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Subject: [Leica] New York Is...
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:22:55 -0800
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Craig, keep us in the loop. Unposed is one of the best street photo work
these days and I eagerly await your next output!

(would love to get my copy signed...)

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Craig Semetko <csemetko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marty--
>
> Your observation is dead on. I'm doing a project on America now and it's
> amazing what some folks feel free to volunteer about what places, subject
> matter, ethnicities, occupations, etc., etc., etc., they think should be
> included as though, well, to paraphrase you, the photos should be evenly
> representative, rather than what (I) see and want to convey.
>
> craig
>
>
> >
> > Hi Phil,
> >
> > I've spoken to a few people who saw that show and many people about
> > the book - it is amazing how many Americans say things about it like
> > "I was there, it wasn't that bad" - as though by its title or subject
> > matter the photos should have been evenly representative, rather than
> > what Frank saw and wanted to convey.
> >
> > Marty
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote:
> >> Marty Deveney wrote:
> >>
> >>> I saw a copy of 'New York Is' featuring photos by Robert Frank when I
> >>> was in NYC in 2010 - The Times has now found the original photos and
> >>> here is a story and some of the photos here:
> >>
> >>>
> >>
> http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/a-lonely-gaze-on-the-times-and-its-city/
> >> =======================================
> >>
> >> Sweet! ?Thanks for posting. ?I saw the "The Americans" exhibit when it
> was
> >> in DC a few year ago at the National Gallery. ?Powerful stuff still.
> >
>
>
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// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


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