Your photographs become more valuable every day--you have captured something that really identifies all that is human--all that we call the human spirit. Your photos took me back to a time I remember well. It is my wish that you get these published and archived in a museum for future generations. Thank you for sharing them through the internet. Your interview was quite outstanding on NPR.
Echoing what Bob said...these are simply marvelous, as was your interview on "The Story." What an amazing thing to have done and to have. I hope the interview helps to renew interest in publishing this collection.
Well, Stracky Flea, you should know. Weren't you there, or at least in Bowdoinham, that very afternoon? I seem to have a series of photos of you hamming it up for the camera right about then. It's really good to hear from you. Best, Alex (do you have an email address so I can write you properly?)
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In 1973-1974 I walked across the country, from Maine to Oregon via West Virginia, and took these photographs of the people I met. As a photojournalist I wanted to create an intimate portrait of America that would coincide with the Bicentennial. I processed all the photographs over a two year period to put into a book. For several reasons, mostly financial, the book was not published and I put everything away in storage. Then, in 2006, some 30 years later, I took out the 500 contact sheets I had from the 35 mm film I shot on the walk and digitized them. Magnifying the contact sheets on my computer I began looking at each of the photographs all over again. Needless to say, I found things in them that I wasn't aware of even when I took them. I took this new vision with me into the dark room where I worked for most of 2006 printing hundreds of finished prints from the original negatives on high quality silver paper. I scanned and digitized 500 of those photos. In the final step I printed the photos right from Photoshop on an Epson R2400 printer using archival inks. What I see looking at the photos a second time around and more than thirty years later is the people and their wonderful openness, their ease, how they allowed themselves to be curious, vulnerable, and present with me. I doubt I would get the same response today if I did the whole trip over again. Of course, the openness, the ease, the curiosity was reciprocal! I was comfortable with everyone I met without exception. I admired them. They were wonderful! All of them! They were amazing! You can see it in the photos. They were warm, generous, lovely and brilliant. Their photographs really deserve to be seen.
The photos are now in chronological order, the same order that I took them as I walked across the country, but the site is still 'under construction' as I will be doing some fine tuning now and then. I hope you enjoy the photographs. Don't forget: you can enlarge individual photos by clicking on them so you can see them properly. Thanks. Alex MacPhail
Copywrites
All of the photographs appearing in this blog are covered by copywrites (1976, 2005). Please don't use any of the photographs for any purpose without my written permission. Thanks, Alex MacPhail
7 comments:
Your photographs become more valuable every day--you have captured something that really identifies all that is human--all that we call the
human spirit. Your photos took me back to a time
I remember well. It is my wish that you get these
published and archived in a museum for future
generations. Thank you for sharing them through
the internet. Your interview was quite outstanding on NPR.
Echoing what Bob said...these are simply marvelous, as was your interview on "The Story." What an amazing thing to have done and to have. I hope the interview helps to renew interest in publishing this collection.
So beautiful. So your project. More need to see them. Thanks.
Alex,
Are you sure this wasn't made in front of Sheehan's in Northampton?
Best,
Stracky
Well, Stracky Flea, you should know. Weren't you there, or at least in Bowdoinham, that very afternoon? I seem to have a series of photos of you hamming it up for the camera right about then. It's really good to hear from you. Best, Alex (do you have an email address so I can write you properly?)
My name is Leah Brown, I'm a happy woman today? I told myself that any loan lender that could change my life and that of my family after having been scammed separately by these online loan lenders, I will refer to anyone who is looking for loan for them. It gave me and my family happiness, although at first I had a hard time trusting him because of my experiences with past loan lenders, I needed a loan of $300,000.00 to start my life everywhere as single mother with 2 children, I met this honest and God fearing online loan lender Gain Credit Loan who helped me with a $300,000.00 loan, working with a loan company Good reputation. If you are in need of a loan and you are 100% sure of paying the loan please contact (gaincreditloan1@gmail.com)
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Business Cash Loan?
Unsecured Loan
Fast and Simple Loan?
Quick Application Process?
Approvals within 24-72 Hours?
No Hidden Fees Loan?
Funding in less than 1 Week?
Get unsecured working capital?
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Whatsapps +1-(551) 356-3808 (call/WhatsApp)
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