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1. eamon Aug 01 2007 / 10am

   this really is amazing stuff

   wish I was this brave, and that good
2. Rob Schneider Aug 01 2007 / 10am

   This is a terrific piece. Thank you for posting it. Wonderful to see Jeff’s way of working on the street. His 9/11 photos are transcendent.
3. Kevin Coombs Aug 01 2007 / 3pm

   thank you for this. just brilliant !!
4. matt Aug 01 2007 / 10pm

   Thank you Michael!
   Jeff expresses exactly what it’s like…
5. Flash Aug 02 2007 / 8am

   Great, great stuff.

   I loved, “I should go to Gaza, but I’d probably get sick, and I’d be scared….we’ve got Zabars here”
6. Scott Aug 02 2007 / 12pm

   It is really fascinating seeing him working on the street. If one thing stood out to me the most it was the line about his “commitment to telling the story.” That says it all.
   Thanks for sharing the clips.
7. Michael David Murphy Aug 03 2007 / 3pm

   Attention Deficit Alert: Only half as many people who watch the first clip, watch the third clip.
8. John Aug 03 2007 / 4pm

   Thanks for providing this. Good stuff Michael.
9. Tom Leininger Aug 03 2007 / 8pm

   This makes me want to forsake digital and buy color neg film. Thank you Jeff and Michael.
10. JA Aug 04 2007 / 7am

    Have you seen him on the streets waving his camera? Disturbing, harassing people and not even have the courtesy or respect to thank or smile at the people he just shot? This approach simply is disgraceful.
11. tw Aug 04 2007 / 7am

    Thank you for this.. It was a good watch.

    I look forward to the photo-magazine you’re proposing to make, although i think i’d definitely miss the good simplicity that only a blog like this has.
12. mario Aug 05 2007 / 3am

    Thanks for sharing this. Like everything else in your blog, it’s one of those essential things…
13. foster park Aug 06 2007 / 4pm

    my favorite part is the little shrug/smile he gives people after the fact. as if to say, “i had to do it, you were so damned interesting just then!” genius. the most inspiring thing i’ve seen on the interweb in forever.
14. Michael David Murphy Aug 06 2007 / 5pm

    JA (above) gets the comment of the week/month/year. Pretty bent of shape for 7am, eh?
15. Drooper Aug 07 2007 / 11am

    He sounds like John C. Reilly. Good to watch, interesting stuff. Gonna have to try his aggressive style of taking photos sometime.
16. Cary Aug 07 2007 / 3pm

    Thanks for posting this, I hadn’t seen the whole piece before. I like how he gets honked at by the white truck when crossing the street near end of the first clip. And I love the phrase he uses regarding editing, “enticing a courtship with a picture.” I almost got the sense he’s just burning through frames so that this videographer can get footage of him in action. I counted approximately 24 times he takes a picture.
17. Didi Nov 08 2007 / 9pm

    I was out of town when you posted this & it seems totally missed the boat on both the original vid & the 3-part You-Tube version. MDM - is there any place online where it’s still viewable? When I clicked on the above links, it says “We’re sorry this video is no longer available.”
18. Michael David Murphy Nov 08 2007 / 10pm

    Sorry, Didi. The lifespan of televised video on youtube that isn’t posted by the networks is variable.
19. Michal Kimlicka Dec 04 2007 / 12pm

    thanks for posting this videos…
    a really strong motivation.
20. Alexander Mar 07 2008 / 6pm

    I only have one question, how on earth does he expose his film right in this kind of tempo ? HOW ???
    he takes a basic measure and goes off from there or what ?

    Thanks for sharing!
21. Brad M Oct 31 2009 / 12am

    JA, no I have not seen him in the streets waving his camera. And no I don’t think his approach is disgraceful. Lighten up. He’s no Gilden.

    Alexander, there’s no need to adjust the exposure if the light is the same. This is definitely an issue with fussy SLR users that feel the need to meter every shot. In most of the shots I saw the light was pretty consistent. Also consider that adjustments on the lens can almost approach sleight-of-hand. I have the same camera and while I often use its meter to first get in the ballpark and then manually adjust thereafter, I occasionally ignore the meter and try to do it by eye. It’s something meter-less camera users have had to do for decades. Furthermore, consider the huge exposure latitude of color neg film. It can handle great amounts of over- (and under-) exposure. That’s a cushion only film can afford.

    Great set of vids here. Favorited!
22. Lance Dec 26 2009 / 5am

    “I only have one question, how on earth does he expose his film right in this kind of tempo ? HOW ???
    he takes a basic measure and goes off from there or what ?”

    Mermelstein now uses a Leica M7. He says he just sets it on automatic and shoots. Also, you get a lot more exposure latitude with negative film, as opposed to transparency film.

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