Juan Buhler wrote: > > Yes, good catch Ann with the date. > > They are interesting as a record of the time, as any snapshot of the > sort is. But otherwise, they are not very good. To me they are > interesting because those are the very streets where I shoot every > week. > > They are taken with "special long roll cameras", according to the > site--probably some sort of movie camera I'd guess. Also this i a > street photographer, in the sense of a guy who takes your picture in > the street and then sells it to you for 50 cents. He wasn't going for > art. > > j > THey become strong to me as a group because they bring back what I observed in NY in those days after the shooting. No matter how little intentional art was involved, or how poor the exposures were, as a group they deserve some attention as a piece of history.
ann > On 10/1/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I missed the date. That makes them more important. But they're either > > very bad scans or grossly underexposed. I would say they're > > thematically interesting if not photographically worthy. > > I'd like to take another look. I wish people wouldn't clip the url. > > Paul > > On Oct 1, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > > > Bob Shell wrote: > > >> > > >> On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > >> > > >>> I hate this sort of crap--photographers (especially > > >>> sports, it seems) just dumping the contents of their > > >>> memory cards on the web, totally unedited. > > >> > > >> Rick, those were taken in the 1960s! Hardly memory card dumping!! > > >> > > >> Personally, I thought they were great. > > >> > > >> Bob > > >> > > > Me too, Bob > > > > > > I was wondering if there were specific dates for them - > > > November-December 1963 is > > > bone chilling to me. Some of the faces seemed to indicate > > > a knowledge and reaction to > > > the fateful day. > > > > > > These were a bit tedious to load - ain't got the new > > > connection yet - can't wait to go back. > > > > > > Thanks, Lasse, for posting them > > > > > > ann > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
