As modern portraiture goes Jim Fiscus is one of the best. He’s sharing a rung with Timothy Greenfield-Sanders in my opinion, eventhough Fiscus’ work isn’t as personal. He manages to capture something beyond the basic essence of the subject; he captures their potential. He creates an environment for them where they are someone else entirely, and putting them out of themselves can be just as good as showing them in themselves. With Jim Fiscus it is just as good. The way the images layer up without a lot of depth makes the subject matter stand out but even the background becomes the subject matter. In short he does what portrait photographers are supposed to do: he makes the subject seem more interesting than they really are.
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dehumidifier | 23-Feb-07 at 5:23 pm | Permalink
I’ve worked with Fiscus before- he used to shoot a lot of campaigns for Cingular. I totally wanted to quit my job and be his studio assistant, but alas I had no photography experience whatsoever.