I enjoyed your new pictures very much. I saw the slide show only. I don't have the time to write much about them now - I liked 13 a lot , didn't see Sadam. Just want to give you a thumbs up. BTW I am reminded of the work of Uta Barth - only because of technique Are you familiar with her?
AZ
Was that 13 Night or Day?
I'd never heard of Uta Barth but googled her and liked what I saw a lot, ordered a book. I see what you mean about technique, but I feel an affinity for her subject matter as well. I'm looking forward to getting a good look at her work.
You're the only one to even mention Saddam so far! Clue: he's in the Night album, under something, toward the right of the frame.
I'm glad you liked these and haven't forgotten about exchanging prints, just been swamped by snow and life issues.
At 20:13 -0500 4/4/03, DSmall9917@aol.com wrote:
Alan, I thoroughly enjoyed your Astoria series. Since I am a New Yorker I can relate to what you are doing. If you could expand on the theme,it has all the making of a book project,or certainly an exibit. It's typical of many N.Y.neihborhoods,yet each one has it's own Character. You have succeeded in conveying a sense of place. I can see these as giant blowups. All it takes is Money.
http://www.smallstudio46.com/DSHome.htm
Dave Small
It's nice to hear this from a New Yorker, especially one who I know has both looked at and photographed the place extensively. After coming down here to eat holiday turkeys for over 15 years, I'm madly in love with the place, which pleases my Astorian native wife no end. I expect to be photographing around here for some while.
I make books as well as photographs and I tend to think about the various themes that come up in my photography. One of the aspects of Astoria that interests me and that I have only just begun to photograph is the house fronts. I do already have a name for that which is taken from one the pictures in this set <http://photo.elay.org/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Night&id=030108_20_09b>
'No Parking, No Parking, No Parking Here"
You're right about blowups. One of my dreams is some of these car pix printed at full size...
At 23:19 +0100 4/4/03, Chris wrote:
I don't know where Astoria is and I had never heard of it... But the images show the appearance of a place in what I assume is the USA. Looks much like Britain. The place looks familiar. I have not seen this type of image taken in the USA. Thank you for showing me .
Chris http://www.chrisscrazyideas.co.uk http://www.chrissgallery.co.uk
Astoria is a neighborhood or district in Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York. It's a little unusual for the States in that it's a place where people walk and has a large a diverse immigrant population. I've never been to Britain, but I can imagine there a quite a few places with a similar look and feel.
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Alan P. Hayes
Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
New photographs at <http://photo.elay.org/view_album.php?set_albumName=Astoria>
