Yes, indeed, very interesting. I got this in my foto8 newsletter email,
actually, I received about 10 copies of this latest email--don't know why--I
kept getting them all day long. Anyway, in this short interview, Ribalta
does a nice job of educating the reader on the historical roots of social
documentary and reportage. I'm glad I read it because it filled in gaps of
my own understanding of this interesting period, and while the piece sheds
light on the past, I love how at the end it points to the future--or as
Ribalta calls it "a feared future for many people" living "in these
uncertain economic times"--as those in my social and work circles like to
say these days.
This WPM piece also reminded me of something Tim Hetherington described in
an audio/slideshow I listened to (which I can't find right now). If I
remember correctly, he was talking about one aspect of his work in West
Africa, namely, teaching West Africans photography to document their own
lives etc. Hetherington said that "it seemed a long way round" to have
western photojournalists go into areas of conflict or hardship, take
pictures, return with said pictures, publish them, and hope awareness
happens followed with some positive action. Instead, Hetherington seems to
have wanted to empower West Africans through self-documentation,
self-expression. A nice and important idea really.
It's amazing how much idea is packed in this short interview--history of
WPM, the issue of amateur vs professional, and questions of artistic
quality. Very impressive! Thanks for posting, Bob. Cheers, Christine
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From: "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com>
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Subject: A Hard, Merciless Light
An interesting article here for those comrades who are interested in the
history of social documentary and reportage photography:
<http://www.foto8.com/new/online/blog/1424-worker-photography-movement>
B
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