Manhattan, NY (Self-Portrait w/ "Lines of My Hand")
Beyond Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" and Gerry Stern's "Paradise Poems," few other artist monographs have informed me like Robert Frank's "The Lines of My Hand." This title spans Frank's transitional period from the mid-1940s to the mid-1980's, documenting his sidestep from culturally conscious to consciously cultural. Untangling my own words, what I mean to say is that over time, Frank became more intentional as a collector and storyteller, corrupting the role of "pure" observer. In this way, his photographs seem more like objects in a curiosity cabinet than empirical records. By the end of the book, we find a restless mind tethered to itchy fingers: polaroids, films, scratched negatives, anthropologically charged objects permeate the frame in the way stray thoughts enter an intimate conversation. I have always admired Frank for the way he has found consistency through change, recording life from the 1st person perspective.
In the 10/365 photo essay.
Also in the JPG-COMMUNITY OP-ED photo essay.
Also in the I and Thou photo essay.
41 responses
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Gary Joseph Cohen added a link (17 Aug 2008):
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Lk Murphy gave props (17 Aug 2008):
Cool! I love the perspective and how your hand looks so large, along with the book.
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Laura Boston-Thek gave props (17 Aug 2008):
WOW Excellent!!
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Robert Versteegen said (17 Aug 2008):
stange picture ...but that makes it interesting other way of approching...for a portrait
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Lilea Duran gave props (17 Aug 2008):
I love this piece Bravo!
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Carlos Aviles gave props (17 Aug 2008):
Excellent shot.
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Samantha Holmes gave props (17 Aug 2008):
Excellent self portrait.
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Rahmat Prasetyo said (17 Aug 2008):
its cool...face :)
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Penny Nannini gave props (17 Aug 2008):
Great photograph.
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Lynn H gave props (18 Aug 2008):
Nicely done, Gary!
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Dan Bar said (18 Aug 2008):
good self portrait
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peggy gardner gave props (18 Aug 2008):
serious portrait !!! great work.
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Maria Gonzalez gave props (18 Aug 2008):
Brilliant!!
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Emma Brahas said (18 Aug 2008):
excellent!
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Yereth Jansen gave props (18 Aug 2008):
Perfect! Great shot here
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Virginie Maillard said (19 Aug 2008):
Big shot!
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Chicago Love gave props (19 Aug 2008):
Wow! Great work and Self Portrait
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Farras Abdelnour gave props (20 Aug 2008):
great self portrait!
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Lynn H gave props (20 Aug 2008):
So glad to see this go HOT! It's fantastic!
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Gary Joseph Cohen said (20 Aug 2008):
Thank you, everyone!
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L G gave props (20 Aug 2008):
excellent photo and a very intelligent comment.Great shot Mr. Cohen.
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Kiwi ana gave props (21 Aug 2008):
Very cool and inspired self portrait
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Richard Seah gave props (21 Aug 2008):
Hi Gary, I missed this when you posted. I must have got crowded out by other recent pixs from my contacts. This is absolutely wonderful - an unusual, but well conceived self portrait and showing your fav book at the same time. Hope this gets published. I really love this!
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Meow Zen Desire gave props (22 Aug 2008):
magnificent potrait... lots of character
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Llorenç Rosanes said (30 Aug 2008):
Gary, frankly, great book, great autor, but it is not a great self-portrait. You have anothers much better than this.
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Gary Joseph Cohen said (1 Sep 2008):
Llorenç, thank you for your candidly honest comment and assessment. Best, Gary
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Mindy Mcgregor gave props (1 Sep 2008):
fantastic work~
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Simon Kossoff gave props (28 Sep 2008):
Great Portrait - very 'Lee'..
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Adam Balkovic gave props (13 Nov 2008):
very nice
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Leanna Lomanski gave props (14 Dec 2008):
Excellent work!
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C.S. Muncy said (12 Feb 2009):
Great shot, I dig the way you handled the (always tricky) indoor lighting.
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Isaac Harrell gave props (27 Feb 2009):
Great use of lighting, pushes the description well.
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Kevin Griffin gave props (8 Jun 2009):
fantastic
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Lee Donahoe gave props (9 Jun 2009):
GREAT SHOT and story
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Lee Donahoe gave props (9 Jun 2009):
GREAT SHOT and story
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♥ Cairenn ♥ added a link (28 Aug 2009):
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Gary Joseph Cohen said (31 Aug 2009):
Make me blush, Cairenn.
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Latrenia Bryant gave props (31 Aug 2009):
Awesome! I love B&W shots! This is GREAT!
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Richard Jones said (1 Sep 2009):
very good essay great shot
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Kathleen Mercado said (2 Sep 2009):
FAN-TAS-TIC!!!!!!!:)
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MaYa Jung gave props (16 Nov 2009):
I found!
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