Saturday, 14 April 2007

Marc Schultz: Thailand

Image Copyright © Marc Schultz -All Rights Reserved

Marc Schultz is a Bangkok-based commercial and fine-art travel photographer. His work includes various fields of photography; corporate, travel, advertising, food and interior.

His images are published in newspapers, books, magazines, web sites, print media greeting cards, calendars, corporate literature, and billboards. Marc is collaborating with a major European book publisher on a 200-page coffee table book about Thailand. He works with a full production team of lighting technicians, stylists, make-up artists, and has access to foreign and local models.

While Marc has his own website showcasing his excellent photography, I chose a separate website that has a slideshow with his narration and a soundtrack. The slideshow (Soundslides) is titled Thai Life Through The Lens. There are a number of great frames in this feature. My favorite is one of two elderly rural Thai women laughing their heads off ...this photograph, among others, deserves a standing ovation.

Having said that, I found the narrative to have a 'canned' feel to it. Marc chose not to use a 'fade-in/fade-out' technique, which means that there are no smooth transitions between the narrative and the traditional music. Notwithstanding this shortcoming, I found the photographs to be inspiring.

Marc's slideshow Thai Life Though The Lens

Marc's website

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