Intentions, Plans, and Other Vague Ideas
May 9th, 2007
This guy ran right through my bleak mid-western suburban landscape.
I’ve got a number of half-baked ideas for posts banging around in my head. I’m noting them here, so that I don’t forget.
- A post about the difficulties of portraiture, the role of employment in changing idea of self and the growth of the media culture, along with thoughts about Arnold Newman’s environmental portraiture and its relationship to changes in the newspaper/magazine business. Referrences to the Stranger a Day site and Alec Soth’s blog.
- A post about choosing B&W films.
- A post about Robert Adams, a photographer who I know almost nothing about.
- A post about print sizes, print presentation etc etc etc. References to William Gedney and Paul Butzi with apollogies to folks that really like large prints.
So that’s whats coming up. I’m limiting my shooting for a while - got to do something thinking/editing - so I should have plenty of time to write.
May 9th, 2007
Good ideas - I especially like the first. The idea of how employment shapes self particularly resonates with me. As I approach the brink of leaving one long career (28 years) for something new, I find an unexpectedly severe reaction in my moods and attitudes. Interesting and unpleasant in some ways.
I look forward to reading your thoughts.
I would - however - miss your steady output of excellent photographs.
May 10th, 2007
Max, I’ve probably got enough previously unposted photos to keep the blog going for a year without shooting anything new - which is one reason for not shooting much for a bit. At some point you just have to look over what you’ve got. I will still be shooting, just not as much.