Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil, Most of the photographs really tell us next to nothing about her "white" friends, and frankly look pretentious to me. I am totally underwhelmed. Not my sort of book. YMMV. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: > Richard Man wrote: > > Winograd is not my favorite street artist, mainly because it's the same > > type of photos he shot. For example, the periods he covered included the > > civil rights movement and of all the hundreds of photos in the show, > there > > are may be 3-4 photos where African American are present, and as far as > we > > can tell, exactly one photo where there is an Asian present - and only > > because she was pretty and had goofy hair. > > Interesting thoughts Richard. We just had a lecture in the local museum > about race, representation and photography. There's also an interesting > new book in which an AA female photographer shoots her white friends and > muses on whether and how race may figure into reading the photo. > > > http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/some-of-her-best-friends-are-white/ > > If the link doesn't work look up Myra Greene. The book is "My White > Friends." I've ordered it. > > > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >