Los espectaculares reportajes de William Gedney (1932-1989) y especialmente sus varias estancias desde 1964 a 1972 en hogares de mineros de Kentucky, donde pudo fotografiar la vida cotidiana de esas familias y que parece destacar con sus fotografías la dignidad de la vida cotidiana de esa comunidad a pesar de las dificultades, casi como si de tratara de un paso más allá sobre aquel famoso reportaje de James Agee y Walker Evans sobre familias rurales de Alabama en los años de la Gran Depresión norteamericana.
The excelent photography of William Gedney. All reportages are magnificent and I want to remark here those portraits he took during his several stays through 1964 to 1972 at the home of miners' families in Kentucky, reflecting on the dignity of their basic lifestyle in spite of their hard times in what seems one step further on that famous James Agee-Walker Evans reportage of rural families in Alabama in the 30s.
William Gedney Photographs and Writings.
Duke University Library.
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gedney/
[vía Graeme Mitchell Blog]
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The excelent photography of William Gedney. All reportages are magnificent and I want to remark here those portraits he took during his several stays through 1964 to 1972 at the home of miners' families in Kentucky, reflecting on the dignity of their basic lifestyle in spite of their hard times in what seems one step further on that famous James Agee-Walker Evans reportage of rural families in Alabama in the 30s.
William Gedney Photographs and Writings.
Duke University Library.
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/gedney/
[vía Graeme Mitchell Blog]
>EscuchaListen
▶Jerry McCain·'Rock'n'roll Ball'
