Topic: interview and selections from my series on World Photography website

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http://worldphoto.org/news-and-events/wpo-news/collection-photographer-interview-peter-brian-schafer/

[Francois]

Another one?
You're really on a roll there!

[Indofunk]

Excellent! Congrats

[Adam Doe]

Nice! Congratulations.

[Terry]

Peter, there's a kind of sadness (wistfulness?) that seems to me to pervade these photos.  I like the way you've avoided the mainstream take(s) on the subject and personalized it this way.  You've achieved an unusual level of complexity just with the use of your eye.  Very difficult but way more effective than a lot of sanctimonious verbiage.  Congratulations again.

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Peter, there's a kind of sadness (wistfulness?) that seems to me to pervade these photos.  I like the way you've avoided the mainstream take(s) on the subject and personalized it this way.  You've achieved an unusual level of complexity just with the use of your eye.  Very difficult but way more effective than a lot of sanctimonious verbiage.  Congratulations again.

Thank you.  Yes, there is that.  I certainly don't mean to paint this rosy picture, which would be as inaccurate as the typical caricatures.  The last pic -- she is in St. Maarten, so homesick, missing her daughter so much.

[irv_b]

What a fantastic read - congratulations!

[Terry]

I especially like the one of the woman holding the little girl at the beach.  Narrative!!!

[Phil Bebbington]

Peter, congratulations.

Great intyerview and really useful for me as background information to the series, which, for the record, I love.

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Thanks everyone.  I know this series can be disconcerting and I very much appreciate your understanding and kind words.

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Kinda OT, but for me this resonated in regard to this project.  I'm no theologian and not even very literate in Christianity but FWIW this is the best explanation for the Jesus / God thing I've come across.  The point of the quote is how to change irrational prejudice, and I'm seeing it hopefully as something my photos can contribute toward for "whores," so I like it for a lot of reasons, but yeah, that whole Jesus / God thing...

http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/02/23/quote-for-the-day-325/

[LT]

cool - nice one

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Their online magazine is out and it has a pic and link back to my stuff

http://www.joomag.com/magazine/the-magazine-issue-x-the-forgotten-photographer/0253720001392645492

The magazine looks quite interesting and I don't think I'm just saying that. And in a cool bit of irony (or maybe not), they seem pretty keen on highlighting photography books and traditional publishing.