Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you mean Mike Disfarmer? http://www.disfarmer.com/ His work is outstanding. Marty On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:11 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > Tina, > > I remember an amazing early 20th century portrait photographer that > was profiled in the 70s or 80s in Pop Photo I think and later other > venues, but his name escapes me. He was totally unrecognized in his > lifetime until someone found a cache of his photographs on glass > plates, I think in an attic somewhere. He took only direct, unstaged > single or family portraits for years of the people who came into his > shop, from all walks of life, in all manner of attire. He was > obviously trying to 'document', as much as he could, the populace of > the area where he lived. And maybe to make a living from it if he > could. If anyone knows what his name was let me know > . > But I do remember that in all his portraits, which was all he took or > he destroyed the ones that weren't, NONE of his subjects was smiling. > They exhibited stiff, almost stilted poses in nearly every photograph, > many of which are absolutely great portraits. They obviously were once > in a lifetime portraits for most of the subjects, and when sitting (or > mostly standing if I remember correctly) for the portraits they were > 'all business'. > > I think your 'village people' probably have the same attitude about > having their family portraits taken. All business. But happy to have > it done, again as probably a once in a lifetime opportunity. Great > work you're doing, and I'm sure they all appreciate your efforts more > than you think. So do we. Keep it up. > > Jim Laird > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > wrote: >> I think this kind of photo is great, and I can see that they may get >> used editorially too. >> >> Marty >> >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >> wrote: >>> PESO: >>> >>> I took a similar portrait for all of the families that I stayed with in >>> Central America. ?It was considered a very serious occasion, not a time >>> for >>> smiles, and everybody posed carefully for the portrait. ?These are the >>> ones >>> that are most valued when I take them back to the families. >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/143677832 >>> >>> Are they of interest to anybody except the families? ?Should I include >>> these photos in my archives or are they strictly of personal interest to >>> the families involved? ?I don't generally like posed photos but maybe >>> they >>> are good records of the time and people? >>> >>> TIA for your comments and thoughts. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley, ASMPktly >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information