On 15 Feb 2009 20:05:18 GMT, Cosmos <Whosat@osama.com> wrote:
>Guess you missed this when I posted it Jan 30th
>
>Hi Doc/ VV yes you are correct the same Photographer produced the Yan and
>Gregory pictures, he also made some other
>sets,alan/Greg/gym/louis/Martin/Mattew (Jacobs Tale)/Painted
>kids/picturetrail/Yann/ all were caried on Johnies site,.
> The wonderful Yann series was shot on a older Large format Yashica, which
>presented problems with converting to digital, and if I recall correctly
>were scanned from the Monochrome prints.
>
>He was in his 70's when they were sent to Johnie and like many of the
>superb boy photographers he was Swiss, I have had email contact with him in
>the past, but not heard from him the last 4 years.
>
>Cosmos
Hey Cosmos!
The fascinating thing about Friconas' photography is that it is clear
that the children were loved and happy and there is NO implication of
sexual activity whatsoever. These kids were clearly just being
themselves in a place or places where they could run around as nature
intended them to be.
My favorite pictures in the series are of Yann doing his homework. You
can tell that he's hitting the books in all seriousness.
Thanks for sharing this information. I haven't written to Johnnie in
years. If you have the occasion, please send my fond regards to him.
Love,
Doc
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