[LargeFormat] Lynne Cohen - photographer

[Tim Atherton]

the forward and essays in her new book are very interesting - and what's so
scary is that this stuff is all around us, everyday, and that's part of her
point. Photographing these things that are below our level of everyday
perception. I actually took notice of some building lobbies and offices I go
into, after looking at the book - and jeeze are they ever tacky, bed
lighting, design, colours etc... presumably we take this in subliminally,
which is also depressing!

I find her recent explorations of classrooms, military establishments, spas,
psychology laboratories etc intriguing, weird and a little scary. Most of
the military establishments look more welcoming and human than the spas.

Her day job is getting an awful lot of grants and artists residencies to do
her work and selling her work through galleries (as well as a P/T
professorship)!

Tim A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Ken Hough
> Sent: January 29, 2002 7:36 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Lynne Cohen - photographer
>
>
> A long time ago my photo 402 professor said " Ken, you build great
> cameras, Keep it up." I am not a great photographer. I am an outstanding
> technical photographer. I just can not "see" subjects very well.
> But what I
> photograph is perfectly exposed and printed. Its just boring to
> anyone who
> is not into trains or steam powered equipment. My friends who are
> into this
> love my photos. I just would not do a show of them. They are boring.
> Re: Lynn Cohen,
> I'd like to know what her day job is. It must be very a very happy one.
> It seems she needs to depress herself  and others in her photography.
> So her photos did elicit a feeling in me. And thats the point
> Ken
>
>
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