Benson on Winehouse, Part Deux

My  post yesterday about Harry Benson's photos of Amy Winehouse elicited a comment from Keith Nolan, who did not like the images all that much. I thought they were good—more intimate than most celebrity portraits I usually see. But who knows? Maybe I am prejudiced, because I know Benson personally and really, really love Winehouse's "Back to Black" CD.  To be fair, the images I posted were outtakes—and unretouched ones at that. Here's another, and this one is much closer to the image used in the CD packaging.

Now it's up to all of you...am I exhibiting a lack of critical facility, photographically speaking? For that matter, am I off base on the CD?
—David Schonauer

Comments

[Keith Nolan]

I did not say I disliked them. Like yourself, I adore Ms. Winehouse's music and admire David Benson's work (and I even come from the Beatles era!) What I was querying was the tendency nowadays to presume the viewing public will not appreciate art unless it has celebrity status, as we might not know it's meant to be good!

[Keith Nolan]

Oops..sorry...Harry Benson...David is a friend of mine!

[Zorga Lina]

The photo is too commercial and 'pretty' IMO. Actually photos of her taken by paparazzi are more intimate & striking