Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Interesting. Thanks for sharing - there is a slideshow of his portraits on WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574445390823842348.html#project%3DSLIDESHOW08%26s%3DSB10001424052748703298004574455443782043218%26articleTabs%3Dslideshow Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:49 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > NPR just had a story about Robert Bergman, who has a show at the National > Gallery of Art. I thought it was interesting that they referred to his work > as "street photography" even though he asks the subjects for permission and > they are aware that their portrait is being made. Here are two articles: > > <http://www.brooklynrail.org/2004/05/art/bergman> > http://www.brooklynrail.org/2004/05/art/bergman > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...101202981.html > > This is an interesting quote: > > "The fundamental strangeness of documentary photography is the split > between who it is of and who it is for?the split between its subjects and > its audience. The documentary photograph is intended to move "you" (the > middle class magazine or newspaper reader or the upper middle class art > lover) to do something. Here?s a test: what does any given photograph make > you want to do? Lewis Hine says change the child labor laws; Margaret > Bourke-White says add fluoride to the water, give at your church, and stay > the hell away from the bad side of town; Dorothea Lange says improve the > treatment of migrant workers; Robert Frank says quit your job and see > America (but you won?t always like what you see); Richard Avedon says look > as long as you like?they can?t see you or stop you; Martha Rosler says > leave > the bums alone. When you look at a Robert Bergman photograph, you don?t > think "Oh gee, I should give more to the United Way," but that maybe "you" > are missing something by not treating everyone you encounter as a full > human > being." > > Read, too, about how he makes his inkjet prints. > > No, he uses Nikon 35mm ;-) > > Tina > <http://www.tinamanley.com>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >