tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post4528928093373438825..comments2024-01-08T00:59:52.091-07:00Comments on muse-ings: Bert Teunissen - Domestic Landscapes?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-28370492250364338842008-03-31T14:48:00.000-06:002008-03-31T14:48:00.000-06:00While the style is consistent I come away with mix...While the style is consistent I come away with mixed feelings. The work from The Netherlands appears the strongest: a feeling of warmth and connection to the subjects. More intimate portraits of life.<BR/><BR/>From the rest I get both the typology of the lonely (often coupled with graceless poverty) and the rudimentary yet cultured depending on the image. Yet there is no attempt to draw the comparisons. For the most part the non-Dutch people seem to regard Teunissen with, at the least, suspicion. Outside of his native coutry, there is definitely the feeling of complete detachment from the subject, as if he doesn't really understand what is in front of him.doonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558926453149764893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-19792765853360165932008-03-31T13:52:00.000-06:002008-03-31T13:52:00.000-06:00I for one believe it's work like like Tenunissen's...I for one believe it's work like like Tenunissen's work (I admire his both his work and personal approach)which will grow old gracefully - in fact as time passes and the culture changes these places and the inhabitants - I believe we will be more interested in seeing these sorts of pictures for what they record.<BR/>The problem with most photographer's is that they are too concerned about making sure you can recognize their work - rather than just doing their work and letting it develop. <BR/><BR/>I always try to consider patience when reviewing and writing my opinions - I try to imagine what I think might be worth looking at 50 or 100 years from now. It's my opinion that Tuenissen's work is more about trying to be truthful to what he sees - for the long view. <BR/><BR/>MNMatt Niebuhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654573522375379923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-53291337754781551452008-03-27T16:14:00.000-06:002008-03-27T16:14:00.000-06:00Certainly, the photographs as a whole could contai...Certainly, the photographs as a whole could contain more intensity/tension but the main area of weakness for me is in the sheer repitition... <BR/><BR/>No project can contain such a massive scale of repetition and also contain exceptional gravity for the viewer.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think that disciplined editing for Bert and a mix in of non human photographs into the project (interiors without subjects, exteriors witout subjects) would elevate the whole, significantly...Doug Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403059341690593618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-74613395808257536852008-03-27T11:20:00.000-06:002008-03-27T11:20:00.000-06:00They certainly don't glamorize or deify the subjec...They certainly don't glamorize or deify the subjects, and have something in common with traditional depictions of peasants, like the Potato Eaters, minus the hunger, oddly like some of Ivan Albright's work, Dutch 17th century genre painting, the early work of Davidson, Misrach, if one can consider their subjects cosmopolitan peasants of sorts, all recontextualized within the deadpan style.<BR/><BR/> It's the way I would expect Tina Barney to shoot the same subjects (albeit done with natural light , much less dramatic tension, and more emphasis on environment).<BR/><BR/> They're hardly incendiary, but <BR/>nevertheless interesting.<BR/><BR/>--- LuisLuishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942782882001678270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-38412447121814166822008-03-27T06:53:00.000-06:002008-03-27T06:53:00.000-06:00re: ideas/concept - try getting a Guggenheim grant...re: ideas/concept - try getting a Guggenheim grant - or any other grant/funding - without one.<BR/><BR/>and speaking of ideas, wasn't the idea on this project to picture the architecture, not the inhabitants thereof?<BR/><BR/>I don't see a "typology of lonely old men and women". In fact, I see "rudimentary yet cultured settings aglow with a warm, timeless atmosphere ..." which I like very much.gravitas et nugalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490244858742224956noreply@blogger.com