Comments on: Duane Michals’ “This Photograph is My Proof” http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/ Photographs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:42:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jane http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1877 Jane Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:03:46 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1877 good. good.

]]> By: Photostudio Köpenick http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1876 Photostudio Köpenick Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:07:46 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1876 Hey, habe deine Seite gerade bei Google entdeckt. Hast echt ein klasse Blog, werde sicherlich noch das ein oder andere mal hier vorbeischauen! Deine Posts sind auch echt klasse! Lieben Gruss Hey, habe deine Seite gerade bei Google entdeckt. Hast echt ein klasse Blog, werde sicherlich noch das ein oder andere mal hier vorbeischauen! Deine Posts sind auch echt klasse! Lieben Gruss

]]> By: Alex Remington http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1875 Alex Remington Wed, 13 May 2009 00:21:14 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1875 I was looking for images of Michals' photo: The Unfotunate Man and found this. This. This heartbreaking piece. Let it be known I am not a fan of photography but seeing this picture, hit the crack in my heart a little bit more. This is MY Proof that she loved me, at one point she did I know it! It's just the story here, the now one sided love hits home. Even in through his pen, I can find the urgency to believe this. The will to go back to the past, the way things were. Have I said this before? This picture is, heartbreaking. I was looking for images of Michals’ photo: The Unfotunate Man and found this.

This. This heartbreaking piece.

Let it be known I am not a fan of photography but seeing this picture, hit the crack in my heart a little bit more. This is MY Proof that she loved me, at one point she did I know it! It’s just the story here, the now one sided love hits home.
Even in through his pen, I can find the urgency to believe this. The will to go back to the past, the way things were.

Have I said this before? This picture is, heartbreaking.

]]> By: Elaine Xiong http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1874 Elaine Xiong Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:22:37 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1874 One of my favorites from Duane. One of my favorites from Duane.

]]> By: Catriona Buckett Photography : Proof http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1873 Catriona Buckett Photography : Proof Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:20:59 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1873 [...] Michels This Photograph Is My Proof …. extremely powerful image with text. Arresting and what makes photography so magical. [...] [...] Michels This Photograph Is My Proof …. extremely powerful image with text. Arresting and what makes photography so magical. [...]

]]> By: pamela http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1872 pamela Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:45:19 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1872 where can I purchase a copy of the duane michals print of 'this is my proof'? where can I purchase a copy of the duane michals print of ‘this is my proof’?

]]> By: Heather Wright Boesch http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1871 Heather Wright Boesch Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:15:33 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1871 In 1966, Duane MIchals said, "Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be". I believe "This Photograph is My Proof" is the visual manifestation of these words. What we see-a happy couple, and what we understand-they are no longer together, is painful for the viewer...even as Michal's insists, "It did happen, she did love me!" We know that the disconnect is real, despite the desperate words at the end. In this way, Michals cleverly plays with viewers' ideas of what is real and reminds us that it is always slipping from our grasp. In 1966, Duane MIchals said, “Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be”. I believe “This Photograph is My Proof” is the visual manifestation of these words. What we see-a happy couple, and what we understand-they are no longer together, is painful for the viewer…even as Michal’s insists, “It did happen, she did love me!”

We know that the disconnect is real, despite the desperate words at the end.

In this way, Michals cleverly plays with viewers’ ideas of what is real and reminds us that it is always slipping from our grasp.

]]> By: ingrid http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1870 ingrid Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:01:45 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1870 Duane Michals is one of my favorite photographers. Everyone of his photographs tugs at my heart strings. Especially this one. It so simple and harmonic. I was jealous that my friend got to meet him. Duane Michals is one of my favorite photographers. Everyone of his photographs tugs at my heart strings. Especially this one. It so simple and harmonic.

I was jealous that my friend got to meet him.

]]> By: Computers Place » More text + photo inspiration: Duane Michals http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1869 Computers Place » More text + photo inspiration: Duane Michals Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:53:53 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1869 [...] “Proof” as seen at Shane Lavalette.com [...] [...] “Proof” as seen at Shane Lavalette.com [...]

]]> By: Georgia Washington http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1868 Georgia Washington Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:18:45 +0000 http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/12/14/duane-michals-this-photograph-is-my-proof/#comment-1868 This photograph is awesome, it's so real, like one can reach out and touch it. It is life, a revealing moment etched in time, forever. I think Duane Michals is my kindred spirit. 20 yrs ago, I saw a poem, I clipped it from a newspaper or magazine. "All things mellow in the mind." It had no author that I knew of, I just loved it. Over the years, I lost it, but kept trying to find it. I joined a literature forum and one person out of 83 hits knew who wrote it, Duane Michals. 5 years ago, I found "Definition of a Photograph," by Duane Michals. I wrote these words in my address book and have carried them with me for 5 years. I just found out two weeks ago that Duane Michals is the author of both pieces. I never knew he was one in the same, until two weeks ago. To borrow from one of his lines. How can this mystery be explained. This photograph is awesome, it’s so real, like one can reach out and touch it. It is life, a revealing moment etched in time, forever. I think Duane Michals is my kindred spirit. 20 yrs ago, I saw a poem, I clipped it from a newspaper or magazine. “All things mellow in the mind.” It had no author that I knew of, I just loved it. Over the years, I lost it, but kept trying to find it. I joined a literature forum and one person out of 83 hits knew who wrote it, Duane Michals. 5 years ago, I found “Definition of a Photograph,” by Duane Michals. I wrote these words in my address book and have carried them with me for 5 years. I just found out two weeks ago that Duane Michals is the author of both pieces. I never knew he was one in the same, until two weeks ago. To borrow from one of his lines. How can this mystery be explained.

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