tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85944274628927740512024-02-06T21:24:32.558-08:00streetpixxwordsWritings on social, political, and economic issuesalan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-42874550062799071832020-05-20T10:01:00.001-07:002020-05-20T10:01:42.927-07:00Covid-19 -- People<br />
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After returning to Portland on March 13<sup>th</sup>, Joanie and I have pretty much spent all of our time, like most everyone else we know, staying at home. One of very few exceptions is that I have walked city streets taking pictures. I’ve focused on four locations, always wearing a mask, and staying ten-to-twelve feet away from other people. Because of social distancing, I’ve abandoned the Leica Q camera I most often carry and am using a Fuji xt3 with a 18x55 zoom lens. I usually stand a few feet from individuals when I take their portraits, but of course Covid-19 makes that impossible – thus the change in gear.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Last week I had a conversation with a photographer for whom I have deep respect. Like myself, he makes photographs on the streets and situates himself very close to the individuals he portrays. He told me that he hadn’t been shooting on the streets. First: because of the stay-at-home order and the possibility of transmitting the virus; but also, because it was so different on the streets than it was in pre-virus days. While I understand and am totally appreciate his decision, I’ve made a choice to take pictures. And I must say, shooting during Covid-19 is very different for me than it was in the past. Unlike one of my teachers, Peter Turnley, I am not photographing the horrible price people are paying because of the virus, nor the heroic efforts of other individuals who are putting their lives on-the-line helping those who have the disease. Rather, I’m shooting people who are out walking, maybe going to a grocery store, and on some occasions individuals who are living on the streets of Portland. A dozen images are displayed below:<o:p></o:p><br />
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alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-2942993715396220552020-05-06T16:52:00.000-07:002020-05-06T16:52:47.241-07:00William Klein<br />
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I’ve been reading <i>Aperture Conversations</i> – interviews
with various photographers that appeared in <i>Aperture</i> between 1985 and
2018. I’m picking out quotes in the interviews that I’m reading. Like the
following quote from William Klein who was talking about his book Brooklyn with
Aaron Schuman. He had mentioned that he always thought of Brooklyn as
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There were things that happened in
Brooklyn that I don’t think could happen anywhere else. One night we were
watching a [minor-league] doubleheader: the Brooklyn Cyclones against the
Staten Island Yankees. Staten Island, can you imagine? How can they be Yankees?
Anyhow, we were watching the doubleheader and a guy came over. He recognized me
and said, “I’m a Czech rabbi. I came over to Brooklyn in 1980, and I remember
the 1985 playoffs like it was yesterday. Do you remember that?” And I said,
“No, I don’t.” [laughs] And here’s this Czech rabbi reminiscing about the
playoffs in 1985, and he said, “Do you want to see a Hasidic prayer session?”
And I said, “Sure.” And this was at, like, midnight. So we went there, and they
all had fur hats on; this was in August. And they said, “Okay, you can take
photographs, but no faces.” Then after a while they relented and started coming
over to me, saying, “Take a picture of that guy—he’s got an incredible face!”
That was the weirdest evening I’ve had in a long time.</div>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style>alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-7214677572502534022017-07-10T08:03:00.003-07:002017-07-10T08:03:18.036-07:00The Elder<br />
I have spent time the last four days working on a black & white edition of my photographs from Cuba. What I especially like is that the eyes speak more than in the color images. I will soon create a gallery for www.streetpixx.com and hopefully a book. Below are four pictures of "The Elder," one of the women I met at a tobacco farm outside of Vinales. She couldn't talk or hear and at one point when a younger worker was preening for some of my fellow photographers, she rolled her eyes and gave the cuckoo sign with her finger.<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-84964956325318773322017-06-13T09:18:00.002-07:002017-06-13T09:18:19.146-07:00Eighth of Ten -- Thoughts on My Photographs in Separate Wings of the Same Bird<br />
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The theme here is friends. Two individuals in each
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Photograph VX – Best Friends</div>
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I took this as the sun went down my first night in Havana. I
was on a narrow street, the same road where I photographed the grandmother in
an earlier post. I took a half dozen photographs of these boys but this is my
favorite—the way they touched. The background is perfect but also sad—the deterioration.</div>
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Photograph VXI – Morning Coffee at Plaza de Armas</div>
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I liked the composition. Both me worked at the Plaza. The
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This shot was taken first thing in the morning I saw them together throughout
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alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-42276414407729542282017-06-10T17:53:00.004-07:002017-06-10T17:53:47.441-07:00Seventh of Ten -- Thoughts on My Photographs in Separate Wings of the Same Bird<br />
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People shopping versus people sitting on the bench at La
Placita—no need for further explanation of color v black & white or Cuba v
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Photograph XIII – Shopping</div>
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I loved this corner and spent time watching people walk
through. Must have shot a dozen pics but this one had everything I wanted. All
three people’s eyes spoke to me. I loved the woman coming up the street with
other people and the shops behind her. Finally, the blue wall and red car
filled the frame perfectly. I wouldn’t dare to explain what the eight eyes are
saying—I love that they’re looking right at me as I shoot.</div>
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Photograph XVI – Lottery Ticket Seller & Friend</div>
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I saw these people every day for a week. She shrugged when I
gave her this pic but she looked right at me every time I shot. He talked to
me, was sweet, and always had his bottle. Am thinking of a series just on him
as I must have 25 images.</div>
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I placed these photographs together for three reasons—age,
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Photograph XI – On the Bench at La Placita</div>
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I took five or six photographs of this man sitting outside
of La Placita. First, it was his eyes staring back at me—strong. I also noticed
the key around his neck, something that many of the people I photographed at
the market wore. It’s significant because it represents people coming from
their homes to spend days in public places, Public Living Rooms.</div>
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Photograph XII – Abuelo Early Evening in Havana Viejo</div>
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The light was perfect and this diminutive woman had eyes
that spoke. Like many of her neighbors, she sat on the stoep avoiding the heat
and living in public. After leaving Cuba I revisited Peter Turnley, my teacher’s,
book on Cuba. He had taken a photograph of the same woman – I hadn’t remembered
it and he never mentioned it?</div>
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Photographs IX & X in the exhibit are both from Cuba. I
did this because of the location in the Beaverton City Library where they hang –
behind a desk at the entrance where black and white prints are hard to see.</div>
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Photograph IX – Elder at the Tobacco Farm, Vinales</div>
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I immediately wanted to take a picture that focused on her
face but also caught the colors and texture of her jacket. The lines in the
field frame her and that’s important to the photograph. This woman could
neither speak nor hear. Just after taking the photo, she twirled her finger at
the side of her head referring to one of her fellow workers who was working the
crowd of photographers.</div>
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Photograph X -- Drummer, Havana</div>
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We were at a Plaza listening to music, watching dancers,
surrounded by many children. I sat on a wall patiently and this photograph was
the outcome. I had been watching the drummer and wanted to take his portrait.
When the woman wearing American flag pants came in the frame, I knew I had the
pic I wanted. Parenthetically, American flag clothing was not unusual.</div>
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As I set-up the show I thought that the photographs of these
two women went together perfectly. They are similarly positioned and while the
expressions differ, they both show pain or at least life’s struggles.</div>
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Photograph VII – Woman & Umbrella at Plaza de Armas</div>
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While it was again her eyes that first struck me, seeing her
umbrella in the frame completed this picture. Actually, she forgot her umbrella
and I ran after her to return it. Her eyes were so intense, penetrating. For
me, she exuded pain – physical, economic, everything. Who Knows?</div>
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Photograph VIII – Tobacco Field Outside of Vinales</div>
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She was the crew leader and mostly I saw strength when I
took her picture. The tobacco & lake frame her beautifully, but for me she
is still the photo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mud on her
fingers, her strong face, and as a lagniappe her light, green hair all speak to me.
She spends her day picking tobacco but her hair shows her style – an example of
seeing more joy amidst hard lives in Cuba.</div>
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Photographs 5 & 6 are also close-up portraits. In both
cases, I had been shooting horizontally almost exclusively. I had taken many
photographs of both individuals, but in both cases, the vertical portrait was
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Photograph V</div>
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I was on a day trip shooting with seven other photographers
attending Peter Turnley’s Cuba workshop. We had made various stops and this
photograph was taken at a tobacco and coffee plantation in outside of Vinales.
I was very patient taking dozens of shots of this man. I had watched his friend
roll cigars and we all feasted on fresh fruit and cigars. In fact, I ended up
buying both cigars and very rich coffee beans in between taking pictures. For
me, he was universal in terms of tobacco workers as partially evident by the
cigar, but totally individual as his eyes speak and combine with the cigar and
his hat to make this the strongest photograph I took at this site.</div>
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Photograph VI</div>
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I took this picture and others in the exhibit at La Placita
in San Juan. I spent many hours with my camera sitting across from the concrete
benches that border the inside market. Just as in the prior photograph, almost
all of my bench pics were horizontal, but not this one. First, I wanted to
photograph her alone – not with the many others who sat outside La Placita. Her
stare was so powerful, and combined with her clothe and flip-flops, I felt her
strength, her richness and was honored to take her picture.</div>
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I had the privilege of attending three workshops between
April 2016 and March 2017. Each of the individuals that led the workshops were
world famous (of course that means that people not acquainted with photography
have never heard of of them). Each class changed me as a photographer. Even
though the two pics featured in this essay were from the second and third
workshops, they connect more to the first class I attended with Magnum Agency
photographer, Bruce Gilden. He shoots close-up on the street with a flash and
his photographs are always vertical. When I took his workshop I too shot
vertically asking people if I could take their portrait, photo, picture. Most said
yes, some said no, but I was pretty good and believe(ed) the story was/is in
the individual’s eyes. After working with Bruce, I moved even closer to the
people I photographed. He taught me to be more square. He didn’t have to teach
me to speak with the folks I shot. I always looked people straight in the eye
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Photograph III – Woman at the Plaza de Armas, San Juan</div>
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One of the things that I learned from David Alan Harvey in
Puerto Rico was patience. He taught me to stop searching for the picture, but
rather to learn to see it. To stay in one setting and work the place. This
photograph is an example of watching and waiting. The woman photographed, for
me, represents both hard life and strength. Her eyes, her stature, her
wrinkles, and her bling portray her being. She had been sitting with another
woman but the various photographs I took didn’t have the same power, at least
not for me. When her friend left, I shot again and again. This is the
photograph I wanted with the background blurred so that it is totally her.</div>
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Photograph IV – Young Boxer, Havana</div>
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I must say that this is one of my all-time favorite
portraits – mostly because of the young boxer’s eyes, hair, and stare, but also
because of the contrast with the background. This is to say nothing of the
conversations we had as I photographed. I should note, however, that I took
this photograph during a workshop with Peter Turnley, whose teaching showed me
the importance of shooting horizontally – to catch the entire context of the
scene that you photograph. This pic as well as Photograph V, which will appear
in the next blog, were the rare vertical shots that I took while I studied with
Peter. Back to the conversation: I told the young boxer that he had hair like a
player on the Cleveland Cavaliers. He then answered that he knew that but that
he didn’t know the man’s name. I told him that it was Iman Shumpert and he sort
of waived me off and walked me out of the gym. He then pointed down the street
to a small bar where he watched the 2016 NBA Finals. Finally, he concluded the
conversation telling me that he loved LeBron James. All of this in a Havana
boxing gym.</div>
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my photography exhibit, “Separate Wings of the Same Bird – Photographs from
Cuba & Puerto Rico.” Afterwards, I concluded that talking or writing about
my pics enhances the stories that the they tell. Yes, I know that photographs
can stand on their own. I also understand, however, that words do not detract
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This essay is the first of ten that connect to the 20
photographs in my current exhibition. Photographs are paired and each set
includes a color image from Cuba and a black & white one from Puerto Rico –
I saw Cuba in color but Puerto Rico in black & white. In both places I met
people who were struggling to make ends meet. But there appeared to be greater
joy amongst people in Cuba. I’m very clear that this call is purely subjective.
However, the stories of each photograph might help to explain my idea.</div>
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Photograph I – Mother & Daughter, Havana</div>
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This picture was taken late afternoon outside of a Catholic
church. The Archbishop of Havana had said mass and I had spent the afternoon
shooting inside of the church as well as in the adjoining neighborhood. As an
aside, although it was a Catholic church, many people attending were believers
in Santeria. I photographed mother and daughter as they stood facing the church
and the steps where I was sitting viewing the street. I had already spotted the
two men standing across the street. The mother and daughter had begun some
serious scolding of the daughter’s sibling – one of the mother’s other
daughters. There were so many elements that I saw in the frame, but for me the
focal points were the women’s faces. Mother looks very troubled while daughter
appears awfully judgmental. So, while it was the faces that were the stories –
at least for me, each woman’s bling and the daughter’s dress began to make the
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Photograph II – Santeria Elder, Santurce neighborhood in San
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I took this photograph at La Placita in Santurce. During the
day, La Placita is a food market but at night it turns into a much more
youthful scene – the site of music and dance till late into the night. The two
men in the pic had just finished eating at a small restaurant that adjoins La
Placita. Before they got into the car I chatted with the man who is in the back
seat, the well-known artist Eli Barreto Talavera. He then introduced me to the
man in the front seat whose necklace is a Santeria amulet. The elder man
thanked me profusely for taking his photograph and I helped him get into the
passenger seat of the car. As I began to say good-bye, I had to shoot the
portrait knowing that Eli would also be part of the photograph. The car framed
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alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-65613782508145829822017-05-08T15:01:00.000-07:002017-05-08T15:01:16.677-07:00Chess at Director's ParkThese photographs are part of my Portland Public Living Rooms project. Sunny Sunday afternoon at Director's Park downtown.<br />
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We spoke but she was intense and pensive throughout our brief encounter</div>
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alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-15370287934721468192017-04-21T08:07:00.000-07:002017-04-21T08:07:07.541-07:00Public Living Rooms - Portland March/April 2017Making photographs for "Public Living Rooms" in Portland is very different, at least so far, than those in San Juan. I've been shooting around downtown with focus at the Central Library. Unlike San Juan, most of the people I meet are homeless. Their schedules revolve around various church meals and many are very much alone. Many other people have their communities and spend time together near the library or in the park blocks nearby. Sometimes the conversations revolve around Bob playing guitar and singing Bob Dylan tunes in front of the library. Other groups meet around the corner -- sometimes the encounters are warm, but other times not so much.<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-6094818183358203482017-04-17T11:20:00.002-07:002017-04-17T11:20:43.848-07:00Separate Wings of the Same Bird<br />
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May 2, 2017 – June 30, 2017</div>
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Beaverton Public Library</div>
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Artists Talk – June 15, 2017, 7pm</div>
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Many, many years ago Lola Rodriguez wrote “Two Wings of the
Same Bird”:</div>
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<em>Cuba y Puerto Rico son<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span></em>Cuba
and Puerto Rico are<i><br />
<em>de un pájaro las dos alas,<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span></em></i>As
two wings of the same bird,<i><br />
<em>reciben flores o balas<span style="mso-tab-count: 6;"> </span></em></i>They
receive flowers and bullets<i><br />
<em>sobre el mismo corazón </em></i>...<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>Into
the same heart ...<br />
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Rodriguez grew up in Puerto Rico but lived part of her life in Cuba. I was
privileged to photograph in both countries this past year. While they have
parallel histories and there continues to be mutual individual admiration, the
countries paths separated in 1959. And today the countries are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Separate Wings of the Same Bird</b>. For
me, Cuba lives in color and Puerto Rico in black & white – thus street life
differs, both in photographs and in spirit.<br />
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alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-77926059336360683812017-04-13T15:09:00.000-07:002017-04-13T15:09:43.621-07:00Public Living Rooms -- San JuanI first came to the conceptualization of "Public Living Rooms" when I was taking a workshop with David Alan Harvey in Puerto Rico. Even though I had been taking photographs of people in public spaces for many years, I hadn't thought it through in terms of people spending their days in plazas and parks. Many of these people don't have choices, they are homeless. But, both homeless people and the other people who spend their days in public places, are there to meet up with friends, to have a community, and to engage in conversations. Naming this "Public Living Rooms" came to me when I watched people exit buses early in the morning at the Plaza de Armas. Then, each afternoon, the same people got back on the buses to return to their homes. Others, of course, walked into the park and they too spent their days in this public place - thus "Public Living Rooms."<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-81321949184087811852017-04-09T11:10:00.001-07:002017-04-09T11:10:17.916-07:00Faces & GesturesTook this series of photographs that portray Lina looking at me as she quickly changed poses. Also, we are both in the mirror behind her. One thing is clear, she owns my heart.<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-34075497004649145302017-04-05T14:09:00.006-07:002017-04-05T14:09:51.817-07:00Lina & MiraAfter hours on the trampoline, Lina and her friend Mira hug each other before saying good-bye for the day.<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-72016407405354048932017-03-30T08:22:00.000-07:002017-03-30T08:25:33.723-07:00Street MusicianBob plays Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, James Taylor and more in front of the Central Library in Portland. I often see people approaching the library do double takes as they hear his sweet sounds.<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-48940939171335893962017-03-29T09:11:00.003-07:002017-03-29T09:11:41.464-07:00Street Poet - Portland<div style="text-align: center;">
He was performing lines. Television as death -- books as Life.</div>
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-298890313085036592017-03-26T06:13:00.000-07:002017-03-26T06:13:08.739-07:00Philadelphia - The ArgumentCaught this near downtown Philadelphia in 2015. Think that it complements "The Scolding."<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-88646197004382267002017-03-25T12:02:00.005-07:002017-03-25T12:02:57.132-07:00Public Living Rooms: The ScoldingAs I worked on my Public Living Rooms series at La Placita Market in San Juan, Puerto Rico I watched as as a mother scolded her son. Below is the series.<br />
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<br />alan wiederhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07718750376948507590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594427462892774051.post-39632084471982647212017-03-25T11:54:00.000-07:002017-03-25T11:54:23.202-07:00Warmth and Joy Amidst Dreams Deferred<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 1980, I was granted a fellowship to do oral histories
with Cuban teachers and take photographs in the country’s schools.
Unfortunately, shortly after Ronald Reagan’s January 1981 inauguration as the
40th president of the United States, the Cuban embargo was hardened and United
States foundation travel came to a halt. Although I wanted to make the
ninety-mile trip from Florida to the country many times, oral histories on
white supremacy in the United States and then time with individuals who were
part of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa delayed the trip until
2016. Traveling to Cuba took almost four decades.</div>
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I went to Cuba in 2016 with seven other photographers as
part of Peter Turnley’s photo-journalist workshop. Turnley, whose book, “Cuba a
Grace of Spirit,” along with the 1980s and 1990s photographs by David Alan
Harvey and Cuban photographers Alberto Korda, Raul Corrales, Maria Eugenia
Haya, and the emerging Nestor Marti, set the standards for visually portraying
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The photographs included in this series were taken in Havana
and Vinales. My mentors for this work could not be more different—Bruce Gilden
who taught me in April 2016 and Peter Turnley, who was my teacher in Cuba. I
took Gilden’s workshop because my street photography was always close-up—street
portraits and that is Gilden’s forte. He taught me to hone my craft. To get
even closer, which corroborated my sense that the story is in the eyes. I will
always believe that, but I went with Turnley to Cuba because I wanted my
photographs to tell broader stories—eyes with context. Peter shoots
horizontally, and like Gilden, he made me a better photographer. Thus, most,
but not all, of the Cuban series is horizontal—people in their lives.</div>
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While I’ve read a great deal on Fidel and the revolution as
well as on the literacy campaign and education, I make no claim as an expert on
the island. I do know three things.</div>
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</span></span></span>Life in Cuba is hard for many people. While many
Americans join Cuban exiles in magnifying this fact, there are seldom caveats
that include the United States blockade of the Island or the fall of the Soviet
Union. Cuban people, while they are warm toward United States people, are clear
on the great damage that the embargo created economically for their country.
They are also very honest about the hardships that haunted the 1990s because
Soviet support no longer existed. About a year before I visited Cuba,
Bernardine Dohrn told me about a conversation she had listened to between
revolution leaders about the mistakes that had been made throughout the many
decades since the revolution. Reflecting on my recent conversations with Cuban
photographers and other government workers, I witnessed great honesty as these
people discussed the reality of poverty in the country.</div>
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</span></span></span>People in Cuba effuse a warmth that I have never
before experienced. There’s a stoop and park culture that facilitates
conversation. As I walked narrow streets in Havana I was invited into
individual’s homes on more than one occasion. Inevitably, this led to
conversation. Because of the country’s historical relationship with South
Africa, my experiences offered an entree on the streets of Havana. But who can
predict? At a boxing gym in the city, the conversation was with a young
pugilist whose hair was styled like that of Cleveland Cavalier basketball
player Iman Shumpert. Our conversation was about how much he loved LeBron
James. With one of the young Cuban photographers that assisted Turnley as well
as a rural, organic chef, the talk centered on the warmth of Emril Legassee and
inaccessibility of Anthony Bordain. Finally, there was more more serious
discussions about Cuba and the United States and the possibilities for young people.</div>
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3. If I was a poor person, I would choose to live in Havana
over any city in the United States. There are five reasons why Cuba is
preferable:</div>
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a. People are provided shelter by the government. Because of
the economy buildings are tired and some, maybe many, are in bad disrepair. And
it is not as if people don’t ask tourists for money, they do. But there are not
people sleeping on the streets nor are there individuals waiting in line to
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b. Individuals and families have ration cards for food that
doesn’t meet what we middle class Americans would probably deem sufficient. But
people themselves ration, they receive grains, vegetables, and protein and are
able to supplement the government food very cheaply in the local, private,
markets that exist in the country.</div>
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c. Cuba provides free, universal health care for its
citizens. Cuban doctors are lauded throughout the World and take pride in
serving their fellow citizens. Again, because of the economic conditions,
facilities and supplies are lacking. Individuals, however, are able to see
excellent medical caregivers.</div>
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d. There is free universal education in the country –
toddlers through university – and there is an emphasis on standards in all
schools.</div>
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e. There are no guns – individuals can’t bear arms which
means that you don’t worry about stray bullets like people often do in the
United States.</div>
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rural Vinales in December 2016. I took </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> photographs of people in parks, on their
stoops, in their homes, and on the streets. I visited </span></div>
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farms as I took their pictures. The colors and the people depict a liveliness that
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