So far i've done a lot of shooting in diners and also in thrift stores. i look at thrift stores as a kind of attempt for some people to reclaim this idea of the past. friends of mine go to them looking for vintage type clothing. i go there to buy every old camera in sight (it's really ridiculous, even the broken ones, gotta have those instamatics). i've also done some industrial/urban landscapes. i think i've stopped defining authentic space by other people's standards, and started defining it by my own, which i'm happy about. that was this series of photos becomes documentary, but also very personal.
the one thing i'm really struggling with is the process i'm using. you see i'm doing this all for my color photography class, but i think in the end it would be better if the prints were something like pt/pd or maybe even salt prints or something like that. something that is more on the alternative process tip, simply because i think the subject matter would lend itself well to such a look. whatever are everyone elses thoughts on authentic space? steve > [Original Message] > From: Gregg Kemp <gregg@p at ???????> > To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> > Date: 10/27/2002 7:26:02 PM > Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] authentic space > > > On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 06:43 PM, Steve Bell wrote: > > > Hmm, well let's see. > > > > i originally began with the idea of places where people go to reclaim > > the > > past. for example, diners. i go to diners all the time, and a friend of > > mine started talking to me about the idea of authentic space. like, in > > the > > 50's diners were kind of this ideal for the future. all stream lined > > and > > chrome and neon. now diners are this ideal of the past. this space > > where > > people feel like they are part of something authentic. we also talked > > about > > how yuppie artist types get apartments in more urban areas, and nouveau > > bourgoise people buy industrial type buildings and turn them into > > living > > spaces so they can feel more conntected to the working class that > > they've > > left behind. this is all architectural theory that she had been > > reading. > > > > it got me very interested. so i've been shooting authentic space. i > > started > > off just doing diners and thrift stores, but i've now started relying > > more > > on my instincts, shooting whatever feels like authentic space, rather > > than > > defining it by these specific criteria. > > I find this very interesting Steve - the idea of how the perspective of > a place changes over time. What places, or types of places have your > instincts taken you to (if you don't mind my asking)? > > And thank you Rosanne, for asking about the meaning of "authentic" > places. I just assumed I had simply missed out on something else. > > - Gregg > > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/ --- Steve Bell --- veracity...@earthlink.net --- http://www.unbeknownst.org/~insurrective / http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/insurrection --- In fact, rock, rather than being an example of how freedom can be achieved within the capitalist structure, is an example of how capitalism can, almost without a conscious effort, deceive those whom it oppresses...So effective has the rock industry been in encouraging the spirit of optimistic youth take-over that rock's truly hard political edge, it's constant exploration of the varieties of youthful frustration, has been ignored and softened. --Michael Lydon
