Concerned Photographer Assignment, Books.

Got an update on the UofA student thing happening with "Fading Lives". There will be 2 sessions with the instructor Eleanor and her students at the gallery, the assignment will be called "The Concerned Photographer". The second session might include a meet and greet, questions with the photographers,we will talk about our work.

Love the concerned photographer title. There was a series of 2 books done in the 70s that I have looked at many times over the years. The books contain the works of the greats, Robert Capa, Chim, Werner Bichof, Andre Kertesz, Donald McCullin, Bruce Davidson, Gordon Parks etc. I have always loved that title, that is what photography should be about,  we should be concerned and show it in our work. It is cool that Eleanor saw the show and came up with that title on her own, maybe those concerned photographer titled books (and the wonderful photos within) I devoured had an impact, an influence on my photography.

http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/blog/2008/05/the-concerned-photographer-cornell-capa-1918-2008/

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6843721-the-concerned-photographer-2

I am basically riding the coat talks of Larry Louie with all of this, he is such a first class photgrapher but when you get around people like Larry and Jonathan good things happen. I will continue to ride this wave out!