Re: [Leica] Salgado

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

I read Ways of Seeing and have to say it was somewhat interesting,
but....so is Susan Sontag, who makes me want to gag a good deal of the
time....And, sorry, but Berger may certainly be intelligent, but many of
his comments in the Salgado interview were...sad...as in...pathetic.
B. D.

Greg wrote:
> 
> ah man, John Berger hosted that special?  why are you all bashing him?
> if you havent read "Ways of Seeing" and "Another Way of Telling" you're
> missing out.  He may sound full of himself, but he's quite intelligent
> especially when it comes to our relationship to images.
> 
> Greg
> 
> On Thursday, August 9, 2001, at 01:27 PM, Bob Walkden wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > "Looking back at you" is about Salgado, in which he talks about the
> > "Workers" project. He still has hair and a big moustache. It's far
> > more interesting than "Spectre of Hope" for several reasons:
> >
> > 1. John Berger isn't in it
> > 2. Salgado does more talking
> > 3. You get to see Salgado at work
> >
> > Probably much more useful for your students.
> >
> > ---
> >
> >  Bob
> >
> > mailto:bob@web-options.com
> >
> > "If it's sunny, try f16;
> >  if it's not, try f5.6"
> >
> > --Walker Evans
> >
> > Thursday, August 09, 2001, 5:08:51 PM, you wrote:
> >
> >> Who was that interviewer BTW?  Is Looking Back At You also a program
> >> about Salgado? I need something like last night's show for my students
> >> this coming spring semester...
> >
> >
> >
> >> "Robert D. Baron" wrote:
> >>>
> >>> This morning B.D. Colen opined about the special that aired last night
> >>> on Cinemax:
> >>>
> >>>> Salgado's
> >>>> view of what he does was fascinating...The interviewer was far too
> >>>> full
> >>>> of himself and art-history-theory bs...and the photos were, needless
> >>>> to
> >>>> say, magnificent.....
> >>>
> >>> Well and accurately said.  I concur completely.
> >>>
> >>> I also found the background music as tiring as the interviewer.
> >>>
> >>> By far the better show overall for me is the older BBC documentary
> >>> 'Looking Back At You' which I recently got through Amazon.com.
> >>>
> >>> --Bob Baron / Oklahoma City
> >
> 
> *********************
> 
> Greg Coan
> gmcoan@art.wustl.edu