Bad Olympic Portraits Rewarded with an Exhibition in NYC
You know the expression, “there is no such thing as bad publicity”? It’s certainly true in the case of …
Photographer Joe Klamar Explains His Controversial Olympic Portraits
AFP photographer Joe Klamar’s portraits of US Olympic athletes have caused a firestorm of controversy in the …
Are Joe Klamar’s US Olympic Portraits Intentionally “Bad”?
Update: Klamar has responded to the criticism. The photographs aren't 'anti-establishment'. They were simply the result of being unprepared.
I came across a series of supposedly bad US Olympic portraits taken by photographer Joe Klamar via a post on my Facebook page. I just had to take a look to see if they could really be as bad as reported.
US Olympic Team Portraits Come Under Scrutiny
Photographer Joe Klamar has been receiving some criticism over his portraits of the US Olympic Team that many believe could have been done better. Most of the criticism, as you would imagine, comes from photographers who believe they could have done a better job representing the athletes. And with access to these athletes for photographic purposes being so restricted, it's understandable that photogs would get upset over sub-par portraits.