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Good stuff Evan and love the portraits especially the one of your wife and your mom... I really like the shot of your buddy and the pattern of light.
The words you wrote about Frank's Canal Street are very insightful. I so enjoy work that is not, as Weston called it, obvious and much of Franks work is not obvious. I like the fact that in most really good work you need to look at the image for more than just a quick scan. Most great work is work, like Frank's Canal Street, that you need to look at and spend time with. The more you look the more you see and gets richer with repeat viewings. To many today make very simple images that give immediate gratifaction and have no real staying power like this example of Franks work. Some words by that reinforce your words and a great quote by Gibson that I'm sure you have read but I thought I'd share:
"A good photograph, like a good painting, speaks with a loud voice and demands time and attention if it is to be fully perceived. An art lover is perfectly willing to hang a painting on a wall for years on end, but ask him to study a single photograph for ten unbroken minutes and he’ll think it’s a waste of time. Staying power is difficult to build into a photograph. Mostly, it takes content. A good photograph can penetrate the subconscious – but only if it is allowed to speak for however much time it needs to get there." -Ralph Gibson
Thanks for posting the link and I really like the work you posted there and the insightful words.
Allen
Edited on Jul 24, 2014 at 08:58 PM · View previous versions
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