Bónus
“Photographers must also withstand, with the help of their families and friends, the psychic battering that comes from what they see. ... When Robert Frank put down his camera after photographing The Americans he could not so readily escape the sadness of the world he recorded as could we when we closed the book. ... I have to admit that there is another reason that I like photographers—they don’t tempt me to envy. The profession is short on dignity: Nearly everyone has fallen down, been the target of condescension (the stereotypical image of a photographer being that of a mildly contemptible, self-indugent dilletante), been harassed by security guards, and dropped expensive equipment. Almost all photographers have incurred large expenses in the pursuit of tiny audiences, finding that the wonder they’d hoped to share is something few want to receive.”

— Robert Adams



Esta folha publica textos sobre amigos e conhecidos, inéditos, dispersos e inacessíveis. Amigos e dispersos, em sentido amplo. Bónus é uma microrevista independente, sem fins lucrativos. Um arquivo de gestos e não um projecto de crítica. 


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