as you may already know, i have just been on a three week workshop "marathon" taking me from Mexico to Norway…i am used to "changes in latitude", but this was particularly extreme…the one thing common to both "extremes" was good old fashioned hospitality with both cultures vying for the title of "friendliest"…i will not choose…i cannot choose….
the above "group shot" ( by Kim Nygård) is a loose assemblage of our Magnum crowd in Oslo during our workshop/seminar final evening (or , was it the night before?)….sorry, but my memory is not one of the by-products of cultural hospitality!!….in any case, since it is no small task just to gather our disparate group of photogs for a lunch meeting, it is a minor miracle that so many showed up in Oslo to spend time with emerging photographers who came from all over the world….this was our first attempt at a group Magnum workshop…hopefully, what happened in Oslo will not stay in Oslo…
Alessandra Sanguinetti, Jacob Sobol, Chris Anderson, Alex and Rebecca Webb, Paolo Pellegrin, Chien Chi-Chang, Richard Kalvar, Chris Steele-Perkins, Jonas Bendiksen, and yours truly, all either taught one week workshops or gave an evening lecture…Jonas and his lovely bride Laara (above left center) made all of this "happen" for us..the Norwegian Press Photographers Association was our host…the Bilder Nordic School of Photography lent us their classrooms….many many thanks to all ….
one of the "surprises" for those of us who came from Magnum, was how much we were "sparked" by seeing each other’s work presented in such an open forum…of course, we know the photographs and the books..but, all of us commented on the pleasure of seeing each other’s presentations…to find out things we did not even know about individual motivations and purpose…we all make presentations from time to time, but usually not in front of each other….so, we learned as much as our "students"….often, when we are gathered , we are weathering long sleepy business meetings…totally necessary, but not creatively enlightening…
now, certainly our only reason for being in Oslo was to view and critique and encourage and celebrate the work of emerging photographers who came for our workshop….to help them develop essays and stories and to move them "forward" in a way that made sense for each of them as "authors"….you will see the work from many of these photographers published here under "Student Work.." as soon as i can get my hands on it…
but for the moment, i am only showing you this "group shot"…..and "group shots" are definitely a phenomenon in and of themselves…whenever serious photographers are gathered, and the kind of serious photographers who would normally not be caught dead taking a "group shot" , someone always wants to take one!!! at every National Geographic gathering, or Magnum gathering or any gathering of photo "professionals" , in the aura of event "grand finale" we inevitably take a "group shot"….as a matter of fact, with all of the really incisive pictures coming in from my students each week during a workshop, one of the "musts" is a "group shot" of our class….
why do you think all of us seem to love "group shots"?? is it because just "remembering something special" is still the ultimate reward of photography?? or, is it just simple "evidence" or "proof" that we were actually all together at one time, in one place???
http://www.davidalanharvey.com
MICHAEL K, RENE, RAFAL, DAVID, MARCIN ,ALL…????
QUESTION ?????
WHEN WE FIGHT, OR SUGGESTING shit LIKE MARCIN TO RENE…
should we do it in “public ??? – which i suggest !-
or
in “private”?????
please let me know!
I think it can be public. But if someone prefers not then I’ll respect that. Depends on each individual.
Oliver, thanks I’m feeling better already.
PITBULL, (your new nickname):
I’ve been shooting lowriders for a couple years now. Haven’t been to any shows lately but hope to do more this summer. See you there?
MARCIN…
sorry to not have a new post…but, i stayed out in a party scene all night saturday….first time i have done that in a long time here in New York…result: i was just no good for the post this morning…i know what i have to say, but i was just too burned out all day today to say it…you know how it is marcin, i gotta be “in the mood”….besides, we are trying to keep you here, so a little suspense might be a good thing..check back soonest…i might be in the mood….
MICHAEL K….
you already have a project going don’t you?? aren’t you still working on Great Falls or did i miss something???
CATHY…
where are your low rider pictures??? what about that whole Espanola scene? long term project??? tell me, tell me….
RENE…
congrats on the show…where do you live?? take some pictures and send us a link…
OLIVER…
now you are suggesting making babies…maybe it really is time for a new post!!!
PANOS…
new nickname “pitbull”??? hmmmm, i have to think about that one…i am not so sure…pitbulls bite….Panos barks….but, is wagging his tale all along….
cheers, david
Is “PITBULL” (new nickname) for me ???…!
oh god !
Panos, it’s better than Chihuaha!
Panos, it’s better than Chihuaha!
Posted by: tom hyde | March 16, 2008 at 11:45 PM
I know why you said that mr. TOM H…
coz , way earlier i admitted thaat i’m not longer more than 2 & half inches ( fully errect)..
Why are you trying to hurt me ?
Does size really matters ???
“… I mean, that muchhh…!”
Panos, don’t be givin’ me no cock and bull story now! No exaggerating!
And don’t call me “Mr.,” I’m not that old … I don’t think … crap …
David…
Yes I unedrand, I’ll be witing for right mood… You don’t have to trying “keep me here” because I’m here… not all the time… but…
Rene
This is just suggerion form unkown person… and treat it like suggestion from one of guy at the show… Thats the rules… nothing more, nothing less…
Panos
“RENE, CAN WE ALL PARTICIPATE WITH MARCIN???
CAN WE ALL EDIT YOUR WEBSITE???”
this is stupid idea… this is not battle field… I wnat something say about someones work and I did it, this is not mean that we all should interfere in someone’s work… May be I should do it in “private” letter, but we just talking like in big room, if you don’t repeat and stultify everything it could be almost “private” converstation…
I very seldom say anything about someones work, I have no legitimatin… but I like any critic myself, because I can always take what is good for me and throw away what I not need… if you and Rene not agree with me… that’s ok… because I could be right, not I’m right… That’s the rules… without it everyone could shot like their teachers do…
I and you could be DAH only…
David,
The picture (above) juxtaposed with the words ROAD TRIPS… I’ve seen this picture a bazillion times… though for some reason, tonight, it stopped me in my tracks. Could you tell us about this picture?
Yes David, Anna, et al, since i first entered the DAH blog, and each time i enter to check for new entries, i always take an extra moment to look at the picture. Would be great if you could elaborate on the picture…Thanks for bringing it up Anna :)
Cheers,
jarle
David–
Yes, of course! Great Falls is still my baby. Will be shooting a story for National Parks Magazine there starting in late April. It’s a pretty cool story. Tell you about it later.
Anyway, I was just messin’ with Panos. (Pitbull? Molossi?)
Thanks to all. My show hangs in Portland, Maine until the end of the month. I’ve had some great feedback from Maine arts community. I have not taken pictures during the opening and hoped some would send me some pictures but none have come so far.
But again there have been a string of very good feedback with last one coming yesterday and as a result there might be an article in Portland paper next week. I’m saying might be – I don’t want to jinx it – I have sent the requested pictures to the paper and will await with baited breath.
We all know how tough it is in this field, so I just keep a low profile, do what I love to do and take the seldom accolades as they hit me, for the brief moment of joy.
You guys want to edit my web site? It’s easy. Every icon has a title to a presentation and pictures in each slide show have a number. So you could say:
Slideshow: Salt
Keep: 1, 3, 5, 7
That’s it. I will know what picture numbers you are referring to and there is no mudlinging.
At the end of the edit, I’ll take all of your input, add all the numbers and give you the collective edit.
There is 17 slideshows. Set your alarm clocks early and start editing ;-)…
ANNA…JARLE
it is funny you should ask about that picture after all this time …and i was about to take it down…
the picture is of someone very special to me and was taken on a “road trip” in Senegal when i was exploring the roots of hip hop…we were both in the back seat of the landrover and i just saw this perfect light mirror portrait….the bumpy road allowed me only a few frames…
this was the “perfect trip”..unexplored territory…both of us shooting…it was one of those “once in a lifetime” trips that everyone knows is a “once in a lifetime” trip ,but still cannot totally be “captured”…
i think i will leave the picture up just a bit longer…as i have always said, the best thing about photography for me is just simply to trigger memories….
thanks for asking….
cheers, david
David,
thanks a lot for sharing your story, and i am glad you decide to keep the picture hanging a little longer. the picture really tells the story of a “road trip”, with the road, trees, ornament hanging from the mirror, and the lady you are traveling with.
i need more road trips…such good times, memories, and sharing.
cheers,
jarle
Rene…sorry, but a technical comment:
Is there a way for you to put a “hompage” link at the bottom of each gallery page? Maybe down by the “captions” and “credits” links? I know you can just click the standard back button, but I think making it as easy as possible for all visitors might be nice.
And DAMN that’s a lot of work to critique! ;^}
Hi David,
how are you ? Just sent you an e-mail.
Cheers,
K.
Hi David,
how are you ? Just sent you an e-mail.
Cheers,
K.
Hi David,
how are you ? Just sent you an e-mail.
Cheers,
K.
I suggested PITBULL for Panos because they can be very sweet and friendly by nature (look at how loving the dogs rescued from Michael Vick turned out to be) but are capable of “going off’ on a moments notice. Sound familiar??? :))
That’s why he is able to keep us in line…his self-appointed JOB.
He’s certainly no LASSIE.
What a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it with us, David! Unexplored territory… I love the ambiguity of the picture + your heartfelt description of it. Glad you’ll be keeping it up longer.
David, Maybe it was pointed by you earlier, but I just “flipped” thru your website again, and saw you added your first edited works.
Guys, it’s in the gallery section, “off to a family drive” and “tell it like it is”. Great to see these seminal books you often mentionned. You’re all there in “tell it like it is”. You have not changed, and kept your fresh eye.
I am amazed by the total honesty in “tell it like it is”. These are still family pictures, I dare saying. You never attempt to speak a lot, but end up saying much. A born photographer then!
Even back then, how many did just that within the black community, let alone by a white kid!
Thanks for uploading this.
PANOS Et Al,
got an email today from Aavaz.org, where their YouTube video “Stop The Clash of Civilizations” have been nominated for “Best Political Video” at the 2007 YouTube Awards.
Also have seen the short film “Black Button”, which was also interesting…
check out these ones, and other categories, if you are interested…
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_clash_award/1.php?cl=61946636
have fun and peace out!!
jarle
DAVID: “)_)))!!!
i CANT say enough how happy i am to see TELL IT LIKE IT IS! :))))…as i wrote long long long ago, that small brilliant book as a stunner when i first discovered DAH blog…and saw that work in January…and for so many reasons, (someday we’re drink or share some smoke to discuss) how significant and magnificent it is…
the south, too, of much of what made me…
and i love too, as Herve pointed out, the Off for a family drive :)))>..
we always return, always, to the place we began :))
BEGIN THE BEGIN AMIGO!
hugs
b
David, i must join in with Herve and Bob, thanking you for posting “Tell it Like it Is” and “Off for a family drive”. I remember you showing the south story in Oslo, but am glad you also published your family album on your web site. I see an emerging photographer here… ;-)
thanks Herve for pointing this out.
Cheers,
jarle
David
You are sentimental… just like I’m… I love it!! I always love your “Tell it Like it Is”
and your talent is visible from begining… :)
peace
JARLE YOU ARE RIGHT…
THE “BLACK BUTTON ” is awesome… thanks..
http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_clash_award/1.php?cl=61946636
have fun and peace out!!
jarle
Posted by: Jarle Kavli Jørgensen | March 17, 2008 at 02:02 PM
RENE…
michael fixed your pictures…take a look and let us know if all is ok with you…thanks for your patience…
CATHY…
stand by…your pics going up today…
no, Panos is not Lassie!! cocker spaniel??
HELLO ALL….
those two first books mentioned by Bob, Marcin, and Herve above relate to my next personal project, which i am just dying dying to get moving on….
but, i am totally torn now about the ideas i have for myself and the ideas i have for you…i am stalling on two big posts because i just want to make everything symbiotic…float like a leaf down a stream, not a beautiful tree crashing to earth…
thinking, thinking….
by the way, i am catching up on personal reviews for some of you today….check your email….
peace, david
Speaking of road trips, Vanity Fair has an article this month about Robert Frank and the 50th anniversary of The Americans. Read it, liked it, recommend it, if you can get past all the ads in Vanity Fair. I have just returned from the big city and the St. Patrick’s Day parade, complete with all the sister in law’s nieces and nephews that I started out with. They had fun, I didnt. After a while, watching pedestrians go down the middle of the street gets boring, even if they’re playing bag pipes. I think it says a lot about a culture that it thinks listening to an instrument that does a credible impression of a hog screaming in pain is in some way musical.
AKAKY…
i was there too!!! we should have coordinated…and right before that i had lunch with Michael Shapiro….we could have made it an all blogger afternoon!!
i saw the Vanity Fair piece…yes, good…and of course Frank was/is one of my all time favorites and infuences…
cheers, david
ALL…
there will be a few new photographers for you to see under the Emerging Photographers section..it has taken us awhile to get the space alloted for all that i have to show…i think you will appreciate this new work and there is still more to come…we should have this posted by later tonight…
David and Akaky… I was at the parade today as well. I was the one doing the Bruce Gilden impression…
MIKE…
i thought i saw you!!! hmmmm,Bruce takes no prisoners…you??
cheers, david
AKAKY said:…
“…I think it says a lot about a culture that it thinks listening to an instrument that does a credible impression of a hog screaming in pain is in some way musical.
Posted by: Akaky | March 17, 2008 at 06:34 PM…”
Akaky , now thats some funny shit!!!
im still laughing !…
David… Yes! Take no prisoners is the intent… getting the “goods” is another question!
Mike , what is the “goods”… i mean definition ??
MIKE…
i have same question as Panos..?????
DAVID – Thank You. All fixed.
David and Panos… I just meant the good pictures. I can go out with the take no prisoners approach, (to me meaning get close, focus on looking, listen to intuition, don’t hesitate, don’t get in your own way/overthink, do what needs to be done to get the picture…), a blast to shoot this way especially here in nyc, and a good way to work for me, I think… but things rarely, rarely fall into place. Nature of the “street photography” approach, I guess, but I meant I’m not at a point where I “nail it” with any regular frequency. Close, sometimes… When I get the time to print them, I’ll post the pictures I took yesterday to show you this…
MIKE…
thanks, that is what i thought you meant….i look forward to seeing the work…
cheers, david
david:
i sent u an email…
im now, amid a fog of pinga (brazillian drink) and am writing….
trying to write something, something for pjg….marina and dima when to bed….spent a night of embassassing night of tears….
trying to honor, to give words, to write what means something….
soon….
i know u understand….
roll of film on my left, my wife and son asleep, ’cause, im here, cause i told them i had to write about pjg….
soon….
i know u…email…soon, for magnum….
for the 16 yrd old who wept when he saw the brother who looked in the back of the wagon/tru and saw his sister….
soon…
b
i just love group photos!
the world is getting smaller, in that photo i had contact with three photographers: Chris (in a workshop here ion portugal), an english gentleman, paollo (in paris photo where i bought his last book and where he asked about Paulo Nozolino a friend of him) and finally Kalvar in Latvia. is good to remember photo groups!
cheers David
i just love group photos!
the world is getting smaller, in that photo i had contact with three photographers: Chris (in a workshop here ion portugal), an english gentleman, paollo (in paris photo where i bought his last book and where he asked about Paulo Nozolino a friend of him) and finally Kalvar in Latvia. is good to remember photo groups!
cheers David
i just love group photos!
the world is getting smaller, in that photo i had contact with three photographers: Chris (in a workshop here ion portugal), an english gentleman, paollo (in paris photo where i bought his last book and where he asked about Paulo Nozolino a friend of him) and finally Kalvar in Latvia. is good to remember photo groups!
cheers David
i just love group photos!
the world is getting smaller, in that photo i had contact with three photographers: Chris (in a workshop here ion portugal), an english gentleman, paollo (in paris photo where i bought his last book and where he asked about Paulo Nozolino a friend of him) and finally Kalvar in Latvia. is good to remember photo groups!
cheers David
i just love group photos!
the world is getting smaller, in that photo i had contact with three photographers: Chris (in a workshop here ion portugal), an english gentleman, paollo (in paris photo where i bought his last book and where he asked about Paulo Nozolino a friend of him) and finally Kalvar in Latvia. is good to remember photo groups!
cheers David
i just love group photos!
the world is getting smaller, in that photo i had contact with three photographers: Chris (in a workshop here ion portugal), an english gentleman, paollo (in paris photo where i bought his last book and where he asked about Paulo Nozolino a friend of him) and finally Kalvar in Latvia. is good to remember photo groups!
cheers David
i just love group photos!
the world is getting smaller, in that photo i had contact with three photographers: Chris (in a workshop here ion portugal), an english gentleman, paollo (in paris photo where i bought his last book and where he asked about Paulo Nozolino a friend of him) and finally Kalvar in Latvia. is good to remember photo groups!
cheers David
Hi David,
I sent you some new BKK pictures …if you are interested….
Katharina