"Photographing is editing" Walker Evans Before we started on the discussion of the day, we noted the new exhibit of Rene's work at Jones Coffee. We are lucky enough to have this space to hang our work. The images are changed periodically. Please let Rene know if you would like to hang your work at Jones. The remainder of the session was devoted to curation of a set of images Bill was planning to submit to an Aperture Magazine contest. The contest itself required 10 images that linked to a short narrative. Bill had a set of about 20 images that needed curating down to ten. First, the narrative that will be submitted. See below... The title of the series is "De/Faced: De/Based: "Putting uninvited writing, graffiti or art on city walls is considered, at its least, a nuisance and at its worse criminal. It is one of the cardinal signs of urban de-gentrification. It is ignored, erased, whitewashed and in many cases covered over with all manner of city detritus. As a photographer and Visual Hunter in the past 6 years I have traveled to many countries and cities visually searching for the right juxtaposition of elements on city walls that turned these images into transformative photographic art. Along the way, I’ve been intrigued by the faces that stare back at me from these walls and the narrative mystery they portray …all seemingly with the same message to be seen and immortalized. All these faces are, in fact, ephemeral…my images are not." / Bill Wishner The underlying visual narrative was that of "mystery" Below are several images from the 10 set that was curated at the session The series is to be submitted in several weeks...stay tuned for results of contest. We spent a few moments discussing street photography in general and more specifically a updated book by Colin Westerbeck & Joel Myerowitz entitled "Bystander" check out this NYT article on Joel Myerowitz and Street Photography Myerowitz "In this book, the authors explore and discuss the development of one of the most interesting and dynamic of photographic genres. Hailed as a landmark work when it was first published in 1994, Bystander is widely regarded by street photographers as the "bible" of street photography." (from Amazon website) Westerbeck is giving a series of lectures shortly called "Face Time" exploring the history of portrait photography @ Los Angeles Center of Photography...by reservation. A great photo essay on the making of pencils...check out the link below to the essay and images Fine Lines / Photographer Chris Payne Lastly, we discussed a seminar that will be held during this year's Pasadena Lit Fest in May. The subject will be the juxtaposition of words and images. The working title will be "A picture is worth a thousand words...and vice versa." Bill will participate along with Debe Arlook and Brian Biery. More later...stay tuned
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