WFMU Interviews with Photographers - Philip Lorca Dicorcia and others

Tons of lengthy, hour-long interviews with lots of different

photographers like Steve McCurry, Gregory Crewdson, Philip Lorca

Dicorcia, Susan Meiselas, etc.

 

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/SE

 

 

I just finished listening to an interview with Dicorcia. He touched

on a number of topics like his latest body of work "A Storybook

Life," how he got started, his education, his practices and methods

(not technical, though), the art world and his disdain for some of

its aspects, photojournalism, the media, etc.

 

A sidenote: before he was an art star, Dicorcia had a pretty lengthy

career as a travel photographer. He doesn't talk about that in the

interview though. An archive of his travel work:

 

http://www.artandcommerce.com/anthology/archive/resultsql.cfm?

photoname=Philip%2DLorca%20diCorcia

 

His artwork and his commercial work share similar subject matter, but

comparing the two, I find the overall the effect is very different.

How fleeting is fame. I've never heard of any of these people.

Harvey, you've never heard of Elliott Erwitt, Susan Meiselas, Steve McCurry, Eugene Richards, David Doubilet, Ron Haviv, Bruce Davidson, or Mary Ellen Mark?

 

That's a cool page, Matt. Thanks for posting the link.

Harvey, you need to get out more.

 

I miss WFMU. They always had great music shows. And I'll be checking out the interviews. Thanks for the link.

<i><blockquote> I miss WFMU. </blockquote> </i><p>

 

Their site has streams for both dial-up and broadband listeners. I listen to Joe Frank there

(and on WNYC.org -- which also streams).

I've heard of Elliott Erwitt and Mary Ellen Mark but not the others, obviously they need to ramp up their publicity machines.

 

I'm not sure why Jeff thinks I need to get out more - I get out sufficiently often for my simple needs....<div></div>

<i><blockquote> I'm not sure why Jeff thinks I need to get out more - I get out sufficiently

often for my simple needs.... </blockquote> </i><p>

 

So it shouldn't surprise you if you haven't heard of well-known contemporary

photographers.

Your logic chip is faulty. If I don't know who they are, then the idea that they're "well-known contemporary photographers" is called into question. For all I know they're household names in America, or more probably, unknown to 99.99% of the population.

 

Let's stop the silly status games and admit that not everyone knows of or cares about every photographer that you think is 'good'.

No, the logic is that if you spend your time shooting outdoors doing other things, it makes

sense that you're ignorant of well-known contemporary photogs.

Nope, I can't follow your reasoning there at all. Never mind, it doesn't matter much either way.

Then go and spend more time with your head outdoors, or in the sand.

Ah, rude as usual.

You still don't understand, do you.

Wrong. I understand perfectly.

If you understood, then simple logical constructions would not elude you. Hence, you do

not understand.

We could play this game for ages.....

This is ridiculous. I suppose �[� Z knows every photgrapher that ever lived or will live. Get a grip!

I supose Harvey knows hardly any.

"He who knows not and knows not he knows not,

He is a fool - Shun him.

 

He who knows not and knows he knows not,

He is simple - Teach him.

 

He who knows and knows not he knows,

He is asleep - Awaken him.

 

He who knows and knows that he knows,

He is wise - Follow him."

 

Quote from a not so ordinary man who must have known.

 

Now wich one would you like to be?

He who proffers hoary old citations is a fool ... shun him.

Still playing the status games, eh? Play on.....

you're the one describing it as a game, Harvey. If so, you're the one playing ... and losing.

Badly. You remain ignorant of well-known photographers, say you're busy outdoors, and

when I say that explains your ignorance you profess confusion. Okay, we understand:

you're still confused. Got it. Roger.

Jolly good.<div></div>

When reading this thread rapdily, it reminds me of the fencing lessons I took from a former French Olympiast, (Quick, clicky, tit-for-tats, closing in on the kill with no warning) for which I had great respect and who of course, was simply unbeatable by an uncoordinated teenager with a left-handed foil, until 1 day, the teacher was unprepared for the student, who lunged, the foil slipped of his vest, lifted up the mask shield and hit the famous frenchman in the throat...causing him to lie on the ground for a while in great pain...After this episode the pimply teenager was no longer approached without caution..

Fencing never goes on that long.