“No photograph stands alone, and a painful one is more clearly seen in a constellation of other images" Teju Cole Mark took his opportunity in leading the discussion today to talk about Susan Faludi's book "In the Darkroom" and Susan's subsequent essay in the NYTimes several weeks ago. Below is the link to the essay.... Susan Faludi: In My World Photographs Lie The book itself is the account of her relationship with her dad, Steven Faludi, who was a photographer. She was estranged from her father for many years and only reconciled with him after he became a woman late in his life and became Stephanie Faludi. Mark pointed out that the book was devoid of pictures. Family photos appeared in a later paperback edition. The question became: why no pictures? In her subsequent essay entitled "In My World: Photographs Lie." In the essay Susan discusses her complex family relationships and how pictures of her family belie the underlying conflicts and societal changes impacting the family in Nazi Germany. The powerful essay which Mark read in its entirety provoked a discussion about snapshots, family photography and truth in pictures. Perfect discussion for f8...thanks Mark. Suggest you read both book and essay. Richard brought a guest to f8 Pasadena today. Dr Mohammed Kamal, a pathologist who captures images of tissue biopsies with his microscope and manipulates them into artistic portraits. "The end product are images that provoke thoughts and emotions. Kimo believes that this type of art shows the beauty in what would otherwise be considered ambiguous and complicated scientific figures.” Below is an example of his photography. Richard showed a print from his recent trip to Cabo...amazingly the HDR picture was shot with his iPhone
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