Comments on: She Paints the Stars, the Stars that Go Boom http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:47:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: marshallastor.com » Remember http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-12912 marshallastor.com » Remember Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:54:57 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/#comment-12912 [...] and Michel Le Querrec, PhotosNormandie, was brought to my attention as a comment by Patrick in an earlier post.  PhotosNormandie is a collection of images from and related to the Battle of Normandy, [...] [...] and Michel Le Querrec, PhotosNormandie, was brought to my attention as a comment by Patrick in an earlier post.  PhotosNormandie is a collection of images from and related to the Battle of Normandy, [...]

]]> By: marshall http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-12103 marshall Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:59:13 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/#comment-12103 Given that most of the photos I've been looking at were shot with 4x5 cameras, the subject would have to be holding still much of the time. So everything is staged to some degree. It's just crazy to see people working in clothes that shouldn't last 5 minutes in a factory environment. Especially pre-OSHA. One of the very "non casual dress" things I've noticed is pilots and crews getting ready for takeoff and still wearing their ties. Given that most of the photos I’ve been looking at were shot with 4×5 cameras, the subject would have to be holding still much of the time. So everything is staged to some degree.

It’s just crazy to see people working in clothes that shouldn’t last 5 minutes in a factory environment. Especially pre-OSHA.

One of the very “non casual dress” things I’ve noticed is pilots and crews getting ready for takeoff and still wearing their ties.

]]> By: km http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-12101 km Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:31:10 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/#comment-12101 The answer is that, yes, people did dress better for work and, yes, some of those photos were staged. Even the ones that were, though, didn't have arranged wardrobes. I have quite a few photos of ordinary folks doing ordinary things in the 40's and they are dressed in what we would consider a much more formal way. Our sense of everyday casual dress doesn't really come on to the scene until the late 50's, with the Beatnik styles. They are the ones you can thank (or blame) for our sense of what appropriate daywear is. The answer is that, yes, people did dress better for work and, yes, some of those photos were staged. Even the ones that were, though, didn’t have arranged wardrobes. I have quite a few photos of ordinary folks doing ordinary things in the 40′s and they are dressed in what we would consider a much more formal way. Our sense of everyday casual dress doesn’t really come on to the scene until the late 50′s, with the Beatnik styles. They are the ones you can thank (or blame) for our sense of what appropriate daywear is.

]]> By: marshall http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-12088 marshall Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:50:15 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/#comment-12088 Wow! Those are some amazing images there Patrick. I wish I read French. Right now is the perfect time to do projects like this as there are still many people alive who were there and can add that bit of information that otherwise will be lost to history. Wow! Those are some amazing images there Patrick.

I wish I read French. Right now is the perfect time to do projects like this as there are still many people alive who were there and can add that bit of information that otherwise will be lost to history.

]]> By: Patrick Peccatte http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/comment-page-1/#comment-12087 Patrick Peccatte Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:46:50 +0000 http://www.marshallastor.com/2008/01/19/she-paints-the-stars-the-stars-that-go-boom/#comment-12087 Hi, We have a project similar to the LoC pilot project, called “PhotosNormandie”, which is alive since one year about: http://www.flickr.com/people/photosnormandie/ For now, descriptions are in French language and we are trying to improve them. So, we invite comments to get better localisations, better identifications, check and verify information, etc. A main difference between the two projects is the following: we are using IPTC metadata that are embedded in our hi-res photos, but LoC does not use IPTC and their descriptions and tags are attached to Flickr platform. With best regards -- Patrick Peccatte Hi,
We have a project similar to the LoC pilot project, called “PhotosNormandie”, which is alive since one year about:
http://www.flickr.com/people/photosnormandie/
For now, descriptions are in French language and we are trying to improve them. So, we invite comments to get better localisations, better identifications, check and verify information, etc.
A main difference between the two projects is the following: we are using IPTC metadata that are embedded in our hi-res photos, but LoC does not use IPTC and their descriptions and tags are attached to Flickr platform.
With best regards
–
Patrick Peccatte

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