Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, It might be a good idea to shoot some of the outside stuff too, if only to give the subjects the feeling you're not showcasing them, but get further back. And these would be the prints THEY would probably like to have to hang on the wall - after all it is the ingrained idea of the protection of "property" that is an essential element of life to them,and makes them what they are - mostly conservative, middle class (or at least allusions thereto), homeowners,landowners and upright pillars of the community. I'm not sure about the Pink Pistols though,and I wouldn't want to dictate, but I'd have to see them in context. The core of the thing is that these are plain, real, authentic, normal, next-door-neighbour-anywhere, mainstream people - and not some groups at the fringes of society. It's the disturbing normality that counts IMHO Douglas Kyle Cassidy wrote: >Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> sed: > > > >>keep them in their front rooms or kitchens, that's what makes them >>something that anyone can relate/react to. [snip] Outside the house, >>particularly a farm, is just commonplace - and could be just anywhere. >> >> > >crikies. you are absolutely right. in hoping to break up monotony, i think i >abandoned one of the strong points. let me know if this works better: > >http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/ivy/ivy7.jpg > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >