True, but also lots of beautiful non-morbid stuff. In
the case of his portfolios "Spanish Village" and
"Country Doctor," for example, it is the juxtaposition
of the darker and lighter sides of life that provide a
lot of the power.
Rick
--- "E.R.N. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rick Womer wrote:
>
> >Intense, and unrelievedly bleak. For some reason,
> >judges of photojournalism seem to lean heavily
> toward
> >disease, death, and destruction. Yet, some of my
> >favorite PJ portfolios deal with much more everyday
> >things--W Eugene Smith's work leaps to mind. He
> >wouldn't have stood a chance before these judges.
> >
> He had disease and death in his portfolio, so he
> could've offered
> whatever was needed ...
>
>
__________________________________
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005
http://mail.yahoo.com
