Should we be told what these interesting pictures show — the context?
Arena would make a great coffee table book for the Jersey Shore.
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An overall grotesque scene. As if the circus sideshow has re-emerged at the Old Garden. Glad I left Brooklyn in ‘53, and again in ‘77 after a brief return. Enjoy!
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The thing is, once a photographer's work is isolated, elevated, and featured in the NYT, the image of a clot of dust can be regarded as containing great meaning.
There is still the contextual finger on the scale, the "story" that gives these images their relevance. They are still, collectively, illustrations for text.
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As I was reading the article and looking at the pictures I was thinking of the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes".
I don't know and couldn't care less who places a full bucket of popcorn in an arena corridor but I do know that a pickle is a pickle; "incandescent", "artisanal" or otherwise. As for the people photos, less said the better.
I'm afraid Jay-Z, Barbra Streisand, the Nets, professional wrestling and the other extravaganzas of the Barclay Center will have to make due w/o me.
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I think a few words about the photos could have been helpful. I would have like to have known something (s) about the subject.
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Brilliant photography
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I know this is art photography, not photojournalism. But still, captions or a bit of contextual information, for each picture, would have been helpful, even enlightening.
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Even today, I still see this arena as nothing more than FCR's Trojan Horse to build this complex that in itself is a product of eminent domain abuse and corporate welfare.
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He is such a great photographer, like Martin Parr featured the other day; and like Martin's recent work it seems banal. Were these portfolio's dropped on a photo editor's desk w/o the known provenance I don't think these would run. A photo of a pickle on the floor? Come on.
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“Banal” can be deceiving. The incandescent pickle on the speckled floor is a story in and of itself, but, especially, when seen as a part of the larger work.
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@JaGuaR I agree with you.
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