Catwalk
Fashion photography by Dave Yoder. Behind the Scenes: On and Off the Catwalk - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com:
Mr. Yoder’s initiation to his new subject was unceremonious. He showed up with a few cameras, and, standing in the middle of the fray backstage at his first show, suddenly realized he was in a room full of mostly naked women. He panicked, thinking that he was in a lot of trouble.
Despite (and perhaps due to) his tribulations at the outset of fashion show photography, Dave Yoder has produced some fine work. I find many of the pictures make the models look like cattle: herded there, prodded here, and so forth.
Despite this, the images seem empathetic toward the models — furthermore, I do not think Mr. Yoder’s candid ephemera intends to take down the rarified world of high fashion into the realm of the plebeian. And yet, the project is disinterested in the fact that these are beautiful people, focused instead on documenting the day to day slog that is working as a fashion model.