Daniel Weiss

I liked this gleaning because it was interesting to see contemporary photos by someone our age and I agree with Weiss that film photography and working in the darkroom is much more gratifying than digital photography.

In many of the street photographs that appear to be of strangers, you can see some sort of interaction between the subject and the photographer. For example, the overweight man on the bench with his hand up seems to be saying “stop, don’t photograph me.” The man with the red guitar also doesn’t appear thrilled that he’s being photographed. In some of the other street photos, the subject seems to be looking suspiciously at the camera. Does Weiss ask permission to photograph the people he doesn’t know?

A few of the photos seems like still from a comedic film or TV show. In Weiss’ black and white photo of two men, it looks like the man in the hat and sunglasses is acting or telling a joke and the man on the right is either very sad, confused, or in disbelief. I have no idea what is going on in the image but the overexaggerated facial expressions and makes it seem like its two actors.