cooperlola Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 [quote user="NormanH"]I don't agree. That is a photo of one of the many gay guys on that site...noy WB's thing [/quote]LOL. I have never met the old wooly fruit, but he has never given me that impression either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 There's a photo of Woolly on his blog, for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 [:D] [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Compare this photo with number 18 in here to get a feeling of how the British immigrants are fish out of water.What a load of effête tossers even at 19[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 The Boston Globe site is modern photojournalism at its best. (Much like the centrefold of G2 - also a great source of superb photography.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 [quote user="NormanH"]Compare this photo with number 18 in here to get a feeling of how the British immigrants are fish out of water.What a load of effête tossers even at 19[:D][/quote]Norman, number 18 is drop dead gorgeous and you are a DIRRRRRRRRRHTYYYY OLD MAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 You prove my wager that http://www.riphopkins.com/works/54-64isn't you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Never in a blue moon would I wear those boots! I look and smell more like Spunkpot, at least according to my daughter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Were the names changed that are shown below the photos? I see a similarity with photo 1 but a different name. [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Perhaps Normie is in one of the fotos too. But which? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 I went back and had a look at the photographers comments on the book... for those of you that didn't see it... he saysAnother Country is the first book of photographs devoted to the British in France. In the footsteps of Walker Evans, Rip Hopkins' 68 portraits provide a record that is both personal and objective, showing the real and imaginary world of British expats in France. The photographs reveal aspects of British identity which is embedded within a culture of imagination and relates intimately to all the arts. In the past this has only been suggested, but rarely seen.it also says...A story of the British living in France through portraits of British expatriate families in the Dordogne region. Having himself abandoned the UK, Rip Hopkins re-examines his roots and his passionate relationship with France. Antony Mair, a British settler in the Dordogne considers what it means for him and others to be expatriates, while Pauline de La Boulaye, a French national sets out her view of the British, the photographer and the present time. These different accounts raise questions of identity and of belonging to a country, real or imaginary, in the context of a society adapting to globalisation. Disturbing and surreal, Rip Hopkins' photographs resonate at the deepest levels of our consciousness.I do keep going back to look at the photos... but I still find it hard to spend long looking at them... I think they do all look quite sad, maybe it's the blank facial expressions that make it difficult? Also, I'm not sure if they capture what was intended. I certainly have looked at them and I can see how they are thought provoking... but not sure they reflect the British in France? Are they really meant to be fun? I'm not sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I suppose that its time to put my head above the parapet and admit that I too was photographed for this book.I am especially pleased to see that I am the only one that appears to be smiling out of all the photographs.http://www.riphopkins.com/works/54-2Having a lampshade on my head and that growth on my back I didnt know whether to laugh or cry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Is that Copper sulphate spray on your mohican?[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Love 'em or hate 'em. You have to admit that the pictures have raised a great deal of debate - and I guess that is what the photographer wanted. Is it art? Time will tell. Do I like them? Well I have to admit, yes I do. Like others I find some bizare and others disturbing, but as a whole they are fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 You have expressed well what I as incapable of Andy.I would say anything capable of provoking this amount of interest and emotion, positive and very negative must be art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I felt sorry for Stan carrying his rather large burden (3rd photo link).[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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