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<blockquote data-quote="Kodiak" data-source="post: 183005" data-attributes="member: 15426"><p>•</p><p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>I was a moderator in an other forum when this "scandal" saw daylight!</p><p></p><p>EVERYBODY on that forum was unanimously taking the position to sue the creep!</p><p></p><p>I was the only voice in his favour! Here is the integral article I wrote on that form:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>*</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>Hi everyone,</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>"As a professional photographer, I find the series positively… refreshing!"</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>Photographer Arne Svenson is doing what everyone of us is doing, he is looking </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>at the world. The world around him. </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>Everything we look at, we do not see! Because we like to see, because we like to </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>capture, because we like to share, we have developed (or wish to) a more acute </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>sense for beauty, colours, shapes, nature, people, drama etc. He, like all of us, </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>wishes to see, experience, and share his world.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em><strong>Svenson:</strong> </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>" The area has gone through many changes, and I watched the building </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>across the way built from the ground up. Made entirely of glass and steel, it offers </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>residents views of the neighbourhood -- and neighbours and passersby views into </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>the apartments. (sic)</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>"As people filled the empty units, I was intrigued not only by the implied stories within </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>the frame of the glass but also by the play of light upon the subjects, the shadows, </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>the framing of the structure. I don't photograph anything salacious or demeaning </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>-- instead I record the turn of the head, the graceful arc of a hand, the human form </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>obscured by drapery." (sic)</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>"I am not photographing the residents as specific, identifiable individuals, but as </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>representations of humankind. In fact, I take great care in not revealing their identity; </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>the strength of the imagery comes from us seeing ourselves in the anonymous figures </em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>of "The Neighbours." (sic)</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><em>Of the ten pictures shown in the following link to CNN's website… </em></span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/17/opinion/svenson-photo-controversy/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn" target="_blank">Opinion: 'Neighbors': Both anonymous and intimate - CNN.com</a></p><p></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>four of them I consider to be great. The photos I like best are 4, 6, 8, and 9. </em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>The other six fit with the rest of the work but they don't reach me as much.</em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em></em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>This is as subjective as any other position in regard of the work.</em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em></em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>For many of us photographers, a frame is the final version of a shot. Some of the</em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>forum members even post framed shots! He doesn't have to bother with that: all his pictures</em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>are framed upon the take… a window frame! </em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em></em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>I do not wish to extend my post into the "right or wrong doing" of this work of his, simply</em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>because I am not American, and believe that this discussion about "right or wrong doing" </em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>should remain among the Americans. On the other hand, this is a photography forum, so </em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>I feel that the topic is a good one.</em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em></em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>Yours,</em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em></em></em></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #000080"><em><em>Kodiak</em></em></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kodiak, post: 183005, member: 15426"] • Hello everyone, I was a moderator in an other forum when this "scandal" saw daylight! EVERYBODY on that forum was unanimously taking the position to sue the creep! I was the only voice in his favour! Here is the integral article I wrote on that form: [COLOR="#000080"][I]* Hi everyone, "As a professional photographer, I find the series positively… refreshing!" Photographer Arne Svenson is doing what everyone of us is doing, he is looking at the world. The world around him. Everything we look at, we do not see! Because we like to see, because we like to capture, because we like to share, we have developed (or wish to) a more acute sense for beauty, colours, shapes, nature, people, drama etc. He, like all of us, wishes to see, experience, and share his world. [B]Svenson:[/B] " The area has gone through many changes, and I watched the building across the way built from the ground up. Made entirely of glass and steel, it offers residents views of the neighbourhood -- and neighbours and passersby views into the apartments. (sic) "As people filled the empty units, I was intrigued not only by the implied stories within the frame of the glass but also by the play of light upon the subjects, the shadows, the framing of the structure. I don't photograph anything salacious or demeaning -- instead I record the turn of the head, the graceful arc of a hand, the human form obscured by drapery." (sic) "I am not photographing the residents as specific, identifiable individuals, but as representations of humankind. In fact, I take great care in not revealing their identity; the strength of the imagery comes from us seeing ourselves in the anonymous figures of "The Neighbours." (sic) Of the ten pictures shown in the following link to CNN's website… [/I][/COLOR] [url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/17/opinion/svenson-photo-controversy/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn]Opinion: 'Neighbors': Both anonymous and intimate - CNN.com[/url] [I][COLOR="#000080"][I][I]four of them I consider to be great. The photos I like best are 4, 6, 8, and 9. The other six fit with the rest of the work but they don't reach me as much. This is as subjective as any other position in regard of the work. For many of us photographers, a frame is the final version of a shot. Some of the forum members even post framed shots! He doesn't have to bother with that: all his pictures are framed upon the take… a window frame! I do not wish to extend my post into the "right or wrong doing" of this work of his, simply because I am not American, and believe that this discussion about "right or wrong doing" should remain among the Americans. On the other hand, this is a photography forum, so I feel that the topic is a good one. Yours, Kodiak[/I][/I][/COLOR][/I] [/QUOTE]
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