feb 7

Kayla Vahling

Film Response 2

1/28/11

Debbie Fleming Caffery

            I enjoyed the film on Debbie Fleming Caffery.  I really liked her work, and I found the images she created to be very interesting and moving.  As the film narrated her experiences and explained her journey around the southern part of North America I found each new set of images even more interesting than the last.  Some of my favorite images were of the prostitutes in the town in Mexico.   They were very intimate and honest, and I was very impressed that she was able to get close enough to the women to photograph them in such situations.

            Another part of the film that I found interesting was at the beginning when one of the critics compared Debbie’s work to that of the photographers of the depression era, like Dorothea Lange.   At first I thought they were very similar, but then the narrator explained how Lange’s photos became icons of the time period,, while Caffery’s images were of individuals trying to survive in hard times, regardless of the time period.  It was interesting to see the similarities between the photos, but to also recognize the timelessness of photos of poverty and disaster stricken areas.  Overall I really enjoyed both the documentary and Debbie’s work, I found them to be very thought provoking and moving.