Lee Friedlander

I saw an exhibit of Lee Friedlander at SF MOMA today. Man he is really
anti-classical. Many of the shots are intentionally trying to look
really bad, and they succeed :-) many of those are very interesting
also. Often the gimmick is actually to be more honest about what we are
looking at, so you can certainly see the value in that.

"I only wanted Uncle Vern standing by his new car (a Hudson) on a clear
day. I got him and the car. I also got a bit of Aunt Mary’s laundry and
Beau Jack, the dog, peeing on a fence, and a row of potted tuberous
begonias on the porch and seventy-eight trees and a million pebbles in
the driveway and more. It’s a generous medium, photography."

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Paul Furman
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Annika1980 wrote:
On May 17, 7:45 pm, Paul Furman wrote:
Many of the shots are intentionally trying to look really bad, and they succeed :-)

Ah, the D-Mac Method.

Nah...

Seriously, it's more like the Frank Ess look:
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/86729241
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/58767803
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/59462395
http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/60192138
-these are intentional.

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