she saw:
Jim Nicholson
Jim Nicholson
she said:"i like this one because it reminds me of a ghost town."
he saw:
Walker Evans
Walker Evans
he said:
i found it kind of difficult to write this entry. if you've looked at or followed my photo blog, then the work of Walker Evans should probably feel familiar. more than anyone else on this list, his style most closely resembles my own. it's not very complicated, nor predicated upon the basis of any particular theory. it's a style that's part documentary, part photo journalism, part... something else. i feel like his work is so akin to my natural inclinations with the camera that i'm really at a loss as to how to describe how i feel about it, other than to say i think we're a lot alike. minus the accolades, the museum presence, the historical significance, etc. but other than that.
i didn't really become aware of his work until after i had sort of developed my own "eye," but right away i could see that we shared a common interest in subject matter. he's the original street photographer, or man-in-the-crowd. each image is its own time capsule- the great depression, the rural countryside, the industrious cities. each fell beneath his watchful lens and today his work is an almost direct window to the past. he spent his time walking the streets, shooting the people and places that he came across. part graphic historian, part voyeur, part... something else.
i'd like to think of myself as the less talented, bastard love child of William Eggleston and Walker Evans.
i found it kind of difficult to write this entry. if you've looked at or followed my photo blog, then the work of Walker Evans should probably feel familiar. more than anyone else on this list, his style most closely resembles my own. it's not very complicated, nor predicated upon the basis of any particular theory. it's a style that's part documentary, part photo journalism, part... something else. i feel like his work is so akin to my natural inclinations with the camera that i'm really at a loss as to how to describe how i feel about it, other than to say i think we're a lot alike. minus the accolades, the museum presence, the historical significance, etc. but other than that.
i didn't really become aware of his work until after i had sort of developed my own "eye," but right away i could see that we shared a common interest in subject matter. he's the original street photographer, or man-in-the-crowd. each image is its own time capsule- the great depression, the rural countryside, the industrious cities. each fell beneath his watchful lens and today his work is an almost direct window to the past. he spent his time walking the streets, shooting the people and places that he came across. part graphic historian, part voyeur, part... something else.
i'd like to think of myself as the less talented, bastard love child of William Eggleston and Walker Evans.
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