That Presidio photo reminds me of one by our very own Listmeister. Except maybe his was better.
IIRC it was called Evening in Montana or something like that. Might have been on the now-defunct Driving the Flies blog. In any event I've been searching all night and haven't been able to find it on-line anywhere. Any chance you could link us to it or otherwise post it, Doug? It's a hell of a photo. I'd love to see it again and I'm sure that those who joined the list since it was originally posted would enjoy it. Thanks! cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> Sent: April 7, 2012 4/7/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street? oo, I like that Presidio too, Ann. That's nice. Cheers, Christine On Apr 7, 2012, at 2:33 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Frank > I love that shot, too > and I quite like Stephen Shore - always have. Not crazy about the > lanscape ones, however. the presideo shot you link down there is wonderful > and I've been to Presidio - tiny town in texas on Rio Grande > > He gets the essence of a place very often. > > ann > > > On 4/6/2012 19:45, [email protected] wrote: >> Hey, I don't feel picked on. We're just having a discussion is all. >> >> ;-) >> >> Okay, first of all I'm just not very good at artspeak; I'm generally not >> able to articulate why something is good or not-so-good. I mostly just know >> what I like and don't like. >> >> Of that set you linked us to the first photo is brilliant. Yes, the people >> are far away and small and we can't really tell what they're doing, but >> somehow their placement in the frame "just works" and they add an incredible >> tension to the piece that lifts it far beyond what it would be if they >> weren't there. >> >> Not to pick on Larry (but since you raised the comparison<g>) but I just >> didn't get that tension or any other feeling from the people in his photos. >> >> All that being said there were some of Shore's photos in that set that >> really didn't do much for me, awards and accolades or not. However, the >> photo of the child in Yucutan was amazing! >> >> And if anyone on this list could consistently produce work like this: >> >> http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/shore/shore_presidio_full.html >> >> then yes, they should be sending their work off to Steichen. That is one of >> the best photos I've seen. Period. Small person and all... >> >> ;-) >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Bruce Walker<[email protected]> >> Sent: April 6, 2012 4/6/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Is it street photography, if there is no street? >> >> Certainly not to pick on you Frank, but with your words in mind have a >> look at the work of this celebrated photog, Stephen Shore, who has won >> more accolades and awards than the entire PDML population stacked >> end-to-end ... >> >> http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/shore/shore_yosemite_full.html >> >> A scattering of random people, too far away to connect with etc. >> >> So what's the big deal? Or is Larry in fact the second coming of SS? >> Should he send his work to Steichen for purchase? >> >> BTW: Stephen Shore once browsed Flickr and declared it all shit. So >> that about wraps it up I guess. Good thing I've got some stuff over at >> 500px. ;-) >> >> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2006/12/12/stephen-shore-on-certainty-and-shit/ >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:10 AM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Well, it's not street photography 'cause there's no pavement, concrete, >>> buildings, the sort of things that differentiate streets from, say, beaches. >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> These are really nice beach and ocean photos, but I don't feel that the >>> people in the shots add much. They don't seem to be doing anything of great >>> interest, we're not close enough to get any of their personality and as >>> compositional elements, well, to me the pictures would be just as effective >>> without them. >>> >>> But hey, that's just me, what do I know? >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> cheers, >>> frank >>> >>> >>> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >>> Christopher Hitchens >>> >>> --- Original Message --- >>> >>> From: Larry Colen<[email protected]> >>> Sent: April 1, 2012 4/1/12 >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> >>> Subject: Is it street photography, if there is no street? >>> >>> There are worse things than having an hour to kill, when you're two blocks >>> from the beach, at sunset. >>> >>> I found myself taking two types of pictures, and so I split it into two >>> sets. In these I was practicing my "street photography", trying to capture >>> people at the decisive moment, sometimes shooting from the waist. As such, >>> this set may not be as technically strong as it might be, and the >>> composition might be somewhere between ad hoc and random. Even so, I find >>> these pictures rather fun, in a frivolous way: >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629713831141/ >>> >>> There are several shots in here with a group of college age kids, 153-154 >>> and 230-232. Shortly after shooting 154, I noticed one of them had a >>> camera and got to chatting with them. One of the girls told me her name >>> was Cassandra, to which I immediately replied "I don't believe you". The >>> poor girl was totally confused and had no idea what I was talking about. >>> -- >>> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne -- 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.
