tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post1443116592501923493..comments2024-01-27T01:08:48.776-05:00Comments on Tim Connor: Mark Cohen: Approaching the fearTim Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093257932816782629noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-59460093488400941442012-01-12T09:51:18.721-05:002012-01-12T09:51:18.721-05:00I know Mark fairly well and the "Asperger'...I know Mark fairly well and the "Asperger's" comment is pretty laughable. He might have a quirky public speaking persona but he's a nice, intelligent guy and a great thinker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-57967223003976228502011-01-12T23:52:58.647-05:002011-01-12T23:52:58.647-05:00Dear Anonymous, Thanks for that information. I'...Dear Anonymous, Thanks for that information. I'm glad you understand that I'm a fan. My phrase "like an animal" BTW was a simile to describe Cohen's movement in the video, not a putdown.As an artist, he wants/needs those pictures. It makes perfect sense to me he's "a highly cultivated, well-educated person who cares deeply about art and literature, has a great deal to say about the current state of the world (at any given moment) and though he values his time, can be gracious, warm, charming, very funny and good company when he wants to be..." It would be great to meet him.Tim Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093257932816782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-61106670199454297002011-01-12T22:43:57.538-05:002011-01-12T22:43:57.538-05:00To Anonymous No. 1 from Anonymous No. 2
I always ...To Anonymous No. 1 from Anonymous No. 2<br /><br />I always thought their house was one of the most elegant around. It's an upper West Side mansion in Wilkes-Barre. See the house in "The Royal Tennenbaums." Reminiscent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-1965881604398596832011-01-12T22:40:31.807-05:002011-01-12T22:40:31.807-05:00Another friend of Mark's here. I came across t...Another friend of Mark's here. I came across this blog by chance looking for some images of his photographs to direct an online friend to.<br /><br />This is a pretty good and perceptive piece, and it’s gratifying to read someone who writes about how he’s been pigeonholed. I think most of his work does grow out of his street work, but not necessarily directly. You might say it’s developed from other things he happened to see while on the prowl, or trying to “confront” an overgrown yard the same way he might “confront” a person (there’s a lot of “invading” going on in Mark’s work), or from seeing the kind of special world the flash coud make, or from looking at the way the silver lies on the paper. (Mark’s photographs have great “thinginess.” They’re physical objects. The color, though, less so, unavoidably, I think.)<br /><br />Mark does NOT work as a commercial photographer during the day. He tried it for while when he was first starting out, but for years has only taken a gig now and then. He is purely an “art” photographer.<br /><br />I gather the video being referred to is one I’ve seen elsewhere: There’s nothing “animal” about his behavior; there’s a lot about a guy putting himself in precarious, potentially dangerous situations, and dealing with fear. There’s a high in it. Maybe you need a high to do it!<br /><br />As for Asperger’s, that’s nonsense. He’s never liked to speak of deal with the public much. Mark is a highly cultivated, well-educated person who cares deeply about art and literature, has a great deal to say about the current state of the world (at any given moment) and though he values his time, can be gracious, warm, charming, very funny and good company when he wants to be, which, with his friends, is much of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-82417357256558994682010-08-26T10:05:29.109-04:002010-08-26T10:05:29.109-04:00nice piece...
I do some street photography
and we...nice piece...<br /><br />I do some street photography<br />and well<br />I know that the response can be varried<br /><br />in the end<br />the result makes it worth while<br /><br />thanks for introducing me to these photographers!gwadzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339430458139731808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-75744239565497740212010-07-27T19:18:22.969-04:002010-07-27T19:18:22.969-04:00I live in Wilkes-Barre and Mark is my neighbor. He...I live in Wilkes-Barre and Mark is my neighbor. He lives right across the street in this bizarre yet incredible house that his wonderful wife has adorned with a conglomerate of objects. We have him over for dinner regularly and I can't describe how interesting it is to spend an evening with him. I'm glad your a fan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-87141546643711433382009-08-30T05:19:32.094-04:002009-08-30T05:19:32.094-04:00what a blog ! .what a blog ! .Wow Goldhttp://www.randyrun.itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-28221851696529431452009-08-30T05:19:17.560-04:002009-08-30T05:19:17.560-04:00fantastic blog.fantastic blog.Wow Goldhttp://www.mmozone.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-17134222022385482152009-07-27T22:43:18.501-04:002009-07-27T22:43:18.501-04:00Here are 2 comments chuckwheat left over at flickr...Here are 2 comments chuckwheat left over at flickr:<br /><br />Thanks for posting the Mark Cohen info; I wasn't aware of his work but am drawn to it now.<br />Unfortunately the video link isn't working.<br />At least he's a pro photographer. That's still not much of an excuse to some irate citizen who thinks he should be thrashed for taking candids.<br />Amazing that he hasn't been roughed up, had his camera damaged.<br />He's prolly the talk of the town... <br /><br />The video is very interesting, even though I don't understand German.<br />His body movements are quick, fluid, necessary to get in & out before<br />people have time to consider much.<br />Looks like he could be hassled for stalking, something, even though I don't think he is. People can get very defensive when they see a camera.<br />He reminds me of a Hunter Thompson quote: "The more normal you look, the more you can get away with."<br />Do you have any specs on what he's shooting; film, digital? A Leica? <br /><br />My response: It's a Leica. Some kind of fast color neg film. I know he likes to work at fast shutter speeds. This was the 70s. Pic dates in the True Love show are from 1975 - 1979.Tim Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093257932816782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-55245687069288626772009-07-27T22:28:30.134-04:002009-07-27T22:28:30.134-04:00Yes, Bruce Gilden came to mind immediately as I st...Yes, Bruce Gilden came to mind immediately as I started reading this. I'd never seen any of Cohen's work before. Had only heard the name. Thanks. You'd have to get me really loosened up before I'd be gutsy enough to throw a camera and flash in people's faces a la Cohen.Chris Bonneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000537083398732641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-573388616324298582009-07-27T21:22:18.383-04:002009-07-27T21:22:18.383-04:00Thanks, Bruce. That's very persuasive. Re Bruc...Thanks, Bruce. That's very persuasive. Re Bruce Gilden, I saw his mano o mano shots with the Yakuza guys in Japan & it seemed more macho-style than Cohen's approach, which seems like some weirdly misguided attempt at tenderness.. Your diagnosis sounds right. The strangeness w Cohen is there doesn't seem to be any hostility. He really wants the PICTURE. Which reminds me -- I got a note on Flickr from my friend chuckwheat, who tells me the video link in the piece wasn't working when he read the post. I FIXED IT RIGHT AWAY. Sorry. That video is what I based most of that post on. I have never seen anything like it. If you read the piece before it working go backnow & look at the video.Tim Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093257932816782629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4461963482725202534.post-47526470314794428202009-07-27T19:10:14.473-04:002009-07-27T19:10:14.473-04:00I saw Cohen speak a couple of times in the 70s, an...I saw Cohen speak a couple of times in the 70s, and was struck by his strangely detached affect. Thirty years later, having raised a child with Asperger's Syndrome, I would probably describe Cohen (at least at that time) as displaying traits suggestive of being somewhere on the autism spectrum. Which would make sense -- the nearly obsessive interest in a fairly narrow range of subject matter...the lack of a "neurotypical" sense of boundaries and personal space...coupled with a nearly complete lack of personal engagement. Of such "deformations" is art so often made.<br /><br />(And BTW, when you described Cohen's working approach as sui generis, the first thought that came to my mind was Bruce Gilden.)Bruce Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10314810929208621769noreply@blogger.com