please have a look www.stephenferry.com

I ordered “I am Rich Potosi”... really looking forward to it’s arrival!

i had another look at the site and i would like to point out a few other very minor things – why does a new window open when you click on the ‘intro’ site? I find that unnecessary, i like to have things contained in one window, but that’s just me. the other thing is that the vast majority of monitors out there are 1024×768 resolution and when i view your site in this resolution it doesn’t fit by a tiny fraction. i have horizontal and vertical sliders… you have space up and on the left, maybe moving the photos and text a little to the top-left would give it a neater look.

but these are just technical issues, i have to say I’m very fond of your work, my personal favorite is ‘macondo’ but then I’m very bias, because i have no words how to describe my love of marques’ work, and especially 100yrs of solitude… your images are very vivid, just the way i would see macondo, they will stay with me for a long time… thanks of the amazing work :)

As others have said, very clean site design, and straight forward nevigation. I especially like the large image size. Great job.

Stephen as far as the images all I can say is wow. Stunning.

I think The Sinister Hand and Macondo are my favorites overall, but damn there is just a lot of strong work throughout all these stories.

And folks, DO NOT miss it because many many strong images are to be found in the “Clips” link as well so check it.

Just a word of caution. As Hernan said in his post above take feedback on contrast,hue,staturation etc with a grain of salt. It is largely a matter of calibration, profiles etc. If you are sure that your systems and hardware are calibrated and tight and your images look right to you on those systems, then I would be reluctant to re scan or alter them. Of course you are fortunate enough to have an in house expert on this stuff so if I were you I’d follow her advice : )

Mark

Nuff said.

Just small technical issues but I really like the design and content.

Going to Cuba soon, will think of your work…

Ciao,
Alessandro

I take several things from your comments, and I hope to work yhour suggestions into the site, time permitting. The sizing issue is serious. I definitely need to address the issue of the scroll bars being hidden and all. I guess we were optimistic about our real estate. On top of it the 1024 screen may not even be the norm nowadays.

As for color and contrast, Sandra and I worked a lot on trying to bridge the big gaps between pcs and macs, to find if not a happy medium then at least to get an idea of the main differences. In general PCs register images on the contrasty side with blocked up blacks. So the milkiness on some monitors may be a result of trying to accomodate the Bill Gates/Steve Jobs divide.

There is another factor that may lead to milkiness in the blacks: digital noise. There are two b + w stories on the site, one set in Cuba and one of the FARC releasing POWs. The one of the FARC has a lot of digital noise pumped into it, which speckles the blacks with white dots. The other story was shot on film, with a purposefully grainy developer which doesnt get into the blacks.

I myself like digital noise, in some cases, a lot.

thanks, stephen

Easy to navigate, the contrast wasn’t a big deal to me. Actually liked it in the Rich Potosi; gave a great feeling to the atmosphere of the mines.

The only thing I’d like to see is a small bio. After looking at such fantastic pictures, I usually want to know a thing or two about the person who took them. At the very least, where they are from, where they are, etc.

Like specially the ones from Cerro Rico. Look at them has made my day!
I’ve been in the same mines around 4 years a go, and look now at you shoots bring loads of memories back. Pity my photos are not even near the quality of your ones…

Congratulations on the website.

Paulo

P.S: just two of Cerro Rico:

The digital noise in some is not disturbing when seen as a feature.