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Subject: [Leica] modern photoreportage?
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Jan 11 14:14:27 2008
References: <C3AD4901.266F7%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <9F93C868-4ECC-4C3E-9C04-9DF39626CFB9@charter.net>

Hey, you should have tried Ronnie Reagan.....All smiles but the most d 
repressing  era in American history since Grover Cleavland  (aside from 
the current crop of morons).

slobodan dimitrov wrote:
> And all this time I though it was fashion shoot.
> I should get our more often.
> Though after shooting Hilaria Clintonicus since early morning, maybe I 
> should stay inside.
> s.d.
>
> On Jan 11, 2008, at 1:25 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:
>
> Nothing as strong as suggesting. :-)
>
>
> On 1/11/08 4:23 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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