Interesting post on PetaPixel regarding the photographer of one of my all time favorite photography books (Found In Brooklyn) and his particular brand of teaching, which I was not particularly aware of (until now). It's gotten quite a rise, and bent more than a few outta shape on that site. Seems that Thomas Roma is pretty much your quintessential New Yorker, and then some...
He is what I consider the truly evolved New Yorker- brash, assertive, argumentative, opinionated- without being: prejudiced, hateful and shortsighted. He can empathize with and relate to the entire spectrum of shades and social strata to be found within that universal megalopolis- and still call out a dick head when he sees one.
While many of the selected excerpts on the blog in question are pure gold, some can make Mr. Roma come off a bit cartoonish, I'm betting this is but one aspect of his teaching style, an appeal to wake his minions from the deception and repetition that surround us all. And then, of course, there is his work- and there is nothing cartoonish to be found there...
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