tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post6836277746148701354..comments2024-01-08T00:59:52.091-07:00Comments on muse-ings: Traces updatesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-74999718927218554122007-09-14T09:44:00.000-06:002007-09-14T09:44:00.000-06:00What is an alley? A narrow semi-private road in be...What is an alley? A narrow semi-private road in between streets, providing access to garages, back doors, yards, loading docks, garbage cans, etc. <BR/><BR/> Usually invisible to the public, but known to the neighbors, alleys are simultaneously anonymous to passers-by and intimate to the locals. Because of this, the spaces around an alley are often more personalized and/or private than those facing the street. <BR/><BR/> The traffic is much lighter, and since they are quantized on a block-by-block basis, their microgeography often varies greatly. They remind one of the smaller streets and alleys of Atget's Paris, Bill Brandt's London , or Bob Thall's Chicago.<BR/><BR/> Tim's pictures tend to focus closely on idiosyncratic human gestures there. Micro-earthworks, seasonal touches, personal or eccentric things one could not put out facing the street, etc. I cannot help but get the feeling that these pictures are more like those of an interior, lived-in space than anything else.<BR/><BR/> My only comment would be that letting more pictures "breathe" would be to the good, and I notice that more of those appeared as the project grew.<BR/><BR/> --- LuisLuishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942782882001678270noreply@blogger.com