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By: admin

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:35:18 +0000

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By: AndreaC

AndreaC — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 08:49:36 +0000

Devin re, Isn’t that what happened in Russia when the communist block came to an end? Wasn’t it a lawless society too for a while. Though I don’t know how foreign photographers were treated by the citizenry. There are 20 millions dogs in India, almost all are strays. But anyhow, I will take your word for it.

By: Ross Nolly

Ross Nolly — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:37:16 +0000

Panos;

“Ross…:)) In a “rapid transformation”…situation who is at fault? I mean who wins?”

I don’t know about fault because I’ve never been there, but if I remember right Ceausescu’s regime was pretty ruthless.

I’d say as an educated guess, no one at the bottom of the pecking order wins…. As usual….

Cheers man.

By: a civilian-mass audience

a civilian-mass audience — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 06:37:11 +0000

VIVA !!!
Today we are drinking DALI!!!

BURNIANS the world is “crumbling down” just in front of our eyes every second …
that’s why we the civilians rely on you…
You are the ones that you can document all this !!!

LOVE YOU ALLLLL…my heart is with all of you …wherever you are …please,keep in mind
there are people who believe in YOU.

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:43:52 +0000

check here please !!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXT2E9Ccc8A&feature=related

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:35:56 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdn6wrM1Hqw&NR=1&feature=fvwp

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:33:54 +0000

who said its late???????????????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQWLeFiPQ_U&feature=related

By: panos skoulidas

panos skoulidas — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:31:20 +0000

Ross…:))
In a “rapid transformation”…situation
who is at fault?
I mean who wins ?

By: Ross Nolly

Ross Nolly — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:48:27 +0000

Sorry; it meant to read “unique position of documenting a society in rapid transformation”.

By: Ross Nolly

Ross Nolly — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:47:26 +0000

Davin; It certainly sounds like you’re right in amongst everything alright. And also in a unique position of a society in rapid transformation.

By: dellicson

dellicson — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:28:46 +0000

But Ross, I am not biking. I am just walking down the street when they attack. I usually have to avoid whole streets where they have claimed their territory or cross the street to get out of their way. This is what I mean when I say that Bucharest is the most backward capital in the European Union. People are being controlled by animals. I am unable to walk freely about in some places nor am I able to enjoy myself without fear of being attacked. A Japanese business man bled to death a few years back here when a dog bit his femoral artery. Ceausescu bulldozed a fifth of historic Bucharest in the mid 1980s and forcibly relocated thousands of people from their homes (which he destroyed) to Communist blocs. Thousands of dogs were thus put out on the street suddenly with no home and they multiplied like nobody’s business. Beyond this though, Romania is the most corrupt European country next to Bulgaria. The only thing separating the two is that in Bulgaria there are broad daylight mafia style killings. Romania was so traumatized by Ceausescu’s police state that the transition to a democracy and capitalism has been especially tough and the country has yet to learn more modern and educated ways of conducting itself. Some people have suddenly come into large sums of cash and have gone from having almost nothing to driving 100,000+ Euro sports cars. A whole nouveaux riche class has risen up and the whole culture is a mess with young people just dreaming of material possessions. Bucharest’s beautiful pre World War II architectural heritage is all crumbling as everyone just wants new building. I am trying to document all this!

By: Ross Nolly

Ross Nolly — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:04:14 +0000

Davin;

Those stray dogs sound pretty nasty. I’ve spent a bit of time in Tonga and nearly every mutty dog there is born with a gene that automatically demands them to try and take a decent chunk out of your calf as you cycle past!

Flying past them at a great rate of knots doesn’t work; it winds them up even more! The only thing that worked was to slow right down to slower than walking pace when you spotted one. They would fly out the gate and stop with a confused look on their face wondering why they couldn’t chase you; and they’d turn around and go back again.

Mind you; it was always a bit nerve-wracking until they stopped though…. I mean; I do want to lose weight, just not in half kilo chunks from my calves…Sounds like the dogs you contend with are a different kettle of fish completely!!

By: Imants

Imants — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:50:20 +0000

Davin you better listen to aunty C …….. if you don’t she will get mad at you

By: dellicson

dellicson — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:37:51 +0000

AndreaC: are you familiar at all with Romania and the effects of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime on the country? I don’t have any of the issues that I have here anywhere else! Only in Romania! There are fewer now after the mayor exterminated many of them, but there were as many as 200,000 stray dogs in Bucharest at one point–literally packs of them roaming about. Very intimidating. I wear jeans a button down shirt not tucked in. . . I shouldn’t stand out too much. Romania happens to be quite a unique place and situation and this is why there are so few tourists here and why people normally are unaware of just how oddball a place it is. In the 1980s at the end of Communism, Bucharest was close to a police state and people were practically starving. The secret police in Romania controlled people comparable to the way North Korea controls its citizens today. The upshot of all this, is that Romania is quite bizarre.

By: AndreaC

AndreaC — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:23:01 +0000

You don’t think your own behaviour may be inviting trouble? I travel in places where no one speaks English and don’t have anything like this sort of trouble. People are much the same everywhere so perhaps its time to consider what you are doing that gets these reactions. You probably need to calm down a bit. Why are the stray dogs attacking you? They way you dress could be the reason. Try to look more like a local. I have experienced this myself when cycling. So now I take off the helmet and sunglasses when I pass by stray dogs. Think about your head gear and jacket. On the other hand, once you look more like a local, your images may look less spectacular. ;-)

By: AndreaC

AndreaC — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:03:38 +0000

Jim
“Well, I don’t completely agree with this. I really believe it is the photographers role to interpret his work. Photographers need to spend much more time telling us about their photos. Few photos, especially in documentary work, really have the power to stand alone. If you don’t want to talk about each photo, at least talk about the photos in general, set the context. I’m thinking of the introductory material to each group of photos in DAH’s “Divided Soul” for example.”

This is not interpreting the work, it is introducing the work and I agree that is necessary. Photojournalistic pictures need to be put in context and words are needed for that. Photojournalistic pictures have a specificity that needs articulating. We need to know, where when, why? and the pictures often (almost never) do not show all this.

Interpretation is more like what a singer does with a song. The singers words before a song are introduction, not interpretation. An artist’s statement is an introduction. It’s the role of a second party to interpret the original work. Photographers are interpreters of reality. Critics are interpreters of performance, image and object.

I think that Jason was trying to do a lot more than introduce the work. I also think he was using other people’s analysis rather than his own.

“The Images take us on a sinister, eerie tour of a country whose only existence centers around their military and patriotism.” This is pure interpretation.

“The contrasting beauty between the savagery of ruin and rebirth of destroyed lives creates a romantic idea of what once was there, conveying a different feeling for each person that witnesses the images.” This too.

Bob, I liked your ideas about Jason’s work. I was thinking something similar in terms of how it would be appropriate for him to talk about his own reactions to the place, his own reasons for being there and certainly. But often we don’t know what we are trying to do when we take pictures. The intentions are not clearly formed in the beginning and they change as a project develops. This, i think is the real challenge of an artist’s statement. But honesty is essential in writing a good artist statement. I think it takes time and maturity to develop that ability.

By: Akaky

Akaky — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:51:36 +0000

Oh, hello there. No, I dont have anything to add here. I just wanted to be at the end of the thread. I was sorting hoping to snag #6000, but as that doesnt seem likely now, I’ll send for being Tail End Charlie. Carry on.

By: Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:37:09 +0000

NIN – We’re in This Together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1Zulx4mjHk

By: Brian Frank

Brian Frank — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:06:41 +0000

NIN – Head Down – Live rehearsals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN_Grw-GeUg

By: AndreaC

AndreaC — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:34:23 +0000

dellicson, I can’t wait to see your pictures.