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Response to Martha, in between brain surgeries

from Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com)
A little more- >Do you think the image above would have had the same impact had the caption not accompanied it?

I think you mean the same intensity of impact. It would not have had the same impact because we would not know she was dealing with a serious medical problem. I think it would have had a different impact but just as real and as intense- and you would be responsible for it, not the fact of her brain surgery. When you bring her surgery into it, the focus goes to her as a person and as a story, and you start talking about "how is she now?" and "how's she taking it?" and the picture is, well, less considered. I mean, this captions OK, but I think you should keep them minimal. I think "story-captions" are cheating, even when Avedon does it. Probably especially when Avedon does it.

One thing about young artists who are good is that sometimes they don't know how good they are. Trust me, you're good without the help.

(posted 8561 days ago)

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