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Subject: [Leica] Portraits of Awkward Adolescents Posing on Beaches
From: lew1716 at gmail.com (Lew Schwartz)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:58:46 -0400
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That's my point exactly. The idea of 'unposed' was to draw in an
audience. It doesn't pan out on second look, although they may have
been led to their poses through lack of direction from her.

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> What I liked about them was the awkwardness. ?What I didn't like was her
> describing the photos as "unposed". ?Why would they be awkward if they were
> unposed? ?Doesn't make sense to me. ?It just seems like a gimmick or
> art-speak as Ted says. ?I like the photos because they are so awkwardly
> posed and such typical teen-agers.
>
> Tina
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 7:07 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at 
> mac.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 25, 2012, at 7:31 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
>>
>> > Well hell lady get their minds on something other than yerself standing
>> around with a camera in hand!!!!!!!! Get the their minds into action
>>
>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=6476>
>>
>> Except then they don't appear "awkward"
>> which of course they're not
>> (except in the eyes of "adults")
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>> george at imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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-Lew S.


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