Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...subject. Photographic technique makes it possible for me to make this statement not weakly or haphazardly, but with utmost force and clarity. I feel that my photograph, from the inception to the finished print, has to be conceived and controlled by me. I want my finished statement to be sharp and precise, with a three-diminsional look and full and rich range of tones from pure white to deep black. The subject must not pose but reveal himself and it must be of such psychological truth and depth that it becomes more than a document and produces the same emotion...
HALSMAN: My training as a student of engineering was responsible for my emphasis on precise, sharp and clear photographs. My interest in psychology has made me conscious of the fact that photographic technique produced psychological overtones which could either reinforce or weaken and destroy the content which the photographer wanted to convey...
Several years ago, I started down a long, easy trail at Sugarbush known as the Jester. It is full of sharp turns and wide, easy slopes. It was snowing, so visibility was extremely limited. A trio of skiers whizzed by me, only to disappear from view at the next turn. When I got there I found the three of them hung up in a clump of trees beyond a turn, which they said they thought was a jump. Miraculously, none was hurt, save for a few bruised ribs...
...same time, Carter also announced that a close personal friend, Thomas Bertram Lance, 45, a bulky (6 ft. 4 in., 235 Ibs.), blunt-speaking banker and college dropout from the mountains of north Georgia, would direct his Office of Management and Budget (TIME, Dec. 6). For all their sharp differences in background and style, Vance and Lance (reporters who had impatiently awaited the announcement cracked that the pair sounded like a vaudeville team) seemed to fit the emerging Administration's needs. They symbolized experience, directness, a concern for efficiency, but-so far at least-nothing to undermine confidence...
...back on Britain's social services will meet raucous opposition from left-wing Laborites in Parliament. But the leftists are not likely to gain enough support among opposing Liberals and Tories to have the spending cuts rejected. Britain does not have much choice. The pound has been in sharp decline through most of the year, dropping from $2.03 in January to $1.66 last week. Moreover, foreign debts are falling due. For example, about $1.6 billion must be paid this month on an earlier loan from the Group of Ten (industrial nations). Britain's creditors, including Arab sheiks...