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Thoughts on Blake Andrew’s post about “The photography-integrated-into-life method”

“The photography-integrated-into-life method is decidedly unfashionable. The huge majority of photographers I saw at Photolucida were more project oriented. The prevailing model is to develop a concept of something that has photographic potential —often of personal interest but not always— and then methodically take photographs of that project until a body of work is created, [...]

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Video: The Oxford Project

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Vernacular Finds: Kids

by Melinda Gennero by computerteacher78 by kampolerta found by James Hendrick

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Overindulging in Vernacular

I haven’t been able to figure out if there’s any benefit to a heavy dose of vernacular photography, but right now I’m feeling that’s it’s pretty much nothing but empty calories.  There’s no doubt one could go through found photographs forever and find interesting material, but at the end of the day, I’m not sure [...]

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Vernacular Finds: Alaska in the 1950s – A Soldier’s View

One of the interesting activities we’ve discovered while chatting in the phlow is to search out vernacular photographs.  It can get interesting if you have enough brains working at once.  The other day, I stumbled upon a series of old photographs from vieilles_annonces on Flickr.  The series that hit me most was this one called [...]

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