On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:12 PM, Bob W wrote: > An interesting article here for those comrades who are interested in the > history of social documentary and reportage photography: > <http://www.foto8.com/new/online/blog/1424-worker-photography-movement> > > B >
It does seem interesting but I stopped at his third or fourth use of the term "hegemony." Since he seems to revel in the use of outré vocabulary, the least he could do is to bring in some synonyms occasionally. Example: >> I have nothing against the Griersonian documentary paradigm, but I think its >> hegemony has had the effect of hiding that there was also - probably >> originally - a revolutionary claim in the birth of the 1930s documentary >> culture, and that the liberal-reformist version was most likely a response >> to revolutionary documentary. I may tackle it again later after a few glasses of wine. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
