"Imperfectly vertical," a description offered of run down New Orleans houses in Confederacy of Dunces, attempts to keep some kind of record of the things I read, see, and hear.
Monday, October 10, 2011
The Pale Copy
In the spirit of Studs Terkel and the WPA photographers, Jack Chapman traveled the country in 2010 taking portraits of people, including me, Nikki, and Rosie, and interviewing them with the same questions about their backgrounds, lives, and hopes. The first volume is online.
Wow. The chair killed me. And the bible. And you guys look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I like the audio files. The standard questions he asked take on different meanings in the many interviews. Pretty powerful, I think.
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