looking at me like I had 3 heads.
- pwython 5y ago
  Some cool shoots in there, but the music was similar to me waiting for my 56k modem to connect. :)
  - dylan604 5y ago
    Yeah, you'll never please everybody with music selection, so I just go with whatever I'm in the mood for at the time. Fun fact, I found that track on YouTube, reached out to the artist for permission to use it. His response was "yeah, sure. cool vid." He was just a teenager at the time, so I thought that made it a bit more interesting in an inside baseball kind of thing vs just some random track on a stock site.
pwython 5y ago
You might like this one too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BljkQJrl5wo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BljkQJrl5wo

khazhoux 5y ago

Skip your click. Two photographs. Yesterday there was an article about 1000-year-old jokes... without including a single joke. Why are people writing such useless articles?

whodunnit 5y ago
- anarbadalov 5y ago
  This was written by the chief curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art. He is, in fact, a person.
rideontime 5y ago
The first line below the title: > An essay from renowned photography historian Clément Chéroux’s book “Since 1839... Eleven Essays on Photography."
cngn 5y ago
Not the least bit curious about why there are so few photographs? Ah, there it is, in the second paragraph.
- trutannus 5y ago
  Right, but I'm sure there's more out there than just these two. Having a post about photography with minimal photos is somewhat weird.

subpixel 5y ago

Reminds me of this book: https://www.mikkelaaland.com/county-fair-portraits-by-mikkel-aaland.html https://www.mikkelaaland.com/county-fair-portraits-by-mikkel...

zabzonk 5y ago

Best and weirdest fairground shots - Diane Arbus?