[rollei_list] USA Characters Welcome Project
- From: J M N <retinaiiic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei list <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:17:04 -0400
The USA Characters Welcome Project book arrived today but I haven't had too
much time to peruse though and take it all in.
Tom Brocaw's introduction reads vaguely similar to Kerouac's intro to Robert
Frank's "The Americans," although Kerouac's intro and descriptive adjectives
are much more picturesque. (YIKES!)
Sylvia Plachy's pictures are notable and one can almost identify those taken
with the Rollei. I think the out-of-focus backgrounds tip us off as to which
are the Rollei pictures.
The photos in this book pretty much live up to the theme, and therein lies the
rub I believe. That is to say, I don't think the photogs demonstrate "great"
photography as much as their ability to adhere to the theme. From the
appearance of many of the photos I'd say they followed the theme out the window
and didn't give much thought to anything else.
But, for the most part the book is an interesting collection of American photos
and will surely conjure up thoughts on how this collection is reminiscent of
Robert Frank's Opus magnum of 1957. I expect it will be popular in Public
Libraries. I am not certain though how long it will remain in my collection.
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