Comments on: Joseph Luow and the Act of Looking Away http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/08/joseph-luow-and-the-act-of-looking-away/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: david (b) http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/08/joseph-luow-and-the-act-of-looking-away/comment-page-1/#comment-53701 david (b) Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:26:54 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=342#comment-53701 Very interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. I feel like the most amazing/surprising thing about assassination photos is how utterly empty the surrounding is. There are maybe eight people in those first two photos. I've always thought--naively--that for an event with such historical implication to occur the crowd must also be historic. Of course it's silly, but until I saw those I didn't realize how silly it was. Very interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.

I feel like the most amazing/surprising thing about assassination photos is how utterly empty the surrounding is. There are maybe eight people in those first two photos. I’ve always thought–naively–that for an event with such historical implication to occur the crowd must also be historic. Of course it’s silly, but until I saw those I didn’t realize how silly it was.

]]> By: the act of looking away : clusterflock http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/08/joseph-luow-and-the-act-of-looking-away/comment-page-1/#comment-53696 the act of looking away : clusterflock Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:10:15 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=342#comment-53696 [...] An excellent post at 2point8 that starts with two relatively unknown photographs of the Martin Luther King assassination then moves on to talk about “reaction” photographs — photographs of people watching something monumental happening: 9/11 for instance, or Kennedy’s assassination — and ends with a pointer to a photography show called “Another Country” with repurposed photos from the civil rights movement. Good stuff. [...] [...] An excellent post at 2point8 that starts with two relatively unknown photographs of the Martin Luther King assassination then moves on to talk about “reaction” photographs — photographs of people watching something monumental happening: 9/11 for instance, or Kennedy’s assassination — and ends with a pointer to a photography show called “Another Country” with repurposed photos from the civil rights movement. Good stuff. [...]

]]> By: Scott Symes http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/08/joseph-luow-and-the-act-of-looking-away/comment-page-1/#comment-53606 Scott Symes Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:02:41 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=342#comment-53606 Great stuff and powerful photos. Thanks for sharing. Great stuff and powerful photos. Thanks for sharing.

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