Influence and Similarity in Photography

On James Danziger’s blog “The Year in Pictures” comes this discussion of photographic inspiration, emulation or outright copying…You decide. The discussion centers around Paul Fusco’s Robert F. Kennedy funeral train photos.
The comments following the blog entry are especially interesting.

Wait List

The New York Public Library owns 17 copies of David Foster Wallace’s novel Infinite Jest. As of today, every copy is either checked out, on hold or lost.
And I’m number 92 of 92 on the waiting list.