http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/07/13/im-photographing-my-own-curiosity/ A wide-open view of the practice of street photography by Michael David Murphy, While Seated. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:44:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/07/13/im-photographing-my-own-curiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-112199 Svein-Frode Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:50:10 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=651#comment-112199 Sigh... Germans and their dubbing. I just don't get it. Sigh… Germans and their dubbing. I just don’t get it.

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/07/13/im-photographing-my-own-curiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-112144 John Falkenstine Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:14:48 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=651#comment-112144 I have always liked Joel's pictures, even though living in Arizona for some time now, I find the cultural context in which many of them were made strangely disconnected and of another photographic era. Joel is a New York "dude" and the street photography thing about which he elaborates extensively strikes me as more of a rationalization for what I feel are somewhat mundane images that come across as snapshottish and easy to do, when compared to the effort needed to take a picture of a couple of people south of the border, because lately, they're scared and insecure. We do not have the luxury of a population density where people steam by like objects that can be photographed as if they pixels on a TV screen. What I'm basically saying is that Joe's pictures are easy to take, served up on a large plate free of charge. Things are not the same out here.BTW my German is still quite fluent, I could hear the video in 2 languages. I have always liked Joel’s pictures, even though living in Arizona for some time now, I find the cultural context in which many of them were made strangely disconnected and of another photographic era. Joel is a New York “dude” and the street photography thing about which he elaborates extensively strikes me as more of a rationalization for what I feel are somewhat mundane images that come across as snapshottish and easy to do, when compared to the effort needed to take a picture of a couple of people south of the border, because lately, they’re scared and insecure. We do not have the luxury of a population density where people steam by like objects that can be photographed as if they pixels on a TV screen. What I’m basically saying is that Joe’s pictures are easy to take, served up on a large plate free of charge. Things are not the same out here.BTW my German is still quite fluent, I could hear the video in 2 languages.

]]> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/07/13/im-photographing-my-own-curiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-111933 Percy Dovetoenails Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:59:18 +0000 http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=651#comment-111933 Stumbling and fumbling with the knobs and curtains of our desire. A Meyerowitz is seen seeing the yet to be seen. Stumbling and fumbling
with the knobs and curtains
of our desire. A Meyerowitz
is seen seeing the yet to be seen.

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