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...Emmet Davis New York City...
...EMMET GOWIN in his family portraits does not look to characterize a specific family, but rather to characterize the sprawl and variety of family life. Figures at both ends of the frame are cut off and those within are arranged haphazardly. Each is involved in his own world, not the photographer's. A baby near the foreground is blurred by motion; most of the others seem lost in contemplation and stare blankly in different directions. Yet there is a unity: the paradoxical combination of wide diversity of attention and easy physical proximity, make the photograph an unmistakeable account...
...confused reflection of a confused world was and is effective, but as the world changes, so must its art. In their very essence snapshots are temporary, only flashes of civilization, which feels constantly undermined by the rapidity of change. Still, certain commitments never change. Photographers will always share Emmet Gowin's commitment to visual truth: "For me, problem is always to find the shape of the gesture, the feeling of space, a light, which holds again a sense of touching reality...
...other recipients of his generosity and placed the total funds given to 18 present or former public officials and staff members since 1957 at $1,778,878. Rockefeller paid about $840,000 in taxes on those gifts. Another $326,290 was bestowed on nongovernmental associates, including $155,000 to Emmet John Hughes, an author, journalist and former adviser to President Eisenhower...
...Patterson, editor and president of the St. Petersburg Times. "We're not a bunch of little Nells who were innocently seduced by the President. It's just the first time that Ford had a dustup with the press. There's bound to be more." Adds Emmet Dedmon, editorial director of the Field newspapers: "A honeymoon can last only until a President's first major decision...