Comments on: Tod Papageorge http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/ photographica, miscellanea, etcetera Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bob http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-759 Bob Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:54:34 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-759 Papageorge IS an overrated photographer! Papageorge made a great career out of educating other photographers...but that's about it. Furthermore, this renewal of attention is akin to giving Martin Scorsese an Oscar--by default--even though there is much better work out there. Papageorge's work is old, out of style, not at all contemporary...even the content is really old now...and unlike Harry Connick, Jr. who makes a very decent contribution "remaking" music-goneby, Papageorge has not moved forward out of his genre-goneby mechanical formalism. Papageorge IS an overrated photographer! Papageorge made a great career out of educating other photographers…but that’s about it. Furthermore, this renewal of attention is akin to giving Martin Scorsese an Oscar–by default–even though there is much better work out there. Papageorge’s work is old, out of style, not at all contemporary…even the content is really old now…and unlike Harry Connick, Jr. who makes a very decent contribution “remaking” music-goneby, Papageorge has not moved forward out of his genre-goneby mechanical formalism.

]]> By: ese http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-758 ese Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:38:40 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-758 As a teacher, Papageorge was generous, honest and appropriately sharp. (I was an undergraduate student of Papageorge my senior year.) From what he shared of his work with us, his practice of photography and practice of teaching seemed very much in sync with each other, in that his understanding is wide and his vision is open. I look forward to seeing his new book because his work is beautiful. Ratings shouldn't matter, and maybe they don't in this case. As a teacher, Papageorge was generous, honest and appropriately sharp. (I was an undergraduate student of Papageorge my senior year.) From what he shared of his work with us, his practice of photography and practice of teaching seemed very much in sync with each other, in that his understanding is wide and his vision is open. I look forward to seeing his new book because his work is beautiful. Ratings shouldn’t matter, and maybe they don’t in this case.

]]> By: Greg Wasserstrom / Blog » Blog Archive » Grad School Part 1 http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-757 Greg Wasserstrom / Blog » Blog Archive » Grad School Part 1 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:46:54 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-757 [...] That was all in the fall. I don’t really know when my mind changed, but by the time I actually got around to starting my applications this week, I basically had come to agree with both of them, and so I’m dying to go to Yale, even though it’s not actually in the place I’m dying to live. Their program is incredible. Tod Papageorge, the department’s chair, is this luminary thinker about photography (Read Alec Soth’s post about him from a few months ago), and their senior critic is none other than Philip-Lorca DiCorcia. Also among the faculty is John Lahr, whose work is basically the model for the kind of thing I want to be doing. [...] [...] That was all in the fall. I don’t really know when my mind changed, but by the time I actually got around to starting my applications this week, I basically had come to agree with both of them, and so I’m dying to go to Yale, even though it’s not actually in the place I’m dying to live. Their program is incredible. Tod Papageorge, the department’s chair, is this luminary thinker about photography (Read Alec Soth’s post about him from a few months ago), and their senior critic is none other than Philip-Lorca DiCorcia. Also among the faculty is John Lahr, whose work is basically the model for the kind of thing I want to be doing. [...]

]]> By: Kevin Bjorke http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-756 Kevin Bjorke Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:39:32 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-756 Aperture 19:1 -- the early 70's "Snapshot" issue -- has both an essay and a collection of snaps by Papageorge in the company of collections from Meyerowitz, Winogrand, Friedlander, and Frank. When I found this in the library a year or two ago I was left scratching my head wondering: what happened to him? Good to seem his return to some prominence. (That issue of the magazine is also interesting for its selection of Nancy Rexroth's IOWA, which imo covers about 90% of the toycamera aesthetic in one go -- long long before Holga was hip) Aperture 19:1 — the early 70’s “Snapshot” issue — has both an essay and a collection of snaps by Papageorge in the company of collections from Meyerowitz, Winogrand, Friedlander, and Frank. When I found this in the library a year or two ago I was left scratching my head wondering: what happened to him? Good to seem his return to some prominence.

(That issue of the magazine is also interesting for its selection of Nancy Rexroth’s IOWA, which imo covers about 90% of the toycamera aesthetic in one go — long long before Holga was hip)

]]> By: Stan Banos http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-755 Stan Banos Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:39:46 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-755 It borders on semantics, but perhaps some delineation should be made between "underrated" and umm... sexy, current, whatever. It borders on semantics, but perhaps some delineation should be made between “underrated” and umm… sexy, current, whatever.

]]> By: Tom Morrissey http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-754 Tom Morrissey Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:16:55 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-754 He's a good friend of a couple of good friends-- seems that most of his energy has gone into teaching the last number of years. I agree-- the books/show should be interesting. He's an articulate, living link to that 60s-70s generation, in which so many great documentary-based artists emerged. He’s a good friend of a couple of good friends– seems that most of his energy has gone into teaching the last number of years. I agree– the books/show should be interesting. He’s an articulate, living link to that 60s-70s generation, in which so many great documentary-based artists emerged.

]]> By: alec soth - blog » Blog Archive » Papageorge quote http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-753 alec soth - blog » Blog Archive » Papageorge quote Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:16:41 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2006/11/02/tod-papageorge/#comment-753 [...] alec soth - blog photographica, miscellanea, etcetera « Tod Papageorge [...] [...] alec soth – blog photographica, miscellanea, etcetera « Tod Papageorge [...]

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