tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post8050327931537906045..comments2023-08-20T05:06:10.517-04:00Comments on The Year in Pictures: Pictures from a TrainThe Year in Pictureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03523797971986864363noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-75889897976385310652010-09-02T15:05:04.195-04:002010-09-02T15:05:04.195-04:00RFK FUNERAL TRAIN http://tangledeye.blogspot.com/2...RFK FUNERAL TRAIN http://tangledeye.blogspot.com/2010/09/paul-fusco-rfk-funeral-train.htmltangledeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982126876712220065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-12835118050361478722008-07-14T16:38:00.000-04:002008-07-14T16:38:00.000-04:00I first came across these images a few years ago i...I first came across these images a few years ago in Brighton, UK, and I consider them one of the most moving bodies of work in photography. Thanks for putting them on the (excellent) blog. I've linked to this page from my website, hope that's ok – <BR/>http://www.dayfour.info/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-87719398340059072912008-07-10T23:24:00.000-04:002008-07-10T23:24:00.000-04:00I watched the RFK train going through Jersey. The ...I watched the RFK train going through Jersey. The tracks went right by my brother's Little League field, and they stopped the games as the train passed. Even as a rather sheltered first-grader, I could understand the trauma of those days. I though I saw Ethal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-24768382196403692542008-06-22T16:48:00.000-04:002008-06-22T16:48:00.000-04:00These made me shed new tears. Thank you for posti...These made me shed new tears. Thank you for posting them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-35606046733445631312008-06-13T04:12:00.000-04:002008-06-13T04:12:00.000-04:00It is always weird to find a picture of another ph...It is always weird to find a picture of another photographer that is taken is the same moment. We, as a viewer, know that probably there is more than one photographer following the same news, but we always assume the photographer is alone. On Vanity Fair (June 2008) in the article about RFK there is a picture shot by the train of Bill Eppridge ( http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/06/rfk_excerpt200806?currentPage=7 ) that was shot from almost the same angle and at the nearly exact moment than the first one of this post shot by P. Fusco!giodbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05515843069713980833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-79091029953709621972008-06-10T19:43:00.000-04:002008-06-10T19:43:00.000-04:00This work is what it is all about. What an amazing...This work is what it is all about. What an amazing body of work. So incredible moving, what a record.<BR/>Thank you so much for showing it and introducing it to new viewers.nina corvallohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481563073221111612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-54039887865669685372008-06-10T19:04:00.000-04:002008-06-10T19:04:00.000-04:00Wow these pics gave me a chill. Is this when we we...Wow these pics gave me a chill. Is this when we were more than a nation of consumers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-11028521272899067902008-06-09T14:23:00.000-04:002008-06-09T14:23:00.000-04:00The photos are, indeed, a moving and poignant docu...The photos are, indeed, a moving and poignant documentation of a syndrome I've never fully understood. I personally have little to no use for celebrity worship, and much of the RFK funeral train mystique seems as wrapped in that as it did with any political significance. It's somewhat safe to say that RFK had the adoration he had at the point of his assassination because he had yet to have the opportunity to either fail to enact the changes he may have desired (see Clinton and universal health care) or truly muck things up with regards to fiscal policy, the Vietnam War, etc. I'm certain that no funeral train of someone who had actually been president (I think the last was Eisenhower's of 1969) would be greeted this way today; it might actually bring as many protestors as mourners. And that's tragic, if you think about it.Alexander D. Mitchell IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063927891723178579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-69731807461636889982008-06-05T10:07:00.000-04:002008-06-05T10:07:00.000-04:00I love your blog and these photos brought me to te...I love your blog and these photos brought me to tears....how far we've come...I hope...a picture is truly worth a thousand words.*jean*https://www.blogger.com/profile/03325374997441856732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-63001769988136486382008-06-05T00:02:00.000-04:002008-06-05T00:02:00.000-04:00I am in love with these photos. I was perusing da...I am in love with these photos. I was perusing danzigerprojects.com a couple weeks ago and fell in love with the first photo you have shown. I posted about it (with a link to danzigerprojects.com and the artists name). I really wasn't aware of the upcoming exhibition ...it was just my favorite and it grabbed me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540367324651819913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-56995655334829471572008-06-04T07:03:00.000-04:002008-06-04T07:03:00.000-04:00You wrote: "...overwhelmed by their emotion... by ...You wrote: "...overwhelmed by their emotion... by the very American-ness of the pictures..." From a foreign eye I think those words described them perfectly. <BR/>The family standing in line, saluting like soldiers and the mother with her child sorrounded by green, all by herself are just amazing.<BR/>Always a pleasure to visit your blog.<BR/>www.claudiopared.blogspot.comCGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701853958156184190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-42167185302645415212008-06-03T11:42:00.000-04:002008-06-03T11:42:00.000-04:00http://www.pixcetera.com/blog/2008/06/03/danziger-...http://www.pixcetera.com/blog/2008/06/03/danziger-projects-and-paul-fusco/<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to let you know that I was so moved by the images and the show, that I wrote a blog promoting the works and the opening... Thanks againRachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07173458111125546294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-48635183386364517722008-06-03T00:50:00.000-04:002008-06-03T00:50:00.000-04:00this looks amazing, thank you.this looks amazing, thank you.Joanna Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109285188206811042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-42113222283850735962008-06-02T20:44:00.000-04:002008-06-02T20:44:00.000-04:00These are profoundly beautiful. The motion blur gi...These are profoundly beautiful. The motion blur gives them a very transient feeling. All of these people gathered there for a fleeting moment of a passing train.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-25583988043559653582008-06-02T15:29:00.000-04:002008-06-02T15:29:00.000-04:00hopefully Obama will never take such a train ...I...hopefully Obama will never take such a train ...<BR/>I wish you all the the best for the new president's election.<BR/>August, from France.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-14656862258327440182008-06-02T13:30:00.000-04:002008-06-02T13:30:00.000-04:00These images also convey the profound connection t...These images also convey the profound connection that can emerge between an individual and a larger public. At least in RFK's case, the connection went beyond personality and character and into the deeper realms of aspiration. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps some of the power in these images derives from the aspirations that were shattered by the assassination. Those standing by the tracks were mourning Bobby Kennedy, the public figure. But almost certainly these ordinary people were also mourning the hopes and aspirations symbolized by RFK and which were cut short by madness. <BR/><BR/>These images make the tragedy fresh again. Thank you for publishing them.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412033978642026623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-26903354173054365562008-06-02T12:22:00.000-04:002008-06-02T12:22:00.000-04:00I'm glad this project is finding new viewers.I won...I'm glad this project is finding new viewers.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many pictures exist in family albums that include Fusco, photographing (back) from the train.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16033622196140641141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-8164918245446349832008-06-02T11:20:00.000-04:002008-06-02T11:20:00.000-04:00Those are really amazing and moving!Those are really amazing and moving!Leenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227411139331660633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777454663138389757.post-60042946334439480882008-06-02T07:40:00.000-04:002008-06-02T07:40:00.000-04:00Oh, wow. These are amazing. The picture of the wom...Oh, wow. These are amazing. The picture of the woman standing in the field holding the child moved me immensely. Thank you for sharing these with us. If these are the few you chose out of thousands, I can well imagine there just as many more that are as moving.Janet Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396294382570650966noreply@blogger.com