> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > steve harley
> > Is there something yoou want to tell us about? > > hmm, not in the way you're suggesting ... in addition to waiting for > the first > hard freeze (we still have phlox, gazanias, mums and mallow blooming, I've not been feeling well either [...] > checked out the very non-abstract _Hard Ground_ from the library — Tom > Waits' > poems aren't that strong, but the portraits are cause for reflection > > <http://pentagram.com/en/new/2011/01/new-work-hard-ground.php> Very strong portraits those. When I read 'homeless people' my heart sank and I thought 'oh god, here we go again, usual easy cliches', but in fact they reminded me strongly of 19th-century anthropological photos, with all their racialist and colonialist overtones, and they make you look again at your own feelings towards people in such situations - particularly in a country like the USA. I do wonder, though, about the selection & editing process. Does he choose people with a particular type of face and head, are does the experience make everyone look like that? B -- 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.
