PDF-(READ)-Doing Documentary Work (New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities)

Sitting in his study William Carlos Williams once revealed to Robert Coles what he considered to be his greatest problem in writing a documentary about his patients in New Jersey When Im there sitting with those folks listening and talking he said to Coles Im part of that life andIm near it in my head too Back here sitting near this typewriterits different Im a writer Im a doctor living in Rutherford who is describing a world elsewhere Williams captured the great difficulty in documentary writingthe gulf that separates the reality of the subject from thepoint of view of the observer Now in this thoughtprovoking volume the renowned child psychiatrist Robert Coles author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning Children in Crisis series offers a penetrating look into the nature of documentary work Utilizing the documentaries of writers photographers and others Coles shows howtheir prose and pictures are influenced by the observers frame of reference their social and educational background personal morals and political beliefs He discusses literary documentaries James Agees searching portrait of Depressionera tenant farmers Let Us Now Praise Famous Men andGeorge Orwells passionate description of Englands coalminers The Road to Wigan Pier Like many documentarians Coles argues Agee and Orwell did not try to be objective but instead showered unadulterated praise on the noble poor and vituperative contempt on the more privileged classesincluding themselves for exploiting these workers Documentary photographs could be equally revealing about the observer Coles analyzes how famous photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorthea Lange edited and cropped their pictures to produce a desired effect Even the shield of the cameracould not hide the presence of the photographer Coles also illuminates his points through his personal portraits of William Carlos Williams Robert Moses one of the leaders of the Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee during the 1960s Erik H Erikson biographer of Mahatma Gandhi and MartinLuther and others Documentary work Coles concludes is more a narrative constructed by the observer than a true slice of reality With the growth in popularity of films such as Ken Burnss The Civil War and the controversial basketball documentary Hoop Dreams the question of what is real in documentary work is more pressing than ever Through revealing discussions with documentarians and insightful analysis of their work complemented by dramatic blackandwhite photographs from Lange and Evans Doing Documentary Work will provoke the reader into reconsidering how fine the line is between truth and fiction It is an invaluable resource for students of the documentary and anyone interested in this important genre. honor . international excellence in library Interior Design. 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