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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Family Portrait
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 00:06:37 -0500
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I thought of him because the family portraits Tina takes are full of
people that are so serious, and yet so excited, and it shows. All
business though, this is a 'family' portrait you know.

Jim Laird

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Do you mean Mike Disfarmer?
> http://www.disfarmer.com/
> His work is outstanding.
>
> Marty
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:11 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Tina,
>>
>> I remember an amazing early 20th century portrait photographer that
>> was profiled in the 70s or 80s in Pop Photo I think and later other
>> venues, but his name escapes me. He was totally unrecognized in his
>> lifetime until someone found a cache of his photographs on glass
>> plates, I think in an attic somewhere. He took only direct, unstaged
>> single or family portraits for years of the people who came into his
>> shop, from all walks of life, in all manner of attire. He was
>> obviously trying to 'document', as much as he could, the populace of
>> the area where he lived. And maybe to make a living from it if he
>> could. If anyone knows what his name was let me know
>> .
>> But I do remember that in all his portraits, which was all he took or
>> he destroyed the ones that weren't, NONE of his subjects was smiling.
>> They exhibited stiff, almost stilted poses in nearly every photograph,
>> many of which are absolutely great portraits. They obviously were once
>> in a lifetime portraits for most of the subjects, and when sitting (or
>> mostly standing if I remember correctly) for the portraits they were
>> 'all business'.
>>
>> I think your 'village people' probably have the same attitude about
>> having their family portraits taken. All business. But happy to have
>> it done, again as probably a once in a lifetime opportunity. Great
>> work you're doing, and I'm sure they all appreciate your efforts more
>> than you think. So do we. Keep it up.
>>
>> Jim Laird
>>
>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> I think this kind of photo is great, and I can see that they may get
>>> used editorially too.
>>>
>>> Marty
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> PESO:
>>>>
>>>> I took a similar portrait for all of the families that I stayed with in
>>>> Central America. ?It was considered a very serious occasion, not a time 
>>>> for
>>>> smiles, and everybody posed carefully for the portrait. ?These are the 
>>>> ones
>>>> that are most valued when I take them back to the families.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/143677832
>>>>
>>>> Are they of interest to anybody except the families? ?Should I include
>>>> these photos in my archives or are they strictly of personal interest to
>>>> the families involved? ?I don't generally like posed photos but maybe 
>>>> they
>>>> are good records of the time and people?
>>>>
>>>> TIA for your comments and thoughts.
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tina Manley, ASMPktly
>>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>>
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