On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:57:37 +0100, Malcolm Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Ah yes! Thanks for reminding me of this Shel, I am sure I have your full
> posting on a Zip disc.
>
Auggie Wren's Christmas Story: A PDML tradition.
I can't wait to read it and pass it on to my friends this year.
Jostein wrote:
Hi Jostein,
Comments interspaced:
> > Considering we are bombarded every day by images from television,
> computer
> > screens, papers and magazines and advertising hoardings, it's
> amazing we
> > have the capacity to be stopped in our tracks from time to
> time by a
> > partic
Bob W wrote:
Hi Bob,
Comments interspaced:
> > There is one thing I have wanted to do for a while, which I
> read in a
> > photographic magazine (but it takes a lot of doing). In the
> magazine
> > example, it was a tree in a field,
>
> I know of a similar series - perhaps the same one. It
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> Auggie Wren's Christmas Story
> By Paul Auster
Ah yes! Thanks for reminding me of this Shel, I am sure I have your full
posting on a Zip disc.
Malcolm
> From: Malcolm Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> There is one thing I have wanted to do for a while [...]
> to take a picture at the same location
> with the same view every day at the same time for a year.
You may enjoy the introduction to a little story that I post every
Christmas:
Auggie Wren's
Hi,
> There is one thing I have wanted to do for a while, which I read in a
> photographic magazine (but it takes a lot of doing). In the magazine
> example, it was a tree in a field,
I know of a similar series - perhaps the same one. It is quite well
known but I can't for the life of me think of
Jostein wrote:
[...] and which images linger long enough in *your*
memory [...]
Interesting question. I'd say the unusual ones. The common ones tend to
be erased and replaced by more recent versions of them.
- Original Message -
From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Considering we are bombarded every day by images from television,
computer
> screens, papers and magazines and advertising hoardings, it's
amazing we
> have the capacity to be stopped in our tracks from time to time by a
>
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
> In this venue, film will provide that durable history.
> Because negatives endure.
> Take lots of pictures. Record everything and everyone.
> And document it. Journal it.
> Peserve it. Creative Memories-it.
> Make it an important part of life.
> Because it is. More
Bob W wrote:
> it's a bit of a stretch to generalise from discussion about
> one particular photograph to the whole subject of
> professional photojournalism.
Guilty as charged Bob, but with as many posts as the PDML gets per day,
there are too many specifics to hit. Treat it as an observation.
Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
Take lots of pictures. Record everything and everyone.
Perve ;-)
You pressed my button on this one.
The sad thing for our posterity is that durable history is disappearing.
We don't keep a diary or journal. Not very many of us. Not me.
Few letters are written. I seldom do.
Pictures are deleted from the camera & the hard drive.
Negatives are discarded.
The r
Hi,
[...]
> So do
> people not want a reflection of reality, should we not record war images,
> poverty or other things that remind us of a part of the real world?
> Photographs can make you happy, persuade you to buy things, promote a way of
> life or an image, but the flip side shows us all that
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> If one were to look at all the photos I've posted here you'd
> see a broad range of subjects, many light hearted and perhaps
> funny (to me, anyway).
> The homeless photos are decidedly in a minority. What is
> interesting, however, is that so many remember only the
>
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