Over at NY Times, British photographer Robbie Cooper lifted stills off video of kids playing video games, their faces filled with utter concentration.
Cooper had the kids look at a reflection of the game in a plane of glass, and put his camera behind the glass so the kids wouldn’t be self-conscious about the giant fancy camera pointed right in their faces. This technique is evidently Cooper’s homage to Errol Morris’ “Interrotron” that the filmmaker used for many of his documentaries. The interplay between the real and unreal worlds is Cooper’s ostensible subject, but mostly the photos are just great to look at.
The video was shot using the RED camera system, and it really showcases the potential of the system when it gives you such high quality shots with beautiful colours.
