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Radcliffe’s approach to the people he photographs is essential to understanding the results he achieves with his final images. His photographs, usually produced as a series of images made over a span of time, offer the complex relation to time we experience only with still photography. They also allow us as viewers to experience the intimacy that he achieves with his subjects, as a result of his long-term, often single-minded commitment to them. He establishes an empathetic connection with them, finding in them and then capturing with his camera lens, their own compassion and place in life, and shares that with us. Through their faces and eyes which he manages sensitively to capture, we are allowed to view their souls; and whether we feel attracted or repulsed by the portraits, we are mesmerized by them, and they are committed to our visual memory.

NY Times article- query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E2D61539F932A...

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    blur-maria says:

    "I just discovered his work and i'm amazed by the extreme power of its simplicity. When other photographers try hard to create impressive, complicated pictures, with tones of photoshop filters and layers, Mr Radcliffe just presses the button and creates 1000 times more powerful pictures.

    Today you gave me a valuable lesson about photography (and life) and i thank you for that."

    26th October, 2010

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    nightwatchman1 says:

    "A super guru of B/W photo...."

    19th September, 2010

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    patrickjoust says:

    "At a time when we are inundated with images of all kinds, I am always amazed at just how powerful an effect Jack Radcliffe's images have on me. His work expresses feelings of all kinds, which at times can be difficult to experience because they seem so present and immediate. His images always convey an assertive sense of what it is to be alive. His recent hospice series, in particular, can be hard to look at because it's such an honest portrayal of human suffering.

    The variety and character of his work is impressive. He is not just a chronicler, but a story teller. I hesitate to use the word cinematic, because I don't feel that his images are flashy or overwrought, but they do have a compelling quality, a sense of richness, that is similar to a moving image but without being too fleeting. He successfully freezes his subjects within a particular moment, but they always seem very alive to me. It's a privilege to be able to view such great work as his and I am looking forward to whatever he captures next."

    3rd June, 2010

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    marielito says:

    "a master..
    no need for other words."

    21st February, 2010

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    © noborders says:

    "After having discovered your stream (and your website) not long ago, I kept on coming back, again and again… I'm starting to love Americans thanks to your photos ! (not that I did not before, having worked in Colorado some years ago :))
    It’s incredible how people trust you and look so natural, even in very intimate attitudes - they look relaxed and tender and it’s as if you were part of them, with such a wonderful empathy, even osmosis : they seem often totally oblivious of your presence and are totally… themselves… Splendid photos !"

    3rd December, 2009

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    [federica] says:

    "..WoW .. I'm speechless :)
    federica"

    18th November, 2009

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    per ora resto says:

    "Finally something New! Looking at your stories is like opening a door. Thank you*
    Micaela"

    13th October, 2009

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    ~ kali's central station ~ says:

    "So real ... and yet so incredible ..."

    19th September, 2009

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    ~Emmanuela~ says:

    "There is such raw and nearly angry intimacy, in these photos. I know it well.

    I went back to read again your profile, and followed the link beneath the New York Times excerpt.

    Of course they are the dying. Of course they are.

    There is the anger, in that intimacy. That is why I know the courage intermingled with the shame and doubt. The joyful face held above a shoulder set in hopelessness.

    So grateful am I for this portal into a beginning of your portfolio, the tremendous body of work that is your call.

    I want to view more . . . traverse the additional links . . . to know everything you've done.

    To be a person of color from nothing and no one; to be queer; to have lived through the discord and violence of the 1960s and '70s, then the ennui of the '80s and '90s . . . this is to know death far too well . . . to have lost whole generations, large percentages of one's communities, too many family members, loved ones, and loves.

    Your photography reminds me why I breathe. For them.

    For this, I thank you.

    ~Emmanuela"

    5th September, 2009

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    Ana.Caldas says:

    "Just to say you are brilliant!!!!"

    21st July, 2009

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    Subbiah Ramalingam says:

    "I don't know Jack personally - but his photos bring out a kind of depth which i have not experienced before in other B&W photos.

    I don't know if its the lighting or emotion or everything else. But a personal bond is developed when one goes through his photo stream."

    19th June, 2008

Name:
Jack Radcliffe
Joined:
January 2008
Currently:
Baltimore, Maryland
I am:
Male
Occupation:
photography, fine arts
Website:
http://www.jackradcliffe.org