One of my favorite photographers EVER!

Eugenio Recuenco!!



Recuenco has a "Painterly" style, like that of my mentor and professor Charlie Freeman. You see his photographs and they look like beautiful paintings. With a mastery of light that surpasses many of the photographers today. This is what separates the men from the boys in my book. Please check out the youtube video of some of his most regarded work. He uses instances of photographic history where if you haven't been to art school, or didn't have a deep appreciation of photography; it may get past you. It's an honor to know that we live in a time that such an artist is alive.

I discovered Recuenco's work reading Vogue. Yes, I was reading Vogue. When I first got into art school I wanted to be a fashion photographer. I couldn't help but noticed how his photographs pull you into a different world. Very surreal and ominous, but realistic at the same time. Then you have to respect his usage of light and how he not only utilized it to expose a photograph but to paint with it as well. There's a photo in this video where there's a woman standing by a cross. Look at the shadows and the story they tell.

This is just one of my "heroes" of the photographic world. I'm not a fan. Nor do I idolize anyone, but there are people I look up to and look forward to. Recuenco is definitely one.

Enjoy the video. This is what I'm personally striving for DAILY.


Ben