Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 11, 2009, at 16:07, Tina Manley wrote: > At 02:28 PM 12/11/2009, you wrote: >> Steve Bloom's stitched street scape served as a catalyst to many >> complex thoughts and feelings about: >> economies, culture, people, streets, photography, photographic >> limits, multimedia, printing and printing. >> >> Google Streetview provides banal information. > > I agree. I don't see any similarity between Bloom's panoramic shot and > Google Streetview! The panorama takes you into another world. I don't > know how he managed to photograph the whole street without attracting > attention but it's as if he is invisible. That's what I've always wanted > to be - invisible in the middle of another culture. I walked on many > streets just like this in Kenya but attracted swarms of kids wanting their > photos made, beggars asking for money, and vendors trying to sell > everything imaginable. How did he manage to do this without anyone > walking between him and the sidewalk view? It's amazing. > Point taken though I may not completely agree. Streetview is in a sense, the ultimate snapshot. All places and an instance in time. The camera angle sucks but banal? Is John Gage's 4'33" banal? I wonder if anyone spend a few days or weeks wondering up and down the same street with a (beater) camera on a tripod taking a picture every meter or so will soon disappear because people will get use to him/her? Tina, you said yourself that you make yourself disappear with the families in Central America you photograph by living with them, always have a camera and always taking pictures. Is this just not an extension of the same technique? Regards, Spencer