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Subject: [Leica] modern photoreportage?
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)
Date: Fri Jan 11 13:52:35 2008
References: <C3AD4901.266F7%bd@bdcolenphoto.com>

And all this time I though it was fashion shoot.
I should get our more often.
Though after shooting Hilaria Clintonicus since early morning, maybe  
I should stay inside.
s.d.

On Jan 11, 2008, at 1:25 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

Nothing as strong as suggesting. :-)


On 1/11/08 4:23 PM, "Walt Johnson" <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote:

> Are you suggesting hokey fakey? looks like it to me.
>
> 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.
>>
>> 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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