I know I have blogged some of his work before but here is another polaroid from Johnathan Leder
He has new updates on his site which is well worth a look. A lot of photographers shoot girls, especially half naked girls, and seem mainly to do it for the chance to hang out with someone beautiful for a while. Their work doesnt tell you anything about the girl, the personality, and its just an excuse to show some ‘tits’…. You know you look at the images and just kinda think they must be a sleazebag… just girl after girl with nothing new, interesting or intended. But almost all of Mr.Leder’s work seems to have this incredible sense of narrative, a hint of stories still being lived outside of the frame. I feel I have seen the images before even though they also seem very fresh and new. Thats not a criticism at all for me, he builds on this great American Visual language and enhances it with his own work. I could look at it all day whilst both feeling inspired and inadequate at what I shoot.
