Michael Grecco does Shear Genius
Posted by Craig | Filed under photographers, television
It’s no secret that I’ll watch just about anything on the Bravo network and rarely have regrets. I love skill-based reality competitions.
Last week I was watching Shear Genius and thought I was dreaming when I heard Michael Grecco’s name. OMG! A chance to see him shoot on one of my favorite shows?! Sweet!
My initial reaction is that he seemed a little harsh with the stylists and and a bit cold to the models, but I’m sure there are lots of footage showing just the opposite, as Michael himself mentioned on Flickr:
I was actually asked to be meaner than I was when we started out shooting. The show was edited to be as intense as possible and make good TV. They actually edited a 45 minute shoot with each hairdresser to be as intense as possible. There were also lots of laughs and jokes on the set, but that did not make for a good show.
The reality was that none of them did really good hair for the shoot. I could have really been tough but I tried to be as specific as I could with them for the audience’s sake.
If you missed it, Bravo makes it pretty easy to catch shows in rerun.
Lee Friedlander Exhibit at MIA
Posted by Craig | Filed under minneapolis, photographers
If you’re a fan of photography and in Minneapolis, you only have a bit more than two weeks to catch the Lee Friedlander exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This is an amazing collection that’s not to be missed. The size of the exhibit is very overwhelming. With almost 500 images, I was zoning out after less than half of them and plan to go back early next week to get through the rest.
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