Thaddeus Pope

Hi Folks,

 

I’ve just spent the last few months rebuilding my photography website using Dreamweaver and Slideshow Pro. I’ve also added 2 new projects, which are listed under the headings Angkor and Underwater. I’ve tried to make the site nice and easy to navigate, and I’ve added captions. This is the first time that I’ve built a site using a CSS layout, rather than a standard HTML layout, so I’d appreciate any advice, feedback, constructive criticism, etc.

 

Though photography is currently my main focus, I am also working towards becoming a camera operator. While at university, I was fortunate enough to work on several films by BA Film students at The University of Westminster and The London College of Communication. These films were predominately shot on s16mm Aaton and Arriflex cameras, using various types of film stock and lighting equipment. Now that I’ve gained some confidence as a photographer, I’m hoping to do much more cinematography work. So, if you are a filmmaker, writer or performer and you would like to work with me, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

 

Here’s the link: www.thadpope.com

 

Kind regards,

 

Thaddeus

Hi Chris,

 

If you’re still in London and you want to go to the cinema, I’d recommend The Prince Charles (just of Leicester Square). It’s cool, its cheap (much cheaper than any other cinema in Central London), and they show decent movies. Some shows are £3 (or thereabouts), others can be more expensive – I’d recommend calling them before you go. This is their website: http://www.princecharlescinema.com/

 

If you want to visit a good photography gallery, you should head down to The Photographers Gallery - http://www.photonet.org.uk/

 

I’d recommend that you make time to visit The National Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, The British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Science Museum, The Natural History Museum, and Tate Modern and Tate Britain. There are many other galleries and museums in London, but these are my favourites.

 

Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.

 

Regards,

 

Thaddeus

 

 

 

 

 

 

As someone just starting out, I’d say that Roger Deakins and Janusz Kaminski would be the two guys that I’d most like to learn from. However, off the top of my head, it’d also be very nice to work with and learn from Robert Yeoman, Slawomir Idziak, Lance Acord, and Brian Tufano. ;)

Zatôichi (2003) was also very good.

Here’s a few more – some have been mentioned already, but are worth mentioning again. ;)

 

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Slumdog Millionaire

The Man Who Wasn't There

Good Night and Good luck

Road to Perdition

Requiem for a Dream

Control

Mulholland Drive

Chopper

The Pianist

Donnie Darko

Amélie

Sin City

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Billy Elliot

City of God

Oldboy

Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Pans Labyrinth

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Assassination of Jesse James

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Zodiac

 

I’m looking forward to watching Gomorrah – I heard that the cinematography was pretty special.

Here's a couple of my favourite images by Rene Burri.

 

 

:lol: Yeah I probably went a bit overboard with my last post!

 

I forgot to mention Cindy Sherman - who is most famous for the Untitled Film Stills series (1977-1980). Her work is extremely relevant to this question, so I think you should definitely check it out.

 

If anyone's interested, here are a few links to some good photography websites.

 

Media Storm: www.mediastorm.com

 

Foto8: www.foto8.com

 

Magnum Photos: www.magnumphotos.com

 

Magnum In Motion: www.inmotion.magnumphotos.com

 

VII Photo: www.viiphoto.com

 

Burn Magazine: www.burnmagazine.org

 

That's me done (for now).

Here’s a list of some of my favourite 'cinematic' photographers, I hope this helps. It should be easy to find their work, if you're not already familiar with it.

 

Sebastião Salgado

 

Philip-Lorca di Corsia

 

Trent Parke

 

Nan Goldin

 

Paulo Pellegrin

 

Mary Ellen Mark

 

Marcus Bleasdale

 

Josef Koudelka

 

James Nachtwey

 

Steve McCurry

 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov

 

Bruce Davidson

 

Joel Sternfield

 

Larry Clarke

 

Raymond Depardon

 

Edward Burtynsky

 

Larry Towell

 

David Alan Harvey

 

Antoine D’Agata

 

Jonas Bendikson

 

Joel Meyerowitz

 

Diane Arbus

 

Richard Avedon

 

William Klein

 

Brassai

 

Robert Doisneau

 

Robert Franke

 

Garry Winogrand

 

Henri Cartier Bresson

 

Edward Steichen

 

Annie Leibovitz

 

David Lachapelle

 

Horst P Horst

 

And, of course, Gregory Crewdson, Stephen Shore, Jeff Wall and Sally Mann

Hi Daniel,

 

Nice photos.

 

Earlier this year I spent 1 month diving on Koh Lanta, and 1 month diving on Koh Tao, so it was good to see these pictures. Good job. While on holiday I shot about 40 rolls of Fuji Neopan with a Nikonos underwater film camera. It'll take me a few months to process the film and prepare the images for the web, but when I do I'll send you a link.

 

All the best,

 

Thaddeus

Hi Folks,

 

I’ve just redesigned and re-launched my photography website, so I’d appreciate any feedback, advice, constructive criticism, etc. I’ve tried to make it nice and easy to navigate, but there are still a few things that I would like to add (captions, for example).

 

Here’s the link: http://www.thadpope.com/

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thaddeus.

Hi folks,

 

I’m a young photographer with serious aspirations of becoming a cinematographer. I’ve just launched my new website (woohoo!), so I thought it’d be a good time to introduce myself.

 

For examples of my photography, please visit www.thadpope.com

 

Please check it out and let me know what you think. I’m a novice website designer so I’d appreciate any advice, feedback, constructive criticism, etc. I’ve tried to make it nice and easy to navigate, but there are still a few things that I would like to add (captions, for example).

 

All the best,

 

Thaddeus.