Comments on: Sam Harris – The Middle of Somewhere https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/ burn is an online feature for emerging photographers worldwide. burn is curated by magnum photographer david alan harvey. Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:47:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 By: Reflections on Looking at Photobooks - Peter David Grant https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-791434 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:23:06 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-791434 […] first came across Sam Harris over on Burn Magazine, which David curates along with his team, so it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that […]

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By: Reflections on Looking at Photobooks - Peter David Grant - https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-771624 Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:10:22 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-771624 […] first came across Sam Harris over on Burn Magazine, which David curates along with his team, so it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that […]

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By: Burn Magazine | SAM HARRIS https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-306857 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 14:21:46 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-306857 […] couple of weeks ago i had the honor of having my latest essay The Middle of Somewhere published on Burn Magazine. It’s always a special occasion for me when i can finally share a new series. Spanning […]

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By: Patricia Lay-Dorsey https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-304938 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:27:11 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-304938 Although I am very late coming to this party, it is one I would not have wanted to miss for the world. Sam, I saw this essay when we were together last June at LOOK 3. I loved it then but I love it even more now. There is a flow to this edit and sequence that feels like a dance. It’s a visual dance but more importantly a dance of the heart. Your artist’s eye and father’s love are one. It is that sense of integrity that touches everyone, no matter who we are, no matter our age, no matter what usually divides us. I long to hold your book in my hands, to have it by my side to inspire me in my photography and my life. But don’t rush the process. This is a very significant book, one that deserves to be published by the best of the best. May it be so.

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By: Kyunghee Lee https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-291091 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 11:59:45 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-291091 Sam,

This makes me happy and smiling. :)
Thanks for nice work.

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By: The Middle of Somewhere by Sam Harris | The 37th Frame - Celebrating the Best of Photojournalism https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-290080 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:30:14 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-290080 […] Read the full essay on Burn Magazine […]

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By: michael kircher https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-288911 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:24:37 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-288911 Wonderful, Sam. Wonderful.

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By: a civilian-mass audience https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-287757 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:32:24 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-287757 I rarely visiting aisles like this one “photographic essays”…hihihii…but I see SAMMY,oh,yeah…and I have some criticism…

I am waiting patiently all these years…WHERE is MY BOOK? hellooooooooooooooo@#%%^

ok,now,on a serious note:

Massive respect for being YOU…”you hit home” !!!

I LOVE YOU and ALL MY BURNIANS (FROSTY…enjoy your health)!

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By: Sam Harris https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-287474 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 07:03:25 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-287474 Dear All… well, i really don’t know what to say… i’m touched and a little freaked out by all your comments.Thank you all! i live with this work day in day out. quickly i become numb… it’s a slow process. so it’s great to have this work finally out there and to receive feedback. however i did expect some criticism. in fact i like it, it helps me grow. having said that, it’s reassuring to know i’m heading in the right direction… i am humbled by your comments and support. with gratitude, Sam

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By: Paul https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-287111 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:46:14 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-287111 Sam…

I’ll put it quite simply. When I search for inspiration with my family work I always end up with two photographers…Sally Mann when thinking in BW and you Sam Harris when my mind is working in colour… Now, this time you’ve stretched the pictorial boundaries (thanks for the phrase Jeff :)!) so well I’ve got a feeling Mann’s work is going to look slightly dated.

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By: Mike R https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-287035 Sat, 22 Feb 2014 10:22:07 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-287035 As MW says here, Sam is consistently great with colour: consistently. Bringing colour, composition and subject matter together is difficult. Sam makes it look easy, but it isn’t. Thank you Sam, wonderful set of photographs, wonderful family.

Mike.

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By: Jeff Hladun https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286622 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:47:05 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286622 I like PaulT’s idea of a symphony in the story, what with Sam’s eye, his family, their home and environment being the orchestra. I like even better looking at this wonderful essay as a concerto with three parts, the complexity of the compositional construction in most of the photos being offset by the slower, more straight-forward shots…just like the classic concerto structure of fast-slow-fast.

So many of these images are gob-smacking in the way they stretch their pictorial boundaries, making Sam a virtuoso photographer in my opinion.

Applause, applause, applause!

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By: mw https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286501 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:43:06 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286501 I’ll chime in as well. Sam is consistently great with color compositions and this work is top of the line.

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By: Frostfrog https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286478 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:12:11 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286478 Sam – Thank you. After spending last week in the hospital undergoing major surgery and it’s aftermath, I am home enduring what is going to be a longer than expected period of recovery. It is family, wife, children, grandchildren and cats that is making the experience not only bearable but even in painful times often enjoyable. I am late getting to your essay but I found it and your own family connections wonderful to view. In many ways your family reminds me of my family. Excellent essay.

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By: andrew b. https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286463 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 18:43:16 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286463 A mirror, a world, a love song.

Simply wonderful, Sam.

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By: Jeremy Wade Shockley https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286409 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:40:45 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286409 Excellent work Sam, I really love that opening shot! This essay has a wonderful “feel” to it…

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By: Thodoris Tzalavras https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286389 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:55:09 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286389 A beautiful series, Sam… I like the way you see…

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By: david alan harvey https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286321 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:50:27 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286321 SAM HARRIS

your work touches everyone….you have photographed something very personal, yet it is universal in its appeal…your mirror is our window….well done Sam….so many photographers feel they must go somewhere to make photographs…you prove that home is indeed where the heart is…

cheers, david

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By: Sam Harris https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286310 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:29:10 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286310 ALL

a massive thank you! it’s very special for me to show my work on burn. it’s a home of sorts, even if we’re not always here. and a family of sorts too. by now, many of us have met some place around the globe…

i am truly surprised and humbled by all your responses. i know folk here speak there mind, no mater. so thank you all!

DAVID

and thank you for being the catalyst that you are. without road trips and burn… who knows how things would have evolved for me. your support, writing and projects over the years have helped make the difference.

cheers, Sam

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By: paultreacy.com https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2014/02/sam-harris-the-middle-of-somewhere/#comment-286196 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:56:05 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=21493#comment-286196 Spending time with these images is such an immersive experience.

Symphonic.

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