Subway and blur, Tokyo, 1961 - William Klein
William Klein has said that blur is part of photography’s own language. This picture wouldn’t have made the edit for a lot of street photographers working in 1961, or today, but he recognises that this is photography doing what only photography can do. It’s part of the ‘medium specificity’ of the camera to signify movement in this way. In another of his most famous photographs from 1955, it turns a dancing child into ‘the kid with the beard’ (as he recalls).
Jenny Pollard - Notes for A History of Bad Photography: part 2
Source: jennypollard.wordpress.com
