Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Now "over-amped"
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 07:30:20 -0800
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJMEMBOLAA.darkroom@ix.netcom.com>

During_that_period, I had a really interesting association with an ad
agency. I shot for them over a period of 8-9 years, maybe 10, I can't
quite recall. Even tried leaving once, but the cads just reeled me back
in by doubling what they were originally paying me. Worse, I was paid as
I laid the assignment on the desk, before I even left the offices. Again
those cads, engorged as they were on that good wholesome Reagan era
money. 
One of the things I had to do was to photograph happy car dealership
customers in their homes with their favorite pastimes. They used to call
that a hobby, a common activity within the working class, aka middle
class, at one time. Over that whole period, intriguingly enough, I went
from photographing people that had hobbies to just photographing them at
work, or the parking lot at work, or their driveway at home. Not only
did the_average_person not have any time for them, as they were always
at work, but many could no longer afford them. I have over a thousand
portraits like that, which show the slippage that was taking place. More
than 90% of it was done with 120, of course, as I thought even then that
there might a historical element to it. Now, although originally a
commercial job, it's a telling essay of the era, or better yet, an age,
compressed in the space of a decade.
Since I was working to just turn the stuff out, I need to go back and
check for proper fixing and washing  before I do something with them.
Now that you've reminded me of it, I think I'll beat the bushes with the
essay and see what happens.

 Slobodan Dimitrov


Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> Hi Slobodon,(sic)
> 
> <begin hissing and spitting, and slight drool out of quivering bottom lip>
> 
> What do you mean "time will tell"?  >
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