Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:31 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Frankly, these subjects look even more lost than the subjects of the > Tulsa > project. But I have to say that there's something about the style > that I > find troublesome. It's not the fact that she's shooting color, or the > softness. Rather, there's something about a number of them that > makes me > question the reality of them. Maybe it's simply that after all the > years of > 'heroin chic,' and Kyle's gotharama, I'm more suspicious of things > being > posed. or of course posing themselves to satisfy the subtle expectations of the photographer... who is part of the dynamic, ie. a sort of entrapment.... in any case is "this" (approach or content) new, original, surprising, moving ? Steve > > > B. D. > > > On 1/11/08 10:47 AM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 10, 2008, at 7:53 PM, Phil Swango wrote: >> >>> Like Larry Clark's "Tulsa" but in color. That was in 1971. Not >>> much has >>> changed it looks like. >> >> >> Phil's post caused me to consider what we see when a new generation >> returns to a recurring subject or theme. I don't recall ever hearing >> a comment like this, on this list, after we look at yet another >> frame from one of our national parks; or any number of other >> recurring subjects or themes. In point of fact, Jessica's images do >> demonstrate change. Her subjects appear as this generation of lost >> addicts photographed in a style which also suggests a change in the >> way we see. While these visual changes in content and style may >> appear subtle. I perceive them none the less. >> >> Fond regards, >> George >> george@imagist.com >> www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information