Martin P Wilson 1,131 Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) I suppose Micawber is better than Scrooge: Edited February 6, 2015 by Martin P Wilson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney 2,101 Posted February 6, 2015 Chaucer? Surely later than that. I've been reading along on this 'photo essay' (picture story) idea. It was a popular form from the '40s into the '60s, with the advent of Life Magazine and the smaller 35mm cameras. I got in on the end of it. Then, as I recall, Pete Turner, Art Kane and others came along with the concept of illustrating an article with one single image. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=w%20eugene%20smith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martin P Wilson 1,131 Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Chaucer? Surely later than that. I've been reading along on this 'photo essay' (picture story) idea. It was a popular form from the '40s into the '60s, with the advent of Life Magazine and the smaller 35mm cameras. I got in on the end of it. Then, as I recall, Pete Turner, Art Kane and others came along with the concept of illustrating an article with one single image. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=w%20eugene%20smith In the Uk we had the same story in the 40s and 50s - Pictures Post for example with Bert Hardy amongst others, but the magazines disappeared. The photo story became big again in the 70s and 80s in the UK when the quality Sunday papers introduced their colour supplements. They used a lot of heavy weight photojournalism, McCullin et al. But then in mid 80s they started to move to lighter topics, eventually celebrity and fashion led, and became just a vehicle for consumer advertising - there is a bit of resurgence of actual journalism at the moment (i hope). Edited February 6, 2015 by Martin P Wilson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Mitchell 3,197 Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) I suppose Micawber is better than Scrooge: I hope this one has leased here or somewhere else. "Chaucer? Surely later than that." Some sources attribute the saying to Ben Franklin, who apparently liked to fly kites during thunderstorms. Edited February 6, 2015 by John Mitchell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney 2,101 Posted February 6, 2015 Right, Martin. I lived in Oxfordshire throughout most of the '80s. Didn't know Chaucer or Franklin, though. They must have drank at a different local. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martin P Wilson 1,131 Posted February 7, 2015 It has had a few views John but it only went up in late autumn - a bit late for Christmas 2014. But I am so far down the pecking order I am not sure it will get seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
