Notices by Bertrom Badger (badger@mastodon.sdf.org)

Louis Faurer, a Philadelphia native born in 1916 sought out individual quirks and oddities. He captured dissonant, uncomfortable moments, but he never sought to exploit his subjects. His aim, as his photos reveal, was to show their humanity.

Jim Goldberg.
For his first book, Rich and Poor, 1985, the San Francisco based photographer made documentary style pictures of people in their homes.
He asked them to write a commentary underneath their portrait. These invariably reveal concerns about class, happiness, and power.

I know.

… give me your answer do…

Lucia Moholy.

She was one of the early 20th century’s most gifted photographers and a key member of the Bauhaus.
Moholy was seldom credited for her work, which was often attributed to her husband László Moholy-Nagy or to Walter Gropius.

Peter Mitchell began taking photographs of Leeds in the early 1970s.

“I was amazed by the great deserts springing up in south Leeds. It was so easy to demolish the back-to-back terraces. They just wrapped a chain around them and pulled.”

David Fenton.

1958.