I watched a Jamie Windsor video last night about Roland Barthes concept of the punctum of a photograph - an emotional connection a viewer feels to a photo beyond what the photo signifies. It’s not something a photographer can control, and the viewer might not even know what elicited the feeling. (my paraphrasing might not be completely accurate) I get that all the time with SV’s work even though her photos, at a glance, look stoic.
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I’m a big art lover but photography is one of my blind spots so I love this whole thread for recs!!
Bresson was always my dad’s favorite photographer and I love his use of cheeky humor and the composition of his images. The historian in me loves peering back into daily life in such a candid way, they almost feel like stills from a Goddard movie.
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The occupation persists, the oppression persists, the torture persists.
The occupiers are psychotic and their work is never finished.
People who’ve paid attention won’t be surprised by this photo from Gaza.
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