Friday, March 18, 2011





i'm captivated by this body of work.
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and have you heard of the UP documentary series?  i watched 42up last night and i'm a bit unhinged by it.  if we were sitting across the table i'd give you an earful of my thoughts.  (i'm impressed by those bloggers who write a real essay sort of thing and spend time sorting out their ideas on a subject and offering something substantial for us readers to consider.  i am not one of those.)  but i do like alerting you to the things i find noteworthy as i go about my days.  so maybe watch it if you are interested or tell me what you thought if you've already seen it.  i guess 49up is already out?  i think i read that 56up will be out this year??  anyway, i will be looking out for these.  they are unsettling and fascinating.




x
liane

4 comments:

Suzy said...

i watched all of these a few years ago. it's the realest shit ever. i still feel neil in certain corners of my heart.

Lynn Lunger said...

Wow. Thank you for posing this. I was not familiar with this series.

I find it unsettling to see real people's lives being dissected and passing by in such a compressed way. Intense and interesting but unsettling.

The clip you linked just wrenches at the gut.

Dominique said...

Je découvre ce photographe avec joie.
Merci pour le lien.

Hannah said...

There's such a quiet sadness to those photos by Alexander Gronsky. Thanks for posting!