Carl: A very nice summary of my own reaction to the Sally Mann show and our subsequent discussions her eon the forum last year. Thanks also for the tip re the 'new' guy. I'm already looking forward to checking out his oeuvre (ahem!).
Andrea: Ditto. Shame we couldn't meet up when you wuz down here.
J_Warden: I loved your comment about the truck. Too true!!
On the 'kids as models' front (something I know you're used to) I find it a stretch taking pics of my kids with my 4x5 field camera (actually it's a challenge taking them with my camera phone sometimes); doing something like this falls under the 'ninja photography' category, but I'd like to see him do it with more than one child. In my experience, two kids are exponentially more difficult to corral than one...and I'm sure some here will say that two are easier to deal with than three....and so on. Anyway, it was still very funny watching the all-too-familiar interplay between photographer and child. And on that tack, there's no question in my mind that Amelie deserves as much credit for the final image as her Dad.
