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Subject: [Leica] modern photoreportage?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Jan 11 13:23:41 2008
References: <C3AD042E.26665%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

Are you suggesting hokey fakey? looks like it to me.

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.
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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