tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post4821530264436960205..comments2024-01-08T00:59:52.091-07:00Comments on muse-ings: Soth vs. Polidori - Trump and Rosie?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-69039356349118691482007-01-09T10:57:00.000-07:002007-01-09T10:57:00.000-07:00I think if you read Conscientious and the Soth blo...I think if you read Conscientious and the Soth blog, it's probably much more about blog buddies than anything elseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-3781428270049590792007-01-09T10:04:00.000-07:002007-01-09T10:04:00.000-07:00Jörg over on Conscientious blog has a rather convo...Jörg over on Conscientious blog has a rather convoluted comments system, so I can't post this there. <br /><br />This may well be an interesting topic (people vs no people, art vs. photojournalism etc etc) but in the final analysis, it's not a terribly important one<br /><br />"Do we always need a spectacle?" No – but do we always need to be so serious about art...?(especially when to – apparently talented and intelligent artists seem to be making not terribly well thought out statements about each other)tim athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756179153189240704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-34237439399827693222007-01-09T08:45:00.000-07:002007-01-09T08:45:00.000-07:00you have to wonder about intent though, people or ...you have to wonder about intent though, people or no people.<br /><br />in polidoris "chernobil" book there is a text by the author stating that "this must never happen again" etc. etc. etc...<br /><br />however when i sent his agent a petition to use these photographs in the "greenpeace" magazine for the 20th aniversary of the disaster (free distribution to 90,000 members), i didn't even get a reply, oh yes, you can but the prints through galeries in limited editions, you can sure you'll get a reply to one of those enquiries...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-21618513613385902052007-01-08T21:13:00.000-07:002007-01-08T21:13:00.000-07:00Thanks Edward. Interestingly, I don't think Soth m...Thanks Edward. Interestingly, I don't think Soth mentions the work of his Magnum colleague Larry Towell and his book In the Wake of Katrina<br /><br />just going by what's on the Magnum site it seems split about 50/50 people and no people (and both are good)<br /><br />http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essays/katrina.aspxtim athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756179153189240704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-23630734318916268622007-01-08T20:54:00.000-07:002007-01-08T20:54:00.000-07:00I have to side with Polidori on this one. I have d...I have to side with Polidori on this one. I have done a longer term large format survey of the Katrina damage, and there are no people in my pictures either. (www.epr-art.com) The places are not habitable, the only people will be doing demolition. There has been some good LF work done of people post-Katrina, but they are the folks whose homes were not destroyed.Edward Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313315245424294950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-53562278463724319262007-01-08T20:33:00.000-07:002007-01-08T20:33:00.000-07:00FUn exchange. I’ve never been able to make up my m...FUn exchange. I’ve never been able to make up my mind about Polidori – neither fish nor fowl – architectural photographer? artist? Industrial photographer? And Soth still seems something of the Wunderkind, not quite a Dusseldorf Struthsky, not quite a photojournalist? (despite the Magnum credentials) Not quite a ShorefeldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com