the slide show for At Home workshop 2008 should be up now (under Movies
..my home page) and loads in about 15 secs on my computer..we had it
down for awhile trying to get out the flicker, but it is such a big
file , i am not sure we can do better..but still trying..
anyway, i do hope you enjoy the show…these students did the impossible to get this work done in just a few days…
most of you know, but not everyone, that this is all ORIGINAL WORK shot last week..could the final show be better?? of course… but this show is being produced right up until a half hour before show time…so, it is RAW, but reflects the sensitivity, timing, aesthetic and dedication of these emerging photographers..
some may not understand the workshop "ritual", so i will give you a little "brief"..
the whole point of this workshop is to allow emerging photographers a chance to totally develop artistically and realistically….i push each student in her/his personal direction based on THEM , not me…..or maybe "stretch" is better than "push"..in any case, i study
the portfolios even before they are accepted into the class….class
limit 12…as soon as possible, i spend an hour with each student
one on one to get "into their head" and figure out what they really
want to "say"….as you will see most are quite conceptual while still bearing witness…
my daily critiques of the previous day’s shooting often leave
blood and tears on the floor…while this is definitely a philosophy
class perhaps more than a photography class, we do have REAL PRODUCTION in
mind…we knew at the beginning of last week we would be following the
shows of Gene Richards and Bruce Gilden and with a live audience of New York photo world…
do you think there is any pressure??
but, i find that by throwing people in water over their heads, they swim like hell….
do the photographers have to be strong.. affirmative.. do they have to be tough??
absolutely… do they have to be more sensitive and open up their
hearts more than they have ever done in their lives?? necessarily…
i put just as much effort into the teaching of these workshops and into the final production as anything i do …period….my class knows i am asking them to work no harder than i am working myself….
nobody actually shoots for all of the 6 shooting days
allowed…theoretically they can, but they stumble..re-think…start
over…mucho time is spent researching, re-working ideas, tapping the
subconscious, and reaching out into new visual territory by just
"letting go" of all that "binds" ..i show my work, sometimes contact sheets, to help the photographers think about approach etc etc..
besides the obvious gratitude to Gene and Bruce who headlined the final show, i had "hands on" guests throughout the week…i want to thank Alex and Rebecca Webb for jamming with us
one morning and showing us their new book on Cuba…many many thanks to Melissa
Harris who gave us a personal tour through the Koudelka show, Invasion Prague 68, currently at
Aperture Gallery, Melissa gathered the students around her on the floor of the gallery and told us of weeks of work to hang this
show….Melissa is the editor of Aperture Magazine and has been the editor of so many books…Song from Magnum advertising department told us about
the realities of shooting for ad agencies and selling stock..many
thanks Song…suffering a serious thug induced brain injury while a photographer for
the Sacramento Bee, and now a NY freelancer, John Trotter came by and
showed us his amazing new book on a treatment center for major head
trauma..he did it while being inside as a patient…silent room…gracias amigo..
my biggest thank you goes to Michael Courvoisier who
really ran this workshop and will run the upcoming one in Mexico…. Oaxaca:Day of the Dead (see story under "student work/workshops")…Mike stays calm in a storm…handles both students and me with equal aplomb…we lost Marie temporarily right before this workshop nor did we have an intern, so
Mike and i had to do everything ourselves…from inner working organizing to making coffee and
getting the morning bagels to mopping the floor…i love to mop…
intense week?? more than intense…. day and night and night and day we were shooting, editing, listening to
music , discussing directions to move and just flat out busting it… and when we weren’t doing that, we were seeing a
presentation from one of the above or showing my works.
party??? not until the last night my friends, not until the last
night..and by that time, all of the suffering over, and the room quiet
and the lights down and a buzz in the crowd from the Gilden/Richards
show comes, yes, my student show….so proud ..and can’t believe we
actually did it again "against all odds" from where we were even the
night before..
show over….credit slides…applause long and sweet….i introduce
each photographer to the crowd telling about their story..more
applause…warm tears this time…this time blood pumping warm and
flushing the faces…hugs, kisses, and ok one more hug….
now, finally, finally..time to PARTY DOWN……(and we did!!)
that would have been a party to attend..
bring your preferred refreshment.. indeed.
some great work achieved there..
congrats to all for diving in..
FIRST POST?
Well let it be CONGRATULATIONS to your workshop students! Though I couldn’t hear the soundtrack…
DAH
ASHE’S work is amazing, whats the story behind those images? I would love to know more about that story, it looks fantastic…
the slide show is fantastic!! CONGRATS to all the students!! DAH – you should be proud!!!
It is clear that anyone who takes the journey with DAH (and Michael and Marie and all who jam..) is asked to dig deep and if they mirror the level of commitment and investment being offered and follow their hearts they mine something marvelous that can’t be named or known ahead of time..
A big warm congratulations to all the participants.
DAH
Is Oaxaca full? What workshops follow that?
When will the jam sessions go down for this next loft Workshop? Would love to come by from one of those..
lisa – you missed out..
young josh davis’ tune even had swearing, mo=fo.
i loved the wall street piece.. tourist piece.. and the final piece.. great.. classy stuff.. these had me spinning back to view again..
so..
anyone else up for a virtual one week assignment?
boom.
DAH, and family
I figure after lurking for a few months, I should do the proper thing and see if I can join your wonderful yet slightly dysfunctional family…. Since lurking I have had a bit of a renewed vigor towards my photography. Though I come carrying a bit of professional baggage, I have to say this forum has done wonders for me to rethink my life priorities. I am truly amazed at what you have done with this blog, it feels like I am attending a mini workshop each and every time I log on. The mentoring and learning is ongoing and just never seems to end. Even when there is a slight misunderstanding between mentor and mentored, the whole blog learns from the process and comes out far wiser… If there is truly Karma, and I feel there is, David you have several lifetimes in the bank.
Here are two slideshows for you and everyone to please look at. The first was shot this last weekend. Thanks’ to all of you I got off my butt and captured some images. Nothing too deep or earth moving just a simple little county fair. One camera, one lens, one flash and hundreds of pigs, but dam it felt good to get out and rekindle a flame.
http://flickr.com/photos/29966115@N02/sets/72157607459517897/show/
The second is a bit more complex, I am not sure if this is my Venice Beach or not. This was probably the hardest but at the same time the most wonderful, yet complex day of shooting I have ever had. Living in Southern Maryland we have a small but wonderful group of Amish and Mennonite family’s. Out of pure dumb luck I managed to stumble across the biggest event of the year for these folks, the annual horse auction.
I had to ask myself how do I make images when I know they have a strong faith that forbids it. I am not sure if I did them any justice but what I did was spend the day working the fringes. I also took a page fro Bill Allard and spent my time with the younger generation. The one time I stealthily attempted to go into the hart of the action, I was promptly asked to leave. I somehow managed to plead my case to the Elder, and was allowed to stay.
This could end with some ok images of an Amish/Mennonite horse auction but I feel it could maybe go further. The Mennonite and Amish are going through a bit of a transition time with their youth. Many are leaving the church, and I feel this is a concern for the elders. This to me is the bigger story then just images of a humble community at a horse auction. I may need some help here, no I will need help here but I feel if I take this project on, along with it comes the responsibility to the Amish/Mennonite community to not exploit them.
Folk’s help me out here am I going down he wrong path?
http://flickr.com/photos/29966115@N02/sets/72157607454731898/show/
Personal note to David . … Please don’t stop the critiques, in this virtual classroom environment you have going on here, so many more people benefit from your honesty. I have thick skin and truly need your honest opinion.
Kurt Lengfield
ERICA..
damn girl..those words sing… best description of the process i have ever read…thoughtful, beautiful, thanks…..
cheers, david
Keep up the great work David! Your investment in others is really quite amazing…
I personally know how hard these classes are and congratulate all the students for making it through.
kurt..
ha – you made me laugh with one of the fair photos.. i’ll not say which.. rare.
i like the style.. lowered angles.. some great little nutshells cracked..
the second story really intrigued me.. i guess because of the notorious access probs.. are you ‘in’, as it were? would make a great study-over-time..
and
hello.
Welcome KURT! enter with caution… ha ha!
i can only imagine that the amish images were complex and challenging for you – it is for most. i am impressed with some of the access you must have received. nice job. there are some very nice images in there. i think you could have done a little tighter edit on both of them – but still nice work.
KURT…
where in hell did you come from??
i am guessing (i did not see your bio) that you are a young pro newspaper photographer?? right??
anyway, nice work…straight photo j but good straight photo j……
i will not pick pictures, because i must sleep soon…but generally i would say you are in the right place at the right time, understand moment,light, and “story” and maybe you just could use a bit more sophistication and nuance…you are fine, but you could be great…wanna ride??
cheers, david
DAH–’Just checking in. No time anymore to wade thru your most dense discussions. Sounds like things went great at the workshop. I’ll be in NYC for PhotoPlusExpo October 22-26. Might you be around? Best,
John Fulton
KURT
Welcome brother! Ready to join this dysfunctional but loving family? I’m glad you’ve come out of the shadows and into the light. I can already see you will add a lot.
Your work shows an experienced eye and obvious technical skill…besides, I LOVE your quirky POVs on many of the county fair shots. There’s one that I’d guess is the same one that made bro David B laugh out loud. It tickled the pie out of me too. The woman seen from the udder’s POV. Am I right, David B?
The Amish series is intriguing, especially with its tantalizing future possibilities. Looks like you’ve already got the kids on your side. I say go for it. But slowly slowly. Research Amish Mennonite customs and religious beliefs first, and then approach the elders with a proposal that would hopefully offer them and their community benefits that only you could bring. But at least you’ve got your toe in the door…
Patricia
DAH
Seeing the show again brought it all flooding back…The self doubt/loathing. The uncomfortable knot in the pit of my stomach from a perceived lack of progress. The fondness for strangers who became family simply by sharing “combat time” on the front lines of personal exploration. But most of all, the euphoria of seeing it all come together. Thanks again for a truly life changing experience and the opportunity to know you – one of the most giving and “good” human beings I know.
What a great slideshow…I can only imagine the feeling, tired in the morning from a night of worrying about what you did and didn’t shoot, and then blurry morning eyes peering on such a breadth of styles, unfolding stories you didn’t know you’d tell.
Jojo sings songs of youth, city kids…Spencer Lum’s spying on the tourists is fun and makes me want to see it all again for the first time. I like the mix of distress and humor in Nicholas Richer’s wall street…ashe…
Erica already said it so beautifully, but you can see the intensity of emotion that drives all these projects, a week of breaking down to your weakest to build back up into something you never knew you’d be. That’s what I see in it all…
Congratulations to all of you!
(I’m looking forward to seeing the work from th next workshop, when I can actually attend the infamous afterparty! and meet some of the infamous gang here!)
KURT-
only saw the amish so far, I love the shot of the man’s back, and the bicycle riders…I agree with the tighter edit comments, needs more time there…but you read what DAH wrote…welcome!
ALL
From a student point of view, the greatest lessons offered from DAH were the concepts of meaning and feeling. David would often say “show me what it feels like to be there, not what it looks like…what it feels like”.
Also the notion of meaning. Is there a meaning to the photograph? Whas there a reason the picture was made? Does it illicit some sort of visceral, organic response? In other words…is it meaningful?
Obviously meaning is very subjective but just like in our class, we all recognize the meaningful image when we see it. The ones that make us pause for a bit longer, often for unknown reasons.
The class proved to be a personal and a photographic catharsis for us all. It was a true collaborative learning effort; the obvious pearls of wisdom from David and Mike C and the unexpected nuggets of truth from my fellow students.
DAH and Mike C
Thank you for giving so much of yourselves to enable the fantastic voyage!
One other note:
I made the mistake of not acknowledging and thanking Robert Clark for the time he spent with me and for allowing me to photograph his slide.
Thank you Rob and I apologize
DAVID,
Very nice slideshow indeed….Every time I read highlights from one of your students or read your own report I say to myself damn it, I need to do another one with David!!!! Pure joy and adrenaline for one week that impacted my life and photography for ever!!!! I just came back again from shooting at the gym…who would have thought back then that I would be out there shooting so often if you did not ignite this fire in me….I am sure it will also happen for these new students as well who have been fortunate to join you for that special week and have already produced very nice essays…
I was also pleased to read that there will be a new book from Alex on Cuba. I know that he had taken some photos there 2/3 years ago but was not aware that he was preparing a book on it….Cannot wait to see this come out…one of my favourite places from one of my favourite photographers!!!! I seem to recall that my other favourite photographer already has one on Cuba :):):)…. This may seem like a strange question but for someone like you who has spent so much time there what did you think of the book?
Separately, your suggestion of interviewing these kids for my essay is turning out to be a great one…I taped a fantastic conversation today…really insightful… I feel this is coming together… will do my best to push this until the end of Oct… Will keep you posted.
Cheers,
Eric
I posted this comment on the previous thread, but am repeating it here just so participants are sure to see it:
Workshop participants – For lack of a better word, WOW. I got home from work, let the dog out, and started to watch the slideshow. I stopped at the second one and poured myself a glass of wine and got comfortable, as I could already tell I’d be watching it more than once. The first time, no sound; the second, with music. Interesting how much more movement I noticed in the frames with the music on. Really beautiful work, gorgeous colors, light, story, impact. Congrats.
Joan
DAVID,
By the way, you mentioned yerterday that Gilles Peress was trying to get you “drunk” to take on additional Magnum responsibilities….Can you share with us what these new responsibilities might be?
Eric
d.a.h., all,
i just want to say “hey” to this community, and also give a few mumble “thanks” for the week-past.
i slept for 15 hours saturday night…so that may be an indication of how jam-packed the week was. TOTALLY worth the sleep deprivation tho! yes, it was hands-to-the-grindstone hard work. but it was also a damn, good time with many wonderful people. and often the hard work coincided with the good times…and, really, what’s better than that?!
so BIG LOVE and ETERNAL GRATITUDE to david and michael for being so caring and generous with their time and wisdom throughout!
we were certainly a needy lot…yet you handled the week with such poise. BRAVO! and THANKS!
nicholas
ps, i’ll be by next week with more beer. it may not be that ritzy corked stuff, but beer nonetheless!
Will be interested to see the slideshow since I cant view it on my work computer, Ill have to see it at home. Kurt, that was a nice slide of the Amish community. Nice PJ work
Patricia,
since you asked in the other thread, Riverside is part of Marooned which you can view at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinju/collections/72157606643568147/
I wanted to share this one photo
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/2881676107_30141bc6c3_o.jpg which is a new addition to my Home Sweet Home project. I spent about an hour yesterday teacjing my son animal names, since he loves animals. There was a debate about “finding your own venice” in the other thread and I just wanted to say that davis was 100% right what he said to Cathy, that your Venice will be somethin so obvious you cant see it now because it is literally under your nose. I think you cant find it, it has to find you.
DAH and All……Yeah!! Seeing the collection of work from last week is Straight Fuel! Beautiful, complex and astonishing!
Stellar work by all…Congrats! -Jeremy
RAFAL
I love the new image for Home Sweet Home. Yes, I know what you mean about images being right under our noses. So often I think I won’t be able to come up with anything new after working on my project for three months and having taken probably 1000 photos, but life has a way of presenting new opportunities in the most unexpectedly ordinary ways.
Your “Riverside” project is surprising, especially after having seen Home Sweet Home and Family Ties. It gives such a feeling of urban isolation and alienation. I can see where it is a good change for you from the emotional intensity of working on Home Sweet Home and Family Ties, but I have to say they still are my favorites. Even Park Life feels detached except when you start focusing on your wife and son. Then I see hints of Harry Callahan’s portraits of his wife Eleanor and daughter Barbara, especially those he took in the middle of Chicago’s parks.
You are doing really fine work, Rafal. All I can say is keep it up! Your book is going to be very special indeed.
Patricia
Patricia,
This series was done in Mexico City.
http://archive.charliemahoney.net/Production/PhotoGroupView.aspx?pbid=4&msa=1&pgid=19063044&ipp=128&sort=0
RE: the slideshow
yes indeed great slideshow great work… having been to one of david’s workshopws, i’m re-living the whole thing again! such an intense experience, so much learned…
peace
anton
patricia
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:o)
i really get impressed when i see a photo with humour.. it’s a difficult thing to do as far as i can see.. took me a long while to get around.
back later.. just awake (after posting 3.30am) and need to get out into the sunshine..
snapsnapsnap
i think mysterious kurt is a closet Mennonite.. or will be..
(add a ‘z’ to kurt and think of a trip upriver.. careful now kurt.. )
David.
Breathless. what you taught..”.show me what it’s like to BE THERE..”
i felt transported as i looked at the work of each student.
Ashe’s work particularly but all stories are ‘riding in the pockets’ of these photographers.
love, anne
PANOS, AUDREY, PATRICIA, KATHY and ERICA
Thanks for all your feedback and comments! The kids are in Mexico City, not Maine as it says in the metadata on the DRR link. One has to be careful when ingesting images!
DAVID
I think this posting was just before the page flipped to a new one, so you may have missed this. I’m posting it again here below.
If you are up for it and have the time, I have an edit up on digital railroad that I’m looking for feedback on.
I have placed 64 images up on this archive and I need to make some kind of sensible edit. The problem is that I’m really struggling. I’m tying to do diptychs, but I’m not convinced it works. I’d like to make a salvageable edit. Also, do you ever decide to go B&W, if you feel like you don’t have enough solid color images. I’ve always been color oriented, but with the exception of some images that have color, I think the story could potentially work in B&W. Any thoughts on this would be well appreciated. Oh, the story is on adolescent urban tribes in Mexico City: breakdancers, goths, punks and emos.
On DRR, I’ve found that the best way to communicate the images you like is by using the image number, not the order number. The image number can be found by placing the cursor over the image. The last 4 digits should suffice.
Oh and finally, don’t hold back based on some of prior mis-communication. Give me the Non-McCain Straight Talk Express please.
http://archive.charliemahoney.net/Production/PhotoGroupView.aspx?pbid=4&msa=1&pgid=19063044&ipp=128&sort=0
best,
Charlie
http://www.charliemahoney.net
charlie
non-mccain straight talk.. ace
:o)
i really like some of the snaps charlie..
am i right in thinking this was shot in a day or so? i wonder if there is something missing.. there are some great moments.. break-dancer.. and some great portraits.. the self-harmer is a strong one.. kids hanging out in a more general sensed too.
i am wondering though if the series would work well as a newspaper on-the-spot job.. as sean has just completed in china.. with a handful of the best snaps used in an illustrative form.. and if there is a lack of depth needed in telling the story more fully.. which may have involved more contact and time, perhaps.
this is the first ‘crit’ kind of thing i have written here – and i do it because i really like your eye and see what you’re trying to do, since a great deal of my work concerns ‘da-yoof’..
i hope it’s positive – it is intended as a compliment, since i think the photos would add to the quality of a high circulation national or international publication..
i may be wrong, i may be right
i may be black, i may be white
(and now.. the post-’post’ insecurity :o)
More pictures for Panos … http://hydeimages.com/blog/
And icons for Martin B (see, i do requests ;-)))
And Panos, I do understand why you left … sometimes you have to remove yourself to save yourself. Been there, similar. But Greece will welcome you back :))
yassus, tom
young tom.
superb..
love the daily-daily postings and RSS set up .. will keep looking..
you wandering the whole med coast?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7632737.stm
DAVID (alan harvey) AND WORKSHOP STUDENTS! :)))
As i wrote yesterday (on that other enormous thread), i LOVED the projection and the work! :)))..I cannot wait until i get there next week to see the next round and maybe meet some of y’all. I do not wish to single out anyone individually (as i wrote yesterday, i feel the same about Ashe’s brilliant and haunting story, and that the final image of this remarkably beautiful and wise little girl passing her gaze and unflinching awareness on the weird and often lonely-sad life lived of adults, is simply a perfect way to conclude this mad-brilliant story), so let me say a few words to each. Forgive me if i forget all your names (im on d-day deadline for my own project for Harvey), but Marc’s story of his father’s death moved me profoundly (at work on my own project about fathers and sons), and the shot of his father’s ashes is as strong an image of post-9/11 as i know, Anna’s gorgeous and dream-like celebration of the girlz inher hood, offering their own voodoo and empowerment, nichol’s witty and dark story on wallstreet (have you seen Chris A’s essay on wallstreet Nicholas?) which ends in an ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPH (guy on seat), the story of “todiefor” with its mad colors and opium-heart sadness, the heartbreak courage of JOJO (as a dad with a 14 year, this one spoke to me, all the bravado of teens and yet how little they know, how much they know and they carry their bodies and thoughts away anyway), the shanghai-esque blue dreams of the disco/dj, the powerful and gorgeous picture of the story of the man let out of prison (this one needs to be published immediately!), a John Henry for our wilding times, so celebrant and devoid of all the usual tropes of a story about a con got free, big props, the weird dreamy apartment with all the weird crayon color (now im reading about opium, so it made sense to me ;)) ), the nytourist (i immediately went back to the penny arcade of my childhood at RockCentre…) and the dreamy hallucination of the reflections in color (he must be Kyung-Hee’s brother? ;)) ) and of course Ashe’s brilliant coda……really i loved the entire show…
AND DAVID ALAN HARVEY and y’all, i was reminded, reading David’s description, of something that I am using in my essay to accompany Bones of Time. I had wanted to leave it yesterday for y’all after that madness, but i think here is a more appropriate place…david’s description of the workshop (you even gotta marina contemplating taking one of your workshops, which i dont know how the hell we could ever afford), and the pain and suffering and ultimately the redemption from this…i think, there isn’t a more apt opportunity for me to share this with y’all, since ALL YOU WORKSHOP GUYS AND GALS (AND MICHAEL C TOO, AND OLD MAN HARVEY0 have worked so remarkably hard….
from the Coptic words of St. Thomas, i know of nothing more important in my own life, that has defined all i’ve ever done, and i think which bespeaks the HEART OF A HARVEY WORKSHOP: for y’all then:
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is in you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”–Gospel of St. Thomas
hugs all you
bob
KURT! :)))
wow, welcome to the pleasuredome. Excellent work. As a straight PJ photographer (are you shooting for a newspaper or are you freelance), it’s just terrific terrific work. What i love, immediately, is your unflinching ability and hunger to “get close” (jesus, good-god, i sound like Harvey now ;)) ), but i hate long-lens photo stuff and i hate photography that is from the “bleachers” or “sidelines”…i want to smell the place…and the fair stuff does just that, funny and romantic and brough back lots of great memories…and the AMISH story is also terrifce. At first, i was totally put off (looked like lots of long-lens voyeurism shit) and then BANG, you are in close and then i understand what you were doing. so many remarkable moments you’ve capture, especially with the children and their expressions,,,but what is truly BRILLIANT here is all the humour: that picture of the kids on bikes in their outfits is pute brilliance and totally against convention of what we usual get from Amish. you have the balls to go after a big topic (i mean, who can top Towell, right?) and yet you do it with great agility and a keen keen receptive eye and again, mad humour…i love the Amish story alot alot…:))))…welcome aboard…
CHARLIE:
llove the mexican stuff, espcially love the close up portraits. i think that’s a story in itself (look at wrobertangell’s brilliant portrait work)…or a great combination with the environmental street stuff…you do this at the foundry workshop?..great and beautiful eye and love the punk colors (as a former punk, i envenied these guys, here i thought it was all black and grey ;)))…terrific…
NICHOLAS: your last Wall street shot is brilliant…and it syncs with Jeff Mermelstein’s picture of the statue of man in ashes after 9/11…great work…
MARK: VERY VERY moved by your story…thanks so much for sharing amigo…
ok, gotta plow, deadline…
hugs
b
David B
“(and now.. the post-’post’ insecurity :o)”
That’s the way. I hear ya ;) it goes away…usually ;) … even if not, sooner or later everyone will just start talking about something else :D
Tom
Thanks for fulfilling the icon request! (it was me that asked, but maybe missed martin’s request in the dizzyness of the last thread). And thanks for the continued images from Greece…damn damn damn gotta get there.
Not sure how long you are staying, but I just checked my church calendar…October 23 is the Feast of St. James the Apostle and the Brother of the Lord…might be something to watch for on the “Orthodox hill”, or maybe find a family that celebrates the feast day.
Gina
after all the amazing work posted in the last 48 hours my few little pics seem pretty inconsequential…but it was a good experience trying to focus on capturing the feel of the moment, not just showing pics of it (what I am beginning to call one of the main DAH mantras)…so if any of them do that for you I would love to know, and if they don’t, would love to know that too.
http://andrewbrinkhorst.home.insightbb.com/Festival/
if you would rather email any comments that’s fine…andrew.brinkhorst (at) gmail.com
Kurt
welcome! Of your 2 slideshows, I like the Amish piece the most…two pics stay with me… the one of the little boy walking by the window with the others visible in it, and the one of the (even littler) little boy walking alone…love the feel in them. As Patricia suggested, go slow and see if you can show them how allowing you access will also be a positive thing for them, that’s there is value to it…
David B
thanks for the soundtrack1 – great song to go along with making breakfast…came back from wandering Keeneland this morning sans camera, just to watch the light…the fall meet is coming soon, and I’m goign to try and do something there…not sure what yet…
Oh, and I laughed when I saw the photo you mentioned as well…reminds me of when I posted my first set of images and the one that got the first comment (from Panos, who else?) was the one of the horse’s ass down the long hallway as it was walked into the sales ring…hmmmm…maybe he was telling me something :D ha!
All
good morning. beautiful light breaking the day here in KY….hope it falls on all of you as well…
Andrew
P.S.:
YOUNG TOM: as i said yesterday: i wish i were with you…thanks for the installments…will be checking regularly to check my head!!
god damned the light is beautiful :))))..take me take me take me, please
:))))
b
hey PANOS
get yer euro arse over to here..
http://bophoto-mumblings.blogspot.com/2008/09/doing-business.html
you’ll see why..
pea’s
DAVID & ALL
Please forgive me for continuing to harp on my own stuff but last night I had a real breakthrough. In finally coming up with a title I like, I discovered the hidden meaning in this work which reflects my life.
It will be called “Falling Into Place” because, strangely enough, being diagnosed with MS twenty years ago was exactly what I needed to find my place in the world. The book’s text will begin
“It started with a fall, a knee-buckling ankle-spraining fall onto an unyielding sidewalk in Detroit.”
I went back to the series of pics I took from the floor during my last fall (on August 15th) and found one that says it like I saw it. I’m hoping this image works for you folks too because that’s a photo op I don’t want to repeat anytime soon ;=)
http://www.pbase.com/windchimewalker/image/103570086
Thanks for letting me share. Feedback is ALWAYS appreciated.
Patricia
DAH, and friends
Thanks for the kind words on my images. I only wish I was young and in the springtime of my carrier. I am 48 and retired from the Navy Reserves. I was a Navy Photographer for 21 years, 12 on active duty and 9 in the Reserves. During my time in the Reserves my fulltime civilian job was as an Aerial Photographer for the Navy’s Test Center in Southern Maryland. It is fun zooming around in jets, tiring to hang onto your camera and your lunch, but not very taxing in the creativity department.
If the offer is still out there to ride, you bet I want to. Call it midlife crises if you want, but I need to do something meaningful with my photography. My current job has nothing to do with photography, good money but no creative outlet. It is a tradeoff I guess. I’m still not sure what my Venice Beach will be, for now it will be photography. Southern Maryland has plenty of interesting folks I just need to get out and capture them.
David
I want to shake hands with you in oaxaca i am not part of the workshop but you know this is an a oportunity to meet the person who inspire us and change the way we see photography, life….is this posible?
and if you need a hand i have two.
Gracias
David Bowen
No angst necessary for your comments. Just belt it out here. We’re all for the better if you do. I really believe that. I worked on the story for 48 hours, so your comments were spot on.
Big Bob
Yes, indeed was part of my foundry experience, although, in my group we did two projects during the week instead of one big one. There were lots of beginners in the group, so we did one shorter exercise to break people of the typical beginner’s mistakes: shooting peoples’ backs, not engaging people, trying to sneak photos without committing, etc. It was good for the group but I would have preferred more time to get in to my project. The result is a superficial story.
BOB
As a former punker myself, although more of a closet punker, I too identified more with the punkers than anyone else. The emos on the other hand, were just middle class adolescents rebelling without a mantra. This is part is what fueled violence between the various groups this past year.
Hey Kurt…:-)
Hey David B.;-)… What an honor…!
Thank you again!
( Venice on your big projection screen..!
What can I say…)
PANOS
Do you have a link available with a solid edit of your work? I know David, wants you to stay loose man, but when are we going to see something put together on Venice? Or have we already and I just missed it?
Hey ALL..
Good morning… 8:00am
from Los Angeles…
;-)
Good Morning Panos
Charlie .. Hey..
Solid edit..! Not yet..
I have some very “strict” instructions
to stay super- loose until the end of
November.. Shoot, shoot and don’t
Think..!
Then we are going to do the “prints on the wall DAH edit..
and we will see IF ANYTHING comes out
right!!!
But till then.. Honestly.. I have no idea..
No clue.. No, no I don’t worry or care about
editing right now..
Not that I know much about editing either..
So be prepared.. More BAD pictures to come..
Laughing..
Peace