“Give me a Rembrandt in a subway station toilet and a flashlight and I’m happy.” A profile of Peter Schjeldahl in the Village Voice (Schjeldahl previously discussed on this blog here, here, here, here, here).
“You are many things, but I wouldn’t count glamorous among them.” Jen Bekman talks to me about my fashion sensibility.
“Affluent Children Dressed by their Parents in Absurd Outfits, Already Displaying Scatterbrain Sexuality, Disdain, and Lust.” My pal Michael Silva gets himself a blog.
“Aren’t we all failed photographers?” A great blog on the life and times of an anonymous photo editor.
Who do you like better, Duane Michaels or Brian Ulrich?
September 26, 2007 at 10:18 am
I hope Michael Silva realises he will now wake in the middle of the night because the mistress that is blog will call like some demented f**king siren………………………
September 26, 2007 at 10:47 am
I think a mullet (Michaels) is more powerful than a ministry (Ulrich). Unless, of course, your are talking about a mullet ministry. By the way, Amy Stein wrote a great post several months ago about Googlegangers and pointed to the ’saxy’ Mr. Ulrich.
September 26, 2007 at 11:33 am
Great interview! love the images too. really inspirational work. linked up.
September 26, 2007 at 12:11 pm
I love all things Amy Stein, but I’d missed the brilliant Googlegangers post. Believe it or not, just this morning I emailed Shen Wei to congratulate him on winning a MacArthur ‘genius’ Grant
September 26, 2007 at 12:20 pm
This is my uncle.
September 26, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Photographs of ordinary people with famous names:
September 26, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Duane! (Sorry Brian)
September 26, 2007 at 3:11 pm
I’m thinking it’s got to be Duane. Courier and Papyrus on an album cover is a bold mix — you’ve got to admire that kind of bravado.
September 26, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Hey Alec, thanks for posting that Amy Stein link. Her blog is great reading/seeing and her photography, a good find. added to rss reader.
September 26, 2007 at 3:22 pm
James, great point on the fonts. But what about the Robert Ryman Auditorium.
September 26, 2007 at 3:22 pm
[...] Hey, if I’m not mistaken, you’re new here. Why don’t you subscribe to my RSS feed? whatdayasay? Thanks for visiting and I hope you digg this blog (just a little joke there, haha?!)I just stumbled upon Amy Stein’s photography and blog. great stuff on both sites, her writing is only surpassed by her photography. love the splash image of the wolves(?!) eating suburban trash. nice! [via Alec Soth] [...]
September 26, 2007 at 8:40 pm
why do you make me buy books Alec?
amazon has “great americans” for .49 cents plus shipping
crazy?!?!?!
September 26, 2007 at 9:22 pm
Dearest Mr. A. Soth,
It is clear that Ms. A. Stein is indeed the forerunner in the contest to find another Mr. B. Ulrich.
Though in fact it is Sir Vaughn Gitelson that indeed is first out of the gate with this post.
http://gitelson.blogspot.com/2007/03/blog-post.html
ps. Duane is better than digital
September 26, 2007 at 10:24 pm
you just crashed the other Duane Michaels site.
dopplegoogleoverload.
September 26, 2007 at 10:50 pm
I guess that means that Michaels won?
September 26, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Who is this Gitelson upstart?
September 28, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Ahh, the photo editor blog is amazing. Really refreshing to hear their side of things. Though the photo editors I’ve had to deal with seem to be a few steps behind.
October 25, 2007 at 5:25 am
Nice to find you.
Unblogged (http://www.tjnorris.net/blog)
December 26, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Oh dear. And here I was thinking, Duane Michals the photographer? I love him! Thanks for the links though.