http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/06/10/bruce-davidson-time-of-change/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/06/10/bruce-davidson-time-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-57931 Michael David Murphy Sat, 10 May 2008 17:26:40 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=214#comment-57931 I spent some time with Bruce this morning and hope to bring an audio or video interview here to 2point8 next week. I spent some time with Bruce this morning and hope to bring an audio or video interview here to 2point8 next week.

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/06/10/bruce-davidson-time-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-25587 Tim Connor Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:20:32 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=214#comment-25587 This is a great tribute. Beautiful writing. I love his subway pictures too -- so different in color. There's a greater degree of anonymity in them but the same directness. This is a great tribute. Beautiful writing. I love his subway pictures too — so different in color. There’s a greater degree of anonymity in them but the same directness.

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/06/10/bruce-davidson-time-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-25185 chuck Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:25:52 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=214#comment-25185 The first photo book I ever owned was East 100th Street, which my girlfriend bought for me after I wouldn't shut up about the traveling exhibit of it we'd seen. A motif that underscores the breathtaking intimacy of those images is the frequent appearance in them of the enlarging paper boxes that obviously contained the prints from earlier shoots he had brought with him. It isn't hard to believe he still knows these people. The first photo book I ever owned was East 100th Street, which my girlfriend bought for me after I wouldn’t shut up about the traveling exhibit of it we’d seen. A motif that underscores the breathtaking intimacy of those images is the frequent appearance in them of the enlarging paper boxes that obviously contained the prints from earlier shoots he had brought with him. It isn’t hard to believe he still knows these people.

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/06/10/bruce-davidson-time-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-25141 matt Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:12:25 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=214#comment-25141 Also, The fact that Bruce still gets up every morning at 5:30 and hits the darkroom for 5-6 hours is amazing! We should all hope to have such dedication... Also,
The fact that Bruce still gets up every morning at 5:30 and
hits the darkroom for 5-6 hours is amazing! We should all hope
to have such dedication…

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/06/10/bruce-davidson-time-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-25138 matt Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:59:25 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=214#comment-25138 Best "New York" photographer of all time... Best “New York” photographer of all time…

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2007/06/10/bruce-davidson-time-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-25102 Kevin Bjorke Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:52:03 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=214#comment-25102 Davidson was the featured lecturer at PhotoAlliance a few weeks back. I've no doubt you would have liked his stories and manner. One thing that struck me was how many of the people who were photographed in the 1960's and 1970's are people whom Davidson *still knows* -- he could point at a 1966 photo of a poor family from the south and say: "the older boy dies in a car wreck about ten years ago, but the little kid here has his own delivery company and he bought a new truck a couple of weeks ago, the baby is going into graduate school this fall and the dad passed away but the mom is working on becoming a preacher" or something like that. Not the typical just-passing-through PJ approach at all. All individuals. Davidson was the featured lecturer at PhotoAlliance a few weeks back. I’ve no doubt you would have liked his stories and manner. One thing that struck me was how many of the people who were photographed in the 1960’s and 1970’s are people whom Davidson *still knows* — he could point at a 1966 photo of a poor family from the south and say: “the older boy dies in a car wreck about ten years ago, but the little kid here has his own delivery company and he bought a new truck a couple of weeks ago, the baby is going into graduate school this fall and the dad passed away but the mom is working on becoming a preacher” or something like that. Not the typical just-passing-through PJ approach at all. All individuals.

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