Jacob Holdt es sin duda un personaje singular, un vagabundo sin un trabajo formal y con dedicaciones peculiares...pero lo interesante es su labor como activista social, motivo por el cual realizó unas 15000 fotografías de la vida de los afroamericanos y clases desfavorecidas de los Estados Unidos con una cámara de bolsillo sin más intención -asegura en su página- que la de luchar contra la discriminación y el racismo y para presentar a ojos de los demás la realidad de aquellos más desafortunados. Es por eso que su colección está disponible para ser mostrada en las escuelas y parece disculparse porque no tengan validez por sí mismas como Arte o como fotos individuales -que la tienen y mucha- sino como una herramienta didáctica y social. Aunque sólo fuera por su valor documental de parte de la historia de la sociedad norteamericana y de una realidad social que no tiene demasiada cabida en el ojo público más allá de la página de sucesos ya tienen mucho más valor que algunas de las mejores fotografías...
He might be a peculiar guy, a vagabond with no job and rare dedications...but the real interest here is that as a social activist he not also enjoyed the hospitality and companion but also took around 15000 pictures of coloured unemployed american citizens and people living in misery with a pocket camera and no intention but that of fighting against racism and poverty. He seems to apologize at his web for the pictures not standing by themselves as a valuable piece -I say no way, they are absolute masterpieces- and presents with joy the frequent social and history use of his work at schools and universities. Even if it was only for that his american pictures are more valuable than many of the classic expensive fine art photography...
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He might be a peculiar guy, a vagabond with no job and rare dedications...but the real interest here is that as a social activist he not also enjoyed the hospitality and companion but also took around 15000 pictures of coloured unemployed american citizens and people living in misery with a pocket camera and no intention but that of fighting against racism and poverty. He seems to apologize at his web for the pictures not standing by themselves as a valuable piece -I say no way, they are absolute masterpieces- and presents with joy the frequent social and history use of his work at schools and universities. Even if it was only for that his american pictures are more valuable than many of the classic expensive fine art photography...
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