Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/11

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Subject: [Leica] modern photoreportage?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri Jan 11 09:57:15 2008
References: <C3AD042E.26665%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

On Jan 11, 2008, at 9:31 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> Frankly, these subjects look even more lost than the subjects of the  
> Tulsa
> project. But I have to say that there's something about the style  
> that I
> find troublesome. It's not the fact that she's shooting color, or the
> softness. Rather, there's something about a number of them that  
> makes me
> question the reality of them. Maybe it's simply that after all the  
> years of
> 'heroin chic,' and Kyle's gotharama, I'm more suspicious of things  
> being
> posed.

or of course posing themselves to satisfy the subtle expectations of  
the photographer...

who is part of the dynamic,

ie. a sort of entrapment....

in any case is "this" (approach or content)  new, original,  
surprising, moving ?


Steve


>
>
> B. D.
>
>
> On 1/11/08 10:47 AM, "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jan 10, 2008, at 7:53 PM, Phil Swango wrote:
>>
>>> Like Larry Clark's "Tulsa" but in color.  That was in 1971.  Not
>>> much has
>>> changed it looks like.
>>
>>
>> Phil's post caused me to consider what we see when a new generation
>> returns to a recurring subject or theme. I don't recall ever hearing
>> a comment like this, on  this list, after we look at yet another
>> frame from one of our national parks; or any number of other
>> recurring subjects or themes. In point of fact, Jessica's images do
>> demonstrate change. Her subjects appear as this generation of lost
>> addicts photographed in a style which also suggests a change in the
>> way we see. While these visual changes in content and style may
>> appear subtle. I perceive them none the less.
>>
>> Fond regards,
>> George
>> george@imagist.com
>> www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] modern photoreportage?)
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