Andrew and Bob,
Thanks for the kind words on the photo. I've been out shooting a lot the
last few days now that school is out, so I haven't been fast on responding
to the list.
I like Avedon's portraits of the west, but I think he missed out in a way
by being an outsider who really didn't understand the culture he was
photographing. A lot of people accused him of exploiting the downtrodden
people of 'flyover country' for the enjoyment of his rich east coast
audience.
I am photographing my home and the people and culture I grew up in. I like
most of the working class and poor people here, they are honest and
hardworking people. Its the middle class here I cannot stand, with their
false religiosity, hatred of anyone who thinks for himself, and outspoken
disdain for education.
I grew up in a family that had become middle class not long before I was
born. My father was the second person in my family's history to graduate
from high school, and he landed a good job with the phone company as soon
as he graduated. He and my mother adopted all of the middle class's narrow
minded prejudices, except, thankfully, religion.
I have never, ever had a working class or poor person in Fort Wayne tell
me I was an idiot for getting a masters degree in the humanities or a
bachelors degree in art (they are impressed by it and often express regret
that they never got to go to college). I am told I wasted my money and
time by getting an education that wasn't purely vocational by middle class
people every f--king day. Then the fools wonder why the middle class is
being destroyed by our elites.
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On 6/13/13 4:43 PM, "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Can I second that remark?
> Chris depicts ehat is for me an 'alien' culture, much of which is
>mysterious.
>I like the sharp ordinariness of so much of those little, empty, urban
>landscapes.
>And some of the portraits remind me of those Avedon western images.
>Plus it got me interested in square 120 again.
>Goodonyermate (as we say around here when very drunk).
>
>Andrew Fildes
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>On 13/06/2013, at 11:52 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> Nah, I'm not cutting. Chris has a very clean, honest and distinct
>>style. I click on every image he posts, and I visit his web site from
>>time to time. I don't always comment on what he posts, but I see them
>>all. I would not say that happy is the first word that comes to mind
>>when I see the bulk of his images. Besides, this one had a freakin'
>>happy face in it. <g>
>
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