Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It actually reminded me of the depression era FSA photos. The people of that area are often physically affected by the contents of the water. Study the political history of the area, too. Thanks to the eastern European immigrants, it was liberal not just for Kansas, but for anywhere in the US. There was a day that we referred to SE Kansas as the "Little Balkans." The US edition of the Daily Worker was published from that area for a time. But thanks to immigration form another part of Europe, the area was in part also mobbed-up. Bill Pearce -----Original Message----- From: Lew Schwartz Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 6:06 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Dina Kantor Bill, thank you for tactfully pointing out my ignorance of this issue. Treece is, indeed, a toxic horror story: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/magazine/last-ones-left-in-treece-kan-a-toxic-town.html?pagewanted=all I missed the photo-journalistic content of Kantor's Treece photos, my bad, I guess, but I must say that it's hard to pin down the lasting value of this kind of coverage. This brand of artist/photojournalist/concerned photography baffles me (maybe that's the point). Is it a premature memento mori, the significance of which will increase over the years? What? On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > Interesting to me, as I live a couple of hours away from Treece, and have > been following the problems there in the local paper. Getting that site > remediated was a problem because of political problems (that's a euphemism > for stupid state politicians). That part of Kansas and adjoining parts of > Oklahoma were mined for minerals like lead, and the areas is honeycombed > with mines. There were also open pit coal mines, but most of them have > been > allowed to fill with water and are now a "mined land wildlife area." Hope > fish and birds like a little lead in their water. No mention has been made > locally about a photog from Brooklyn has recorded this, but there is at > least one museum that would probably show her work. > > Bill Pearce > -----Original Message----- From: Jayanand Govindaraj > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:56 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Dina Kantor > > > Very Kodakchrome-like palette. Not my cup of tea, though. Thanks for > sharing. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: > > I really like this woman's work. >> http://www.dinakantor.com/ >> >> I saw her first in the New Yorker and looked up her web site. The >> Treece, >> KS essay was what caught my attention but I like her other sets as well. >> >> -- >> Phil Swango >> 307 Aliso Dr SE >> Albuquerque, NM 87108 >> 505-262-4085 >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> >> more information >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > > more information > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > > more information > -- -Lew S. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information