Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not sure I entirely understand Richards remarks. Winogrand never represented himself to be a news photographer, although he undoubtedly took assignments and was presented to the public under that rubric. I've always thought of him as highly critical of the society he photographed. His omissions may be a form of approval. -Lew Schwartz On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: > Richard Man wrote: > > Winograd is not my favorite street artist, mainly because it's the same > > type of photos he shot. For example, the periods he covered included the > > civil rights movement and of all the hundreds of photos in the show, > there > > are may be 3-4 photos where African American are present, and as far as > we > > can tell, exactly one photo where there is an Asian present - and only > > because she was pretty and had goofy hair. > > Interesting thoughts Richard. We just had a lecture in the local museum > about race, representation and photography. There's also an interesting > new book in which an AA female photographer shoots her white friends and > muses on whether and how race may figure into reading the photo. > > > http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/some-of-her-best-friends-are-white/ > > If the link doesn't work look up Myra Greene. The book is "My White > Friends." I've ordered it. > > > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >