http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-55088 Robert Frank Essay « Las Tías Fotográficas Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:47:44 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-55088 [...] href=”http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/” target=”_blank”>The [...] [...] href=”http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/” target=”_blank”>The [...]

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54916 Hart Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:41:00 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54916 Part of what you capture brilliantly here is this: It's about the work. The discipline. This stood out: "The Americans’ followed the crest of Kerouac’s triumph as spontaneous-poet-prophet, preceding Kerouac’s drunken disintegration and failure to change the world in the way that he might have with more discipline. And ‘The Americans’ was years before Dylan changed the world in a way that could never have been achieved without discipline. Frank’s work was a bridge between beat hipster idealism, and Getting Things Done.” Part of what you capture brilliantly here is this: It’s about the work. The discipline. This stood out: “The Americans’ followed the crest of Kerouac’s triumph as spontaneous-poet-prophet, preceding Kerouac’s drunken disintegration and failure to change the world in the way that he might have with more discipline. And ‘The Americans’ was years before Dylan changed the world in a way that could never have been achieved without discipline. Frank’s work was a bridge between beat hipster idealism, and Getting Things Done.”

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54915 More Frank, On 2Point8 « Hart Up North Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:32:03 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54915 [...] Frank, On 2Point8 I finally poured some coffee and read Michael David Murphy’s Two Thousand Odd Words on Robert Frank’s “The Americans”; I was a little more open to it, I’m guessing, having just put down On The Road for the [...] [...] Frank, On 2Point8 I finally poured some coffee and read Michael David Murphy’s Two Thousand Odd Words on Robert Frank’s “The Americans”; I was a little more open to it, I’m guessing, having just put down On The Road for the [...]

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54800 Michael David Murphy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:40:36 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54800 Wall Street Journal on bad writing about art: http://icanhaz.com/badartwriting Wall Street Journal on bad writing about art:
http://icanhaz.com/badartwriting

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54698 Jeff Ladd Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:38:12 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54698 That was fucking great. Please do not write more about books or I'll pass the torch to you. That was fucking great. Please do not write more about books or I’ll pass the torch to you.

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54614 mario Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:29:03 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54614 man, i just wanna say thanks. and it's your observations & the way you put these down in writing that never fail to amaze. keep up the great work! :-) man, i just wanna say thanks. and it’s your observations & the way you put these down in writing that never fail to amaze. keep up the great work!

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54538 On Shadow » More ‘Americans’ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:51:22 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54538 [...] 2point8 weighs in on the Steidl reissued [...] [...] 2point8 weighs in on the Steidl reissued [...]

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54349 Michael David Murphy Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:06:37 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54349 I just fixed some errors and typos. It's not the breeziest read; so I appreciate you all stopping by and chiming in (and the emails). I just fixed some errors and typos. It’s not the breeziest read; so I appreciate you all stopping by and chiming in (and the emails).

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54318 mark Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:43:10 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54318 After reading this I just hope you write the winogrand book. well done. After reading this I just hope you write the winogrand book. well done.

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2008/04/13/two-thousand-odd-words-on-robert-franks-the-americans/comment-page-1/#comment-54209 Justin Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:01:42 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=346#comment-54209 I really enjoyed reading this, I mean really! What can I say? You've already said it as well as I could have hoped. I really enjoyed reading this, I mean really! What can I say? You’ve already said it as well as I could have hoped.

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