[Leica] Portraits of Awkward Adolescents Posing on Beaches

[scleroplex at gmail.com (scleroplex)]

i think what she meant is she shot them as they were "waiting" between
poses.

"as they are" so to speak and not "posing"


Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:13:45 +0530
From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Portraits of Awkward Adolescents Posing on
       Beaches
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That is quite a long winded explanation of justifying obvious posing as not
posing... (-:
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, yes and no. Not posing when one is aware that one is being
> photographed just isn't possible since it's merely a special case of being
> aware that you're being looked at. We all 'pose' in this respect. A second
> issue is the necessity of providing grist for the textual side of current
> gallery, publication and museum mill. Something, even if it isn't right on
> the money, has to be said as a segue for viewers into the work. Finally,
> there is some truth to her statement. When you tell teenagers not to pose
> it become interpreted by them to mean" "Don't pretend to be an adult, and
> don't act like a child," yet what teenager is totally comfortable with
> himself as is, especially when that self is so transitory? This is the
> awkwardness that she captures.