tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442891978517158457.post3729991307685926443..comments2016-12-24T19:21:55.027-05:00Comments on The Gray Suite: Week 5 Readingh. van de markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12956108797021214604noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442891978517158457.post-66118299573657607472008-10-15T18:53:00.000-04:002008-10-15T18:53:00.000-04:00i didn't even think about the whole who's clicking...i didn't even think about the whole who's clicking the camera part... hmm.. it seems like she's a performance artist more than a photographer? but then again, what's in a name?<BR/><BR/>sam you can totally be in on the crossword face off. although, i'll have to put some thought into how to do this.h. van de markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956108797021214604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442891978517158457.post-70089230818501472252008-10-14T21:27:00.000-04:002008-10-14T21:27:00.000-04:00we should have a crossword faceoff! Although you g...we should have a crossword faceoff! Although you guys would kill me. I'm not that good at it. But if I could invite myself, I'd do it.Sam Rickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02100015578116197118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442891978517158457.post-76907326761268412892008-10-14T17:11:00.000-04:002008-10-14T17:11:00.000-04:00p.s. anytime you want to face off on a crossword, ...p.s. anytime you want to face off on a crossword, let me know.Justin Coddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694673312033018971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442891978517158457.post-74528696823424372312008-10-14T17:10:00.000-04:002008-10-14T17:10:00.000-04:00I remember seeing the Nikki Lee project in 2001 in...I remember seeing the Nikki Lee project in 2001 in Vice Magazine. They focused on her immersion method. In the Seeing and Writing Q&A, she stated that she doesn't like the technical aspects of photography. I find that interesting, and it brings to mind a question: Can someone still be a photographer if they don't actually click the shutter?<BR/><BR/>Her projects remind me of John Steinbeck. He immersed himself in the migrant worker community moving from Oklahoma to Southern California, but still kept an objective distance from his subjects. Nikki Lee seems to break that barrier, by actually becoming one of her subjects.Justin Coddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694673312033018971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442891978517158457.post-84920134185170389192008-10-14T16:41:00.000-04:002008-10-14T16:41:00.000-04:00Yeah, I guess that was what was ultimately botheri...Yeah, I guess that was what was ultimately bothering my about Lee's photographs--I wonder if she was hurting people's feelings. Something about the first image feels intimate, so to know that she might have been creating a ruse with him, seems unfair.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's time I read Walden.h. van de markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956108797021214604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3442891978517158457.post-19859851141875412472008-10-13T18:59:00.000-04:002008-10-13T18:59:00.000-04:00I find the 40-hour work week strange, too. In fact...I find the 40-hour work week strange, too. In fact, I find a lot in corporate America to be kind of a pain. I'm just starting to read <I>Walden</I> and am loving Thoreau's comments about society. (If you hate Thoreau, I'm sorry for plaguing your blog with this, by the way.) Here are a few of his comments, which I think relate:<BR/><BR/>"Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them."<BR/><BR/>"It is never too late to give up our own prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof."<BR/><BR/>"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new."<BR/><BR/>And I could go on. Anyway, there are a lot of things I think need changing about the way we live!<BR/><BR/>As for the photographs, I too, wondered about Lee's technique in catching the photos. Seemed exploitative to me. I mean, sure, she got some great pictures out of it, and she proved she was able to infiltrate a group through clever costumes and smooth talking (maybe that's a bit harsh), but I also wondered about the people she took the pictures with. Hope their feelings weren't too hurt by what she did.Sam Rickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02100015578116197118noreply@blogger.com