Neal Preston or Herbert Worthington - who's better?

[HejiraNYC]

I tend to prefer Herbie's because his images were the first to really captivate me as a wee lad. Yes, they are very deliberate, posed and decidedly stiff- almost like way back in the 19th century when people had to sit perfectly still to take portraits. So they end up having that kinda vintage look that's very retro, yet kinda creepy in a dark/haunting way. And I love the detail of his shots- especially the way the hands are posed, the way her lips are pursed just so. It really does take his photography to a certain level of "art."

Neal tends to strike me as a bit of a point-and-shoot action photog. He basically stages the shot, let's whatever happen, takes hundreds of shots, and publishes maybe a handful of them- a lot of like fashion photography. I love his pics too, but there is a certain randomness to them that makes them more disposable than Herbie's stuff.