At 08:02 AM 2/15/2003 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, folks. > >I'd like to invite you to view and comment on my >photos in PF's Gallery X. They're there because I >need your help. > >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/cgi-bin/gallery-x/index.html > >The pics are a small fraction of those that I took at >Eastside Raceway, during the 2002 season. I've >included some that I think work and some that I'm not >sure about. > >I began this project because I found the scene at the >track fascinating and wanted to explore it. Two >things in particular grabbed me: the visuals created >by the cars, the smoke, the people, and the changing >light; and the comfortable and unselfconscious racial >integration, something that I hadn't expect to find. > >I'm thinking about the project, which I'll continue >this season, as documentary about racing and race. > >As a photographer, I'm largely self-taught. I look at >a lot of documentary photography and reportage, and I >read about it. But I've never studied it with anyone >and don't think that I've ever even had a sustained >conversation about it. I'd like to. > >Thanks, John Very good looking work John. Liked the dynamic compositions. The tension is palpable as is the noise and smell. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. http://www.panoramacamera.us
