Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>