ONE FINAL THOUGHT--PLEASE READ
Dear JPGMAG,
I am saddened by the news, and wish first and foremost the best of luck to your team, hoping each and every person involved in making JPGMAG a community
finds fulfilling employment as soon as possible.
I can't help but wonder what would have happened if even a third of us were called upon to make a contribution to keep the e-gaslights on and the e-trains running.
A community is, after all, a group of people living together in one [e]place. How many of us would disagree that we waited up late at night for the "jpg-contact" to come home
with posts of his/her day; that we shared with [at first] complete strangers news of births and deaths, illness and recovery, fears and persuasions, desires and accomplishments;
that we, from around the world, developed intimacy and dare say, empathy for the "other," offering our own "otherness" as a kind of start-line for conversation.
Can we call to action and keep our community together? Or, and I ask this with no judgement attached, is it time to move on and develop new communities and new understandings
of our cracked and heaving world? Are we each a wedge, or are we collectively a glue?
I thank my community for helping me to grow, for it was only with the thought that others were looking I tied my shoelaces and tucked in my shirt, and sharpened my pronunciation
and took a good look at all of you, and myself, directly in the eyes. My community--you have made me a better man, and for that, a better artist, too. And I can only hope that my concrete community can live up
to half that promise, and me up to the promise of what I gathered here.
To a better year, for all of us.
Gary Joseph Cohen
In the JPG-COMMUNITY OP-ED photo essay.
12 responses
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Gary Joseph Cohen said (2 Jan 2009):
I thank each and everyone of you for sharing your lives and work with me, your courage and your minds-at-play.
Admiration and respect,
-Gary Joseph Cohen
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Thanks! Impostor gave props (2 Jan 2009):
i am all for donating... i really dont want to loose this outlet... :[
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Patrick Hickey gave props (2 Jan 2009):
You have summed it up perfectly. I didn't realize how hooked I am on this site until I found out it wil be gone. I would love to help keep it goiing!
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Wes Bennett said (2 Jan 2009):
Let mew know how I can help--- publicity, donation, whatever... I love this community and the inspiration it provides... God bless JPGMAG.COM please stay in touch if new things develop.
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Daisy Yokley said (2 Jan 2009):
I went to the savejpg site and voted. I would pay for a membership. This site is invaluable to me....
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Alicia Aguirre said (2 Jan 2009):
This is really sad, what am I going to do with myself now... SAVEJPG.COM
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Lise Utne gave props (4 Jan 2009):
Thanks, Gary. I have voted and hope the site will be saved.
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Lise Utne gave props (4 Jan 2009):
Thanks, Gary. I have voted and hope the site will be saved.
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Antoni Benavente gave props (4 Jan 2009):
Thanks Gary for you comments. I also hope that jpg can be saved and continue to enjoy your wonderful photographic eye
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Jim Hart gave props (7 Jan 2009):
beautifully done
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John W Decker gave props (8 Jan 2009):
Admirably worded! I've only been posting since Christmas but I am addicted to this site. It's true for me that as soon as I get home from work I go straight to jpgmag.com. I find myself spending hour after hour and staying up way too late perusing the work of many great photographers and some not so great but God bless them for putting their work out there for all to (hopefully) enjoy. Yes to the powers that be, donations, subscriptions or whatever you want to call it will come pouring in. The people want jpg and the people cannot be denied!
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Mario Scattoloni gave props (10 May 2009):
Thanks 4 the gift of hope GJC...
Also by Gary Joseph Cohen
