well i just got my rejection email today. that sucks. i mean, they could've just not said anything, so hearing back at least provides the fact that the wait is over. guess i need to find something else to fixate on (like what moving to mexico was). also suppose i have to write another cover letter again eventually. i hate that

areli had retweeted a set of pictures from some local street photographer where they were all supposedly examples of 'seafoam green' in houston's east end. i liked it at the time to mark it, since there were some peculariatries with the pcitures that i wanted to look into later. one of them was of a church that is down the block from my job. i couldn't think of a time where it looked to be that hue of green. so i passed by it on my way to and from work and saw that, as i was expecting, there wasn't any seafoam green there. the colors were faded, but it was defineitly more grey than green. when looking at the rest of the picture, it became clear that there was some sort of manipulation going on. the white paint of cars also showed a green-ish tint. it could be one of two things. either he shot film and this is just part of the film's color reproduction, or he manipualted the hue either on camera or in post. i'm not syaing that the color wasnrt there in any of the four pics, but it definitely isn't organic in the church one

which cause me to question whether this fact can label the set disinegnuous. i'm on the side that it does, and areli seemed to agree. by disingenouous i mean this: street photography has an element of documentation to it. it should capture a specific moement as it happened. to introduce manipulated elements to the image in order for it to fit a theme would break that, in my opinion. i would argue the same against pictures that oversaturate and overcontrast, so changing hues is definietly included. and while i don't gain anything criticizing these images, especially since i won't do so publicly as a reply, the guy being a leica shooter (i think he's the guy i saw weeks ago at a protest) means i have every right to criticize him.