Listening to the radio show now. http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2005/03/20050322_b_main.asp
Thanks, Mark! On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:37:39 -0500, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I knew that she cultivated a relationship with her subjects, but had no idea > how long she worked with them. There was one example of he spending over 10 > years with one subject before getting the shot she felt was right. > > - MCC > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:26 PM > Subject: Re: DianeArbus on The Connection > > > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:56:49 -0500, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> Two things that surprised me - > >> > >> 1. She spent _a lot_ of time to get her images. I always thought she was > >> doing the 'walk around catch you when you can street photo stuff'. But > >> no - > >> she worked some of he subjects on and off for -years- before she got the > >> right shot. Apparently, she visited them, knew them, worked with them, > >> etc. > >> There was a story about her shot of a guy called "Uncle Sam" where she > >> actually went on a trip with him, and caught him in his manic and > >> depressive > >> stages. > > This surpises me, too. I have a Dianne Arbus mood from time to time, > > stick a flash on the TLR and head into town. But I always wondered > > about the nudists, the aylum residents, and the interior photos. You > > can't just walk into someone's bedroom and start taking photos unless > > they're fairly comfortable with you. So this makes sense. > > > > The current (April 2005) issue of Black and White Magazine has Diane > > Arbus on the cover. There's an ad on page 36. Stephen Frank, the guy > > who photographed Arbus at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1970, > > is selling signed "Archival inkjet prints, 12x18 inches on 16x20 > > sheet" for, get this, $800 each!!! Plus $50 just to ship it. Wow! > > The article on page 38 concerns the exhibit at the MET. It runs from > > March 8 to May 30. > > > > -- > > Scott Loveless > > http://www.twosixteen.com > > > > -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com
