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5.21.2020

A "Reprint" for the past. Looking back to something I wrote for you guys in 2010...

https://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2010/08/street-shooting-part-one-why-hell-would.html

Security guard peeing on the corner of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. 1978.
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6 comments:

  1. MichaelMay 21, 2020 at 4:56 PM

    Now we are talking history. Calls up glass plates of archaeological, or maybe anthropological sites from the late 19th Century. This should have catalogue number on the back. Super!

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  2. AnonymousMay 21, 2020 at 6:21 PM

    Well, that was a fun rabbit hole - it led me to skim a whole bunch of blog posts of yours from 2009, 2010.
    Ken

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  3. rlh1138May 22, 2020 at 12:17 AM

    Hey Kirk, not a comment to this column, but don't know how to email you, so posting this here, not for comments. Just over at Lens Rental and read this, thought you might find it interesting.

    https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2020/05/how-jaime-harmon-displays-isolation-in-his-quarantine-memphis-series/

    Best,

    Ray H.

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  4. Anthony BridgesMay 22, 2020 at 2:24 AM

    Clicking through was worth seeing the mention of Danny Lyon. I haven't heard of him until I read this. A search of his photos show very powerful work. Thank you.

    I've been doing photo walkabouts in Dallas for years now. I find that I rarely photograph people as shapes, shades and interesting colors draw my attention more. I do, however, photograph people outdoors but I feel exploitative taking photos of people in distress.

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  5. AnonymousMay 22, 2020 at 4:42 AM

    Nice blast from the past.

    Made me pick up and flick through my copy of Street Photography Now. It's great. I'd highly recommend it.

    Mark

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  6. Michael MatthewsMay 22, 2020 at 7:41 AM

    When I was young, my fifth grade teacher, Thelma Brown, took me aside after reading some bit of output from my ten-year-old brain and said, “Whatever else you do, you must write.“
    I’ve assiduously avoided that advice for the 69 years which followed. Now I see why.
    You write.
    I read.

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