tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post6044647926541337203..comments2024-01-08T00:59:52.091-07:00Comments on muse-ings: Alec Soth - portraitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-68204876604853896342007-02-08T10:46:00.000-07:002007-02-08T10:46:00.000-07:00I should add, I think Soth much more often succeed...I should add, I think Soth much more often succeeds at what the humdrum ones are trying to do, but never quite manage to (yep - big camera and all - which is used for all the right reasons, not the wrong one)tim athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756179153189240704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-33625733677631945902007-02-08T10:44:00.000-07:002007-02-08T10:44:00.000-07:00cmmon mark - you're telling me you can't read the ...cmmon mark - you're telling me you can't read the difference in these? It's one reason I posted them for the contratst (and why I speceficially selected the ones I did)<BR/><BR/>These just aren't deconstextualised in the same way - they have much more of the "implied/captioned narratives of sorts" that Luis talked oftim athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756179153189240704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38446021.post-16607571262340623902007-02-08T10:28:00.000-07:002007-02-08T10:28:00.000-07:00hmmm-Take flat even light (such as a soft, overcas...hmmm-<BR/><BR/>Take flat even light (such as a soft, overcast day), ordinary (or ordinary looking) people and photograph them in a deadpan way, often head on. Preferably with big film (4x5 or 8x10) - oh and if you can throw the words adolescence, pubescent or teenage in there - or a scrawny semi-naked long haired guy - all the better (though non of it even comes close to Sally Mann's or Andrea Modica's or even Lauren Greenfield's take on those first three themes).gravitas et nugalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490244858742224956noreply@blogger.com