Sunday, September 14, 2008

Odyssey

As is our nightly custom, our family was watching an old episode of The Simpsons tonight when for just a split second the plot arrived at this scene


That's Homer sitting in Moe's car at a drive-in realizing that he's blown it again and won't be able to use the train as a tool in an insurance fraud scheme, all of which is just a slice of a long story which isn't that important.

What's interesting about this scene for photographers is that it's a reference to this

Hotshot Eastbound, 1956, O. Winston Link

It's good to find photography seeping its way into mass culture.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2008 at 4:30 AM

    A fabulous image. The "B/W photograph as historical document" crowd might be interested to know that (according to a NY Times article last year) the teenage models were paid, the car was his, and the picture of the jet was pasted in, among other manipulations. 56 flash bulbs fired simultaneously.

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  2. Blake AndrewsSeptember 16, 2008 at 10:21 AM

    So this might be one case where photographing a scene took longer than drawing it.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2008 at 10:22 AM

    Yes, not that it matters.

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