> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom C > Sent: 18 June 2006 01:01 > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: RE: Is this a clichi? > > It rather reminds me of the 1960's "The Prisoner" TV series > and the bleak > beach scenes at Port Portmerion. There is one time or more > where the taxis > (mini mokes) are on the beach. > > That's what comes to mind for me. >
Yes, I can see what you mean. Perhaps I just think it's a cliché because it's so obviously within a certain tradition of British seaside photography. In the essay included in Mark Powers' "The Shipping Forecast", David Chandler talks about "the tradition of social documentary photography in Britain and for photographers the shoreline, the beach and the seaside town have all traditionally harboured the pageant of British post-war life". He traces this tradition from photographers like James Jarche and Bert Hardy, through Tony Ray-Jones, Martin Parr, Anna Fox and Mark Power. I would also include in that list people like Ian Berry, David Hurn and to some extent Don McCullen, and perhaps even Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. The same influence is also evident in other media, such as 'The Prisoner'. You can see photos from "The Shipping Forecast" here: http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT_MAG.aspx?Stat=SearchImages_S earchThumb&V=CSearchT&SID=JMGEJNTXOBJS7&E=S_2V6DH6V3CBKJE http://tinyurl.com/ltxvg Regards, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
