The Grey Line: Post-Modern potraits of West Point Cadets

2014-11-18T23:24:59-05:00

Apparently enough people found these photos bothersome that it was petitioned to be removed from Buzzfeed. I think they're great photos, not the usual type of thing you see of a place like West Point. Obviously they are staged, but that is what a "portrait" is. Interesting further reading at War on the Rocks:
http://warontherocks.com/2014/11/the-gray-line-the-very-model-of-a-postmodern-military/

http://kristinepotter.com/the-gray-line/nqmj0tjo450v7c50m8fh0ig9ahzge9

The Gray Line

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 19 at 2014 11:06 AM

2014-11-19T11:06:00-05:00

1LT Strawn, some are excellent photography, some seem designed for GQ magazine?
As a Kodak Photog Grad, I like them. Especially the camo and lighting...some of the others seem odd..cadets in the woods?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2014 12:28 PM

2014-11-20T12:28:30-05:00

A bit weird for me.....

Response by SFC Robert Wheeler made May 14 at 2015 8:04 AM

2015-05-14T08:04:19-04:00

I like this photo. It was well composed and very artistically done. Props!

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 8 at 2015 1:33 PM

2015-09-08T13:33:51-04:00

Being an entrenched "fuddy-duddy", I don't much care for 'em...but I don't know if that's so much what the artist baked into the composition, as what I am primed to expect coming out of my exhaustion with a "revised" view of military culture. Besides...shouldn't these Cadets be studying? -JK ;)