Richard Avedon, Truman Capote and the brutality of photography Though Richard Avedon started his career as a fashion photographer, he later became known for his unflinching eye. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Rebecca Senf, University of Arizona What obligation does a portrait photographer have to their subject? Is it their duty to cast that person in the best… Continue reading Reprinted from The Conversation
Author: William Julius Allen
I must be confident. Civilization will return. Yes, with its warts, civilization will return.
Self
Happy New Year
Have a look here Well-Swept Yard. It is 1944
Testing
Testing One This is a good idea for the next time you are going out for dinner or something like it The cat door
Catalogue Maintenance
The African-American Freedom Struggle, Tuscaloosa Alabama, 1964-1965
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/from-plessy-to-brown/activities/God, Gandhi, and Guns.pdf Good summary
The Accidental and the Monumental
Today's look at Flickr images left me thinking of a dichotomy. I saw some pictures that left me thinking of visual attitudes and I wonder if I am looking at attitudes of photographers or conversations among photographs
The Hayseeder’s Lament
Written by W. T. Daffron of Millport Alabama, probably in 1932. A lament on the farmer's plight at the height of the Great Depression.
Glasses
It's time season
Waiting For Charlemagne 