tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post4700510345455621961..comments2024-03-01T00:28:37.354-08:00Comments on B: Q & A with Charles HarbuttBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-14698302398326150192015-07-01T18:55:08.705-07:002015-07-01T18:55:08.705-07:00I read again this interview today. What I recon of...I read again this interview today. What I recon of Harbutt is that he was a master, ideologically and practically about the core of photography. I arrived to him from the stormiest time when everybody was staging or photoshopping. I hated some of his photos and loved others, the few, but I love them with passion. I would like to take a beer with him. All the best. Rest in peace Charles, we have a beer pendant.Hernan Zentenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827574143876112004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-86086014584561397182014-04-01T14:08:05.446-07:002014-04-01T14:08:05.446-07:00This man turned my photographic, actually my whole...This man turned my photographic, actually my whole life, on its head. <br /><br />I was struggling through my first months on the Photojournalism Program at the International Center of Photography in 1999. I was set in my ways as a wire service photographer. I was shooting to a formula. But then Charlie's "Spaceship" workshop happened and I was blown away at the freedom it afforded me. <br /><br />Some humour came through in my work and I was seeing the world anew. When it came time to critique the work at the end of the workshop, he told me things about myself that shook me up. He was right about everything and this was based on the selections of images I was making from the workshop material and all work to date. <br /><br />I had unknowingly rejected all my previous work with the exception of a portrait of my wife. <br /><br />He is a most extraordinary man and hugely gifted teacher and photographer. He and Joan are an amazing couple and substantially important teachers on photography and the photographic life. <br /><br />- Paul Treacy (.com)treacyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04152667427352284067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-42108583275778379182013-11-18T09:34:49.433-08:002013-11-18T09:34:49.433-08:00Charles Harbutt is one of my all-time favorite pho...Charles Harbutt is one of my all-time favorite photographers. I first learn of him on a magazine article about the "Unsung Heroes" of photography. I was cought by that one and only picture on the piece. Then I bought a used copy of "Travelog" and "Progresso" and I was captivated not only by his images but also by his thoughts on photography that seemed to tune-in with a freewheeling attitude that I was beginning to develop for my photography. I keep going back to this book from time to time. For all these reasons I was very excited to see the interview but a bit dissapointed after I read it. I was somehow expecting more solid answers to the otherwise interesting questions. I think at times he was surprisinlgly stiff. I didn't buy "Departures and Arrivals" after realizing on a preview that is basically compiled of recycled material that I have in the other books mentioned. Correct me on this if I'm wrong.Zisis Kardianoshttp://zisiskardianos.blogspot.gr/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-17857024560327828802013-11-16T06:55:21.086-08:002013-11-16T06:55:21.086-08:00That was great. Thanks b
d~That was great. Thanks b<br />d~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-15897961810515737982013-11-13T19:27:49.714-08:002013-11-13T19:27:49.714-08:00Thanks for this excellent interview. The world nee...Thanks for this excellent interview. The world needs more Harbutt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-13252491734980740792013-11-13T09:28:13.546-08:002013-11-13T09:28:13.546-08:00I share several of his thinking about photography ...I share several of his thinking about photography and photojournalism. I purchased an used volume of his book Travelog (1974) last year driven by another interview. But the book don´t drive me to the same place as his answers. I wonder now, after this new approach how will be his last book, Arrives and Departures. I will have to wait until I end my debts. Hernan Zentenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827574143876112004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-18013304000447167322013-11-12T17:15:17.394-08:002013-11-12T17:15:17.394-08:00No only would I love to shoot like him, I want to ...No only would I love to shoot like him, I want to answer questions the way he does too. Thanks for this wonderful interview Blake.Jack Simonnoreply@blogger.com