Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I always thought her work was exploitative of those incapable of fighting back at unfair portrayals, and this contact sheet does nothing to disperse that feeling. Not a photographer whose work I like. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 09-Aug-2015, at 14:37, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote: > > That's a very interesting point, Richard. Compared to frame n? 8, the > other pictures look ... innocuous. It's all a question of choosing the > right image, the one that makes your point: the comments that came later > about the chosen frame focused on the violence it supposedly conveyed. > Obviously, this is a very ordinary boy, whose picture was taken on a very > ordinary day, in a nice park with peaceful surroundings. The frame chosen > by Ms Arbus tells an imaginary story... She projects on that boy a story > only she seems to have "seen". Well, here we go again about the "reality" > of photography and the "truth" behind a picture ... (no tinkering with PS > here, though!)JM Jean-Michel Mertz > Strasbourg > > >> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 20:48:56 -0700 >> From: richard at richardmanphoto.com >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Subject: [Leica] Diane Arbus contact sheet >> >> Ms. Diane Arbus' work makes me uncomfortable and I think that's exactly >> her >> point. This contact sheet shows how she worked >> >> http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbs1usPOL71qaihw2o1_1280.jpg >> >> The chosen frame is definitely the strongest one, but would I have chosen >> it? Not so sure... It's the 8th frame.. >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >> // https://instagram.com/richardmanphoto >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information