Hi Shel, well, you seem to have photographed Linda's home, not her work environment, which is one reason why I can make such a statement about Nachtwey. The other reason, which illustrates my other point, is that we know something of what Nachtwey at work is like from the documentary, from his photographs and from our other reading about him, so we can see that his office / workspace reflect that part of his personality. Nachtwey may be a very different person away from work, and his home likely reflects that side of him. People are multi-faceted. I would be most upset if people tried to read my entire character just from the part of me that I show at work.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: 05 July 2006 21:35 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: PESO - Portrait > > Hi Bob, > > I agree about the lighting. Nothing that can be done about > it other than > to photograph the scene at a different time of year and later > in the day. > > That there's not "enough" of Linda in the photo is also a > part of who Linda > is. Were there lots of memorabilia around, knick-nacks, and > the like, that > wouldn't be who she is. Her environment is rather clean and simple. > > It's a little odd hearing that comment from you in light of a > discussion we > had some time back about Nachtwey's office and working space, > which we saw > in War Photographer. There was nothing that we saw to show > anything of his > travels or exploits - it was very sparse - yet I recall that > we agreed it > showed something of his character and perhaps even his work habits and > preferences, perhaps a need for him not to have reminders of > the horrors > he'd seen, and to be able to work without distractions. > > What you suggest of this photo is that it show more of Linda > than she is, > or something that she's not. I do appreciate your comments > and insight, > however, and will certainly keep them in mind for similar > work I do in the > future. > > Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
