A very short post. A question in as many parts as you take it. Why did I gather these two pictures is a starting one.

Why: ask enough of yourself; always ask more. Two photographers offering distinct values.

What do they share?

All general knowledge, meaning that which can be used by some other, or be modified by someone to modify themself, is found in the taking X from the box and revealing it in the X from some other box.

Oops, rather page2.. I used to show, using dual projectors, comparisons of Atget and Friedlander — 4 carousels worth. Comparison, juxtapositions frequently expand awareness of why a strain of visual mind morphs.

Rem: anyone who understands Atget should realize how good Lee Friedlander is; how much more skill he has. That’s often the arc of a field.