Audio Post: Master photographer Dennis Stock, 2007. [MP3, 5:10]
(sorry for the terrible audio quality; recorded on a first gen, pre-app-store iPhone)
NPR is reporting that Dennis Stock has died. One of the most memorable evenings of my graduate school career was of a guest lecture he gave in 2007 at UT, and of dinner with the man himself and a small group of students and professors afterward.
It stands out even more because of this one exchange that took place during the Q&A. An undergrad in the lecture had asked him what he thought about what I can only describe as a judgmental style of photography, a style of photography that “shows who someone really is,” even if that’s not attractive. This five-minute exchange ensued.
