Comments on: Pre-Debate Obama Rally, 10/7/08: Two Portraits

By: Learning to See - FWB’s (Friends with Blogs)

Learning to See - FWB’s (Friends with Blogs) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:49:14 +0000

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By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:11:35 +0000

Well, as I said quite clearly to Mark in an email exchange, the bible verse is used as an epigraph to the entire essay and has no relation to him whatsoever. No such connection was intended or even imagined. If it had been, there are probably a host of scriptural aspersions that could be applied, as there are to just about anything, but not being a religious man at all I’d have to look them up.

By: Colin Pantall

Colin Pantall — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:10:42 +0000

Great images, Mark – I checked out the Vauderleun site and your reply is really what I hope your election and Obama is about – it’s a big world with lots of different opinions and we should all be free to state them unless they are obscene, offensive or, as Vauderleun has it, they “exceed… the stupidity limits”.

Better stop there.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:17:38 +0000

Your reply to Vauderleun answered mine. We can’t help be influenced by the greats that went before. It is a good image to store in your head. and shoot anyway.

By: marktucker

marktucker — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:25:23 +0000

NOTE: Check out this Gerhard Vanderleun guy:

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/suffer_little_c.php

All I can say: It’s a big world out there, and lots of different opinions and visions of the world. (Was that politically correct enough?)

Anything related to one of my pictures, with any kind of a Bible verse remotely connected to it just creeps me out, but hey, it’s a free country.

By: kristen roedner

kristen roedner — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:10:37 +0000

i love that you share them big, too. so many other photogs keep their images small and it’s hard to see and easy to miss the details. these are just gorgeous!! do you get model releases from all your subjects?

By: kristen roedner

kristen roedner — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:08:48 +0000

amazing shots, mark. your work is unparalleled.

By: Olivier

Olivier — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:17:16 +0000

deux beaux portraits, avec une ‘légère’ préférence pour la première, qui est vraiment très réussie, c’est un ‘enfant’ sandwich à la cause d’Obama ;o). La France rêve de la victoire d’Obama.
two beautiful portraits, with a ’slight’ preference for first, which is very successful, it is a ‘Child’ sandwich in caused Obama ;o). France dream of victory to Obama

By: william

william — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:51:04 +0000

I’ve been trying to think of something to add to the other comments, something learned or clever. I can’t. Those are just great images and the reason I come to this blog.

By: Gordon McGregor

Gordon McGregor — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:35:49 +0000

as everyone else has said – love the first shot, particularly for his expression and the guy in the background. Like the play of the t-shirts in the second.