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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (2 of 5)
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by Mark Johnstone
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Oct 27, 1975
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Mar 19, 2022 01:15 PM
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Marshall Mayer,
Art,
Mark Johnstone
...not mind re-iteration of some pts, lost for my own records: i.e. discussion of snapshots done in the Aperture issue of the same name, historical perspective, what is a snapshot, etc. Even "What is art", what is an artist trying to accomplish by doing art, yr. ideas on what value art has, and where, etc, etc, etc....
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (3 of 5)
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by Mark Johnstone
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Oct 27, 1975
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last modified
May 31, 2013 02:12 PM
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Lee Friedlander,
Garry Winogrand,
Robert Frank,
Nathan Lyons,
John Szarkowski,
Mark Johnstone,
Marshall Mayer
...One idea which evolved in thinking about yr. proposal to accept much of what is labeled "snapshots" these days, as such was that it seems to me that the snapshot was always "calculated" in its observant quality, as pointed by the one who took it. This seems an inherent part of its documentation of the family unit/experience. Does it matter then if the intent is to record, or personal,...
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (4 of 5)
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by Mark Johnstone
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Oct 27, 1975
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Sep 10, 2012 05:00 PM
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Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
...or to "do art" [in the "mode" of a "modern academy"]. Is it just not an evolution of the education of photographers to [unconsciously?] include + incorporate into their quickly made images, elements of design + timing which challenge the more traditional concepts of "record the kids in the center of the frame when they look their best"...
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer (5 of 5)
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by Mark Johnstone
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Oct 27, 1975
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Sep 10, 2012 05:01 PM
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Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
...Anyway, so much for the ontology of the snapshot. Would still like to see sometime copies of yr. papers fr. UNM (self-portraits, etc.). Mark
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
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by Mark Johnstone
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Jan 01, 1977
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Jan 27, 2013 07:53 PM
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Bonnie Lambert,
Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
Marshall—You old fish face, when are you + Bonnie [Lambert] gonna come up? Next summer??? Send me that stuff!!!!!!!!!!! Sometime in the next two weeks I am going to go crazy + buy color printing materials. Maybe. I wish a had a new car. The Saab sucks again.
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
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by Mark Johnstone
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Mar 10, 1976
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Mar 19, 2022 03:10 PM
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Michael Ballou,
Bonnie Lambert,
Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
Talked to [Michael] Ballou the other evening—says bring a sweater, the warehouse doesn't rise above 50º-55º, (oughta bring bag + pad too—he doesn't guarantee a human heater). See ya Saturday, Mark
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
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by Mark Johnstone
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Mar 06, 1976
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Apr 12, 2013 05:33 PM
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Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
the space age concept which revolutionizes printed and/or pictorial communiques....... SCRATCH AND SNIFF now accepting input for the development of this idea.
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
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by Mark Johnstone
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Nov 28, 1975
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May 31, 2013 02:16 PM
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Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
New Year's Eve bash 9 -- ? You know where. RSVP Bring a woman. I still want to hear what we never covered. P.S. Something's come up—call me.
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
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by Mark Johnstone
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Jan 01, 1980
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Sep 10, 2012 05:07 PM
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Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
How come I never feel like saying anything to you on a postcard, + so I have to fill it up with inane visual chatter?
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Mark Johnstone to Marshall Mayer
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by Mark Johnstone
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Feb 20, 1996
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Sep 10, 2012 05:08 PM
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filed under:
Marshall Mayer,
Mark Johnstone
Look what happens: months without, then on 2/20/96: "ladpublicart@earthlink.net". Mark
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