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Nicole Tung — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:02:06 -0000

Hey Matt, thanks so much for the feedback. I really appreciate it, and you're right, it needs a much more bold, visual approach, which I'm still trying to find a voice through right now. As a start to it, I have since changed my edit to include making some of the photos clearer, one or two of these in this edit are actually photographs of photographs that the veterans brought back, and I've tried to make that clearer (the other edit's on my own site)-- it's a contrast between the now, their land, and the memories/nightmares they live with-- though translating a psychological issue into something meaningful and visual was the difficult part. I am also putting together a multimedia piece with the veterans' audio added in, I hope to get to show you that at some point, and I also hope to expand this particular story to focus on natives in general, on other reservations. Thanks again for your support, I could definitely use your eyes and thoughts on edits to come!!

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matteich — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:54:46 -0000

Judges Comments:
Nicole – Some of my favorite images from this entire competition were in your essay, which is also a unique and fascinating topic. The flip side is that your subject is a hard thing to show and will require a bold visual approach to drive it home. I’d love to see you continue on this path, telling the story through landscapes, daily life images and then intimate, stylistically consistent portraits of Native Americans who suffer from PTSD. Some compelling written or audio interviews would give this even more impact. Your aesthetic sensibilities are strong and I feel this story, more than any of the others really, has the potential to be a uniquely moving essay. I’d urge you to keep working on it and please let me know if I can be of some help by offering thoughts or eyes on edits. Great work.

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Nicole Tung — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:27:19 -0000

looks like a pretty wicked book, congratulations!

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Nicole Tung — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:35:01 -0000

I got access through one of the veterans whom I was in contact with previously-- as it so happens, his is a military family, and other veterans living on the reservation were quite accessible to meet with. The VA office helped with some contacts as well, but a lot just had to do with driving out and finding people-- wish I could have spent much more time with them.

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panosskoulidas — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:49:32 -0000

panos skoulidas
March 17, 2009 at 11:20 pm
please… ALL…
BUY THIS BOOK BELOW…( GOTTA pay bills :)))))))
please support the californian struggling artist…

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thank u!

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panosskoulidas — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:39:32 -0000

Nicole,
how did you get such terrific access?

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Nicole Tung — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:47:12 -0000

On another note, I was also just completely enraptured by Native culture, that is so unlike anything I live with here in New York. It's so beautiful, delicate and filled with a great deal of meaning.

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Nicole Tung — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:44:28 -0000

Sorry to hear about your friend, I hope it all turns out alright.

What made me connect to the subject was perhaps the unfamiliarity of it all, I had no connection or relation to it when I initiated the project, and then finding myself immersed in it was a steep learning curve, but it became a part of me in a lot of ways. Trying to convey the psychological issues that they go through (the post-traumatic stress) was a hard thing to convey in photographs, but I realized how much the land they live on had to do with it, the isolation, and often the tension that seemed in contrast. Hope this kind of explains a little bit more....

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panosskoulidas — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:17:24 -0000

Just got back... long day shooting... hello all...
Actually i just came home from the EMERGENCY ROOM.. a DEAR FRIEND suffering tonight,
that explains my absence...

Anyway, i need to get some rest...
What made you "connect" to your subject?

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Nicole Tung — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:06:17 -0000

Hi Panos,
Thank you so much for your very kind words... I really appreciate it, and I'm very happy to hear that you got a 'feeling' immediately, because that's what it's all about, and I can only hope the photos and subject conveys that. I have to say, I found it both difficult but wholeheartedly consuming shooting this important topic, and connected with it. Fire away with any questions, I'm curious to know what you'd like to ask! Again, thank you.

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panosskoulidas — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:09:11 -0000

NICOLE,
honestly you took this competition to another level...
the "opener" photo is Amazing... Josef Koudelka...
Edit is tight... i got a "feeling" immediately...
I can dare to say that a great "book" is on the start...
Overall , this is the number one essay by far....
i will come back with questions but i am astonished...
Huge Bravo... you excelled ....