Todd Hido, editorial work
Todd Hido had a photo in The New York Times Magazine on Sunday. A portrait of Milton Katselas, an acting coach in Hollywood who also happens to be a Scientologist.
The photo is unremarkable, really, except for the fact that Hido shot it. In fact, the story ran with two photos, and I wrongly assumed on first read that both images were shot by Hido. (Turns out the second one was shot by Stephanie Diani of Getty Images.)
Note: This version of Diani’s photograph, available on The New York Times Web site, is a cropped version of the photograph that appeared in the print magazine on Sunday.
Even before I realized that only one of the photographs was Hido’s, it made me think about that whole artists-doing-editorial debate. After realizing my mistake, I’m thinking about it even more so.
I’m firmly on the side of artists-doing-whomever-whatever-whenever. That said, I couldn’t help but wonder why The New York Times Magazine wanted Hido for this particular story, and what Hido brought to the portrait that someone else couldn’t have. I love Todd Hido’s work, but this photo seems incongruent in a way that raises lots of questions for me.
Copyright © Todd Hido
The photo is unremarkable, really, except for the fact that Hido shot it. In fact, the story ran with two photos, and I wrongly assumed on first read that both images were shot by Hido. (Turns out the second one was shot by Stephanie Diani of Getty Images.)
Copyright © Stephanie Diani/Getty Images, for The New York Times
Note: This version of Diani’s photograph, available on The New York Times Web site, is a cropped version of the photograph that appeared in the print magazine on Sunday.
Even before I realized that only one of the photographs was Hido’s, it made me think about that whole artists-doing-editorial debate. After realizing my mistake, I’m thinking about it even more so.
I’m firmly on the side of artists-doing-whomever-whatever-whenever. That said, I couldn’t help but wonder why The New York Times Magazine wanted Hido for this particular story, and what Hido brought to the portrait that someone else couldn’t have. I love Todd Hido’s work, but this photo seems incongruent in a way that raises lots of questions for me.
Labels: editorial, photographers, Stephanie Diani, Todd Hido
posted by Liz at 7:52 PM
1 Comments:
There must be two "Todd Hido's"? There must be.
;)
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