Comments on: san miguel de allende https://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2007/02/san-miguel-de-allende/ burn is an online feature for emerging photographers worldwide. burn is curated by magnum photographer david alan harvey. Sat, 18 Jun 2016 08:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 By: alun Severn https://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2007/02/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23848 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:47:46 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.net/2007/02/19/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23848 David,

You must already know this because you take the pictures (!) but if I had to try and describe a ‘classically’ composed DAH photograph I would probably end up describing something like the shot in the story linked to these comments — the Mexican trio. There is something quintessentially DAH about it: three or four often interlocking or bisecting figures, often splashed with dense, sculptural shadow; one figure — often the extreme foreground figure — will be cropped across the face; hats, drapes or other clothing features often add splashes of colour and additional sculptural lines; the light will be used beautifully within the composition to highlight a particular feature or perspective.

But I have an aesthetic-cum-technical question for you. To what extent is this part of the DAH aesthetic signature, and to what extent is it a DAH technical signature (for example, the combination of the particular 35mm lens perspective — which I know from my own useage will comfortably accommodate small groups of people, say between three and six, very naturally — and your use of slide film?

Anyway, just wondering ‘aloud’, really… I was fascinated by how ‘familiar’ the Mexican trio picture was and how identifiable its signature was to me.

Hope you get to see this comment — it’s posted way after your original post…

best,

alun

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By: David https://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2007/02/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23849 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:13:37 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.net/2007/02/19/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23849 meredith…i tried posting a comment on your blog with no success..what did i do wrong??? hope you come back to see my note here…cheers, david

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By: David https://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2007/02/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23850 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:40:27 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.net/2007/02/19/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23850 hi meredith….

so nice to connect with you again!!! and please give roger my warmest regards…..

by the way, i saw the picture i took of you on flickr….nice bus ride back to the barn!!!

your work really went from good travel photography to someting more personal and aesthetic…..

your morroco work is really impressive…very nice amiga, very nice!!!!

please stay in touch…by the way, i have an opening for my hip hop work in new york on june 14 at the powerhouse arena in dumbo….please come…and , well ok, bring your dad!!!

saludos, david

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By: Meredith https://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2007/02/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23851 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:15:13 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.net/2007/02/19/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23851 David! I love the photos on this page! I loved your San Miguel workshop and I am forever indebted to you for getting me off of shooting in automatic!

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By: David https://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2007/02/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23852 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:18:51 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.net/2007/02/19/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23852 hola chanty…..

gracias por tu carta…..es mejor escribes a mi aqui…..

yo estoy en san miguel por una semana mas….

saludos, david

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By: natalia chantal barbazan https://www.burnmagazine.org/dialogue/2007/02/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23853 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:20:38 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.net/2007/02/19/san-miguel-de-allende/#comment-23853 hola david? como estas? espero que muy bien. nose si tengas algun mail personal para poder escribirte pleaseeee..!!

me encanta tu trabajo, tus fotos son padrisimas.

chanty

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