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Subject: [Leica] Lower 9th Ward - Another 20 images
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Thu Feb 9 09:17:21 2006
References: <000201c62d2e$18d7cfe0$656c0e44@newukolbqveo9i> <275D7CFA-08B7-4034-B03E-5DAA1767EA17@charter.net>

I don't agree entirely with this, Slobodan.
It depends of what these images are intended to: is it a registration  
and testimony that gets its power through an endless series of every  
time almost the same at different locations, thus showing the  
monstruosity of this disaster, or is it intended to communicate the  
situation through only a few images, thus being a reportage.
In the first case, I could imagine a kind of memorial service where  
all these photographs would be projected with -in a very neutral way-  
just the name of every location in audio. It would make a very  
powerful and humbling event IMO.
Compare it with the listing of victims of 9-11. The human disaster in  
NO seems equally grave to me.
In the latter, I agree with your suggestion.



Op 9-feb-06, om 17:56 heeft Slobodan Dimitrov het volgende geschreven:

> As I'm looking at the images, I find myself looking for the big  
> statement. I'm not finding it. I know you're overwhelmed by the  
> sheer scope of what's happened to the community, but it doesn't  
> translate visually.
> Work your framing, and composition more stringently in the camera.  
> Many times the big picture is best told through minutiae.
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
> Studio G-8,
> Angels Gate Cultural Center
> http://sdimitrovphoto.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2006, at 8:05 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
>> This is the last of the shots from the five rolls I scanned this  
>> week,
>> beginning at:
>>
>> http://www.400tx.com/9th-41.html
>>
>> Comments and suggestions appreciated.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>> http://www.400tx.com
>>
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