Maybe a little sad. He could have started off well-intended but it's hard to see all that attention and not want a little personal basking. It's a pretty weird situation.
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > The only part that bugs me is "This is about something that I did." > Horsefeathers. > Paul > On Jan 7, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >>> In the Times: >>> http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/new-street-photography-60-years-old/?hp >>> >> Such wonderful photographs - I remember someone pointing her work out on >> list a couple of months ago... or more... >> I'm glad it came up again to revisit them . >> >> But reading this article, I'll have to confess I was disturbed by the >> comments of the "unlikely Champion" - >> on a couple of levels... >> >> quoting : >> >> --Eventually, on Oct. 9, 2009, Mr. Maloof did what so many do these days: >> put the question to the blogosphere, through Hardcore Street Photography >> <http://www.flickr.com/groups/onthestreet/discuss/72157622552378986/> on >> Flickr: >> >> "I guess my question is, what do I do with this stuff? Check out the >> blog. Is this type of work worthy of exhibitions, a book? Or do >> bodies of work like this come up often? Any direction would be >> great."--- >> >> .................. later in the article.................... >> At the moment, he is riding the crest of a wave far larger than >> anything he imagined 15 months ago: the exhibition, a book and a >> documentary film, Finding Vivian Maier >> >> <http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/800508197/finding-vivian-maier-a-feature-length-documentary>, >> he s producing with Mr. Rydzon. >> >> No, Mr. Maloof doesn t believe it. Watching a segment recently on >> WTTW >> >> <http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80&pid=A1hO97qcWo7ViDL_rWniVH2LakYxNa7J> >> about the discovery of Ms. Maier s work, he found himself in tears. >> He recalled thinking: Wow! This is about something that I did." >> >> ________________ >> >> Oy, >> >> ann >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
