It’s crazy how awesome Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s work is…and how so few seem to appreciate his entire body of work. It seems to me that he is work is often compartmentalized by his fans…there seem to be those that think only of his landscape work, or his nudes, or those who think of him as a street photographer and others that think of him as a visual anthropologist. However you some may categorize it…it’s all surreal and very good.
Here are some that were new to me.
If I had to guess, I’d say that this guy and I are feeling the same feelings. The only difference is that since this photo is old he’s probably worked through his by now.
Crossing the Ohio, Louisville, Ky., 1966
For the past five decades the photographer Danny Lyon has produced a mix of documentary photographs and film—both politically conscious and personal. As the artist turns 70 this year, a coinciding exhibition will open at the Menil Collection in Houston. See more here.
take a moment to look at this essay by moment to look at this essay by Moises Saman over at Magnum
Among the Yakuza: Haruto Hoshi Photographs Jake Adelstein
For Peter Hessler’s profile of the American crime reporter Jake Adelstein in the January 9th issue of the magazine, the photographer Haruto Hoshi shadowed Adelstein through the Tokyo underworld about which he writes. Hoshi was an obvious choice to photograph Adelstein. While in his late twenties, Hoshi sold drugs for his best friend, who had recently joined the yakuza. Unhappy with the direction his life had taken, Hoshi was unsure how to right his path without abandoning his friend. Fate and the police intervened, and Hoshi was arrested and served time in prison. It was during his incarceration that he first considered becoming a photographer, and upon his release he enrolled in night school. The rest, as they say, is hisutori.We asked Adelstein to caption Hoshi’s photos from their time together, and he kindly obliged. For more photographs, with Adelstein’s captions: http://nyr.kr/xjGJ3U
More from my upcoming found photo/assemblage project.
hopefully some of the assemblage parts will be revealed here or on saidandseenplus sooner than later.
© Moises Somon covering the last days of Gaddafi
From a new project of mine. See another side of this project at saidandseenplus
sorry no posts for a bit. more action over at saidandseenplus instead.
