<<I am always interested in better slide shows. I've never seen his show and I'm sure some others haven't either. Could you elaborate a bit about the show and what made it outstanding in your eyes: the photographs?, the presentation? something else?>>
It is hard to say. What makes a piece by Mozart better than one by Salieri? How do we describe why Andrew Wyatt is better than Walter Keane. How is it that Charles Ives and Antonin Dvorak both wrote symphonies in America, but only Ives' sounds "American?" It is inherent creativity, of a sort reserved for a small number of individuals in any field. John's images were evocative. They were subdued. There wasn't a lot of effect photography, just well composed images. They flowed naturally through the final closure of the agency with the ensuing pictures suggesting the whole place vanishing into the Pacific fog. The comments were reserved and reverent. They captured the essence of working for a major corporation in a location about as remote as you could hope to find. It was Niles Tower five times over. The ears were not assaulted. It was beautiful. It was America. It was Mozart, not Salieri; Ives, not Tschaikowsky. Mercifully. I wish I could be more specific. I also liked it! Ken --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 1498
