Comments on: A Beautiful Life

By: Harold & Zooey

Harold & Zooey — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:20:33 +0000

I want to leave this family.

By: Quentin

Quentin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:18:22 +0000

just a good reminder how every thing comes back. Another reason Polo has been so succesful is trying to capture these moments

By: israel

israel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:37:14 +0000

que buen documento de la america de 50,60 años fielmente, registrada en la pelicula stand by me

By: Seth Miller

Seth Miller — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:03:24 +0000

Wow!! Truly amazing pictures. I never comment on these type of sites but I just had to say thank you for sharing these. Absolutely fantastic.

By: Eric Channing Brewer

Eric Channing Brewer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:56:12 +0000

Interesting idea deisgnerman. I think that however in some areas, there might currently be less image and information explosion due to surburban planning. See this eggleston photo. It seems to be from the lates 60's or early 70's

By: deisgnerman

deisgnerman — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:01:08 +0000

one of the many compelling things about pictures from this period and before is the spareness of the environment . there were far fewer people back then-less cars, advertising, logos, disposable plastic bottles etc.

it’s really noticeable in photo 3-signs are smaller, and every inch isn’t filled with information…compare that photo with a picture of a gas station with restaurants in the background now and it would probably be pretty startling.

By: e

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:49:42 +0000

Great photos, but I wanted to echo John Oen Eiden and Eric Channing Brewer. I’m also a good ol’ American black guy, from a family of farmers in rural Virginia. The stories I hear about the past are somewhat romantic, but mostly depressing due to the way anyone “nonwhite” was treated in those days. It’s really easy to get caught up in “Americana” without thinking about the unpretty parts. People of all stripes ere extremely active (because they had to be), entertained themselves (because there wasn’t anything else), and usually died young and fairly uneducated. I yearn for the simplicity but…I’m just fine living in today’s world being able to appreciate what came before.

By: Eric Channing Brewer

Eric Channing Brewer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:26:44 +0000

I really enjoyed looking at these images. Anyone who likes these pictures and is in the Metropolitan Washington D.C. area should check out the National Geographic’s exhibit: "Kodachome Culture: The American Tourist in Europe." and the William Eggleston exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art for a moody contrast not in Kodachrome but in the equally appealing color dye transfer printing method. I'm an African American Male and I have issues with any purely romanticist view of any past or present era. Finding beauty in these photos does not necessarily preclude one from the ability to objectively consider the complexity of social issues and economic dynamics of the era. I’m not trying to go back to that era but I love to handpick aspects and things from past eras and make it a part of my life. I’m a city guy and these photos make me want to leave my blackberry at home and drive west to go camping while looking cool doing it. Thanks for sharing Michael.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:47:40 +0000

Long live film! Is that the son of jhonny of the black rebels in that last photo?

By: dave from london

dave from london — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:43:24 +0000

Winston Churchill once said…….”people prefer the past than the present and they prefer the present to the future ” (or something very like that !)

where does ACL and the rest of you guys stand on that one ?