[Leica] Diane Arbus contact sheet

[Jean-Michel Mertz]

That's a very interesting point, Richard. Compared to frame n° 8, the other pictures look ... innocuous. It's all a question of choosing the right image, the one that makes your point: the comments that came later about the chosen frame focused on the violence it supposedly conveyed. Obviously, this is a very ordinary boy, whose picture was taken on a very ordinary day, in a nice park with peaceful surroundings. The frame chosen by Ms Arbus tells an imaginary story... She projects on that boy a story only she seems to have "seen". Well, here we go again about the "reality" of photography and the "truth" behind a picture ... (no tinkering with PS here, though!)JM Jean-Michel Mertz
Strasbourg

 
> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 20:48:56 -0700
> From: richard at richardmanphoto.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Diane Arbus contact sheet
> 
> Ms. Diane Arbus' work makes me uncomfortable and I think that's exactly her
> point. This contact sheet shows how she worked
> 
> http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbs1usPOL71qaihw2o1_1280.jpg
> 
> The chosen frame is definitely the strongest one, but would I have chosen
> it? Not so sure...  It's the 8th frame..
> 
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