Derrick Walker 15 February, 2009

“I love the ritual”
“Something I believe in”
“Some of them have some meaning”

“I love the ritual”
“Something I believe in”
“Some of them have some meaning”
[...] interviewed Derrick and yesterday posted the audio. Derrick is an addict; he talks about his love for heroin, the love of the ritual, the need for [...]
[...] with students. The audio from the talk is available to listen to below, as well as a link to the Robert Gumpert image and audio discussed in the first part of the lecture and embedded belowis ‘Open Eye: Lebanon’s Missing’ – the documentary [...]
[...] with students. The audio from the talk is available to listen to below, as well as a link to the Robert Gumpert image and audio discussed in the first part of the lecture and embedded belowis ‘Open Eye: Lebanon’s Missing’ – the documentary [...]
I’ve always loved the interplay between words and photos. Together they can be more than the sum of their parts.
In a sense I’ve been working on “Take A Picture, Tell A Story” my whole career. During the summer of 1974, I went to Appalachia on my first photo project, spending three months documenting the coal miners’ strike in Harlan County, Kentucky. Along with a meagre amount of photo gear, I took a tape recorder and mic.
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