Capturing Communities in Words and Images:

8 thoughts on “I Don’t Know, But I’ve Been Told.”

  2. I find your essay really gives the poolees character. It matches well with your pictures because I can see the action you’re describing. It’s amazing how close you were able to get to this community when most of us really only know the information spoonfed to us. Great job.

  3. The marines seem to be one of the most exclusive communities. I actually went to school next to that Fort and I remember always wondering about what went on behind the gates?
    It is great that you were able to gain access and get so close to them. Your images and stories not only opened them to us but made them more human in a way, more approachable.
    You seemed to have found the actual person behind the serious straight figure we are so used to seeing on official pictures!

    Your project was very interesting!

  4. You managed to get inside the military! Congrats! Very strong photos and a solid essay, too. More information on why these young men sign up for the marines –beyond money and education–would be interesting. What does being a marine represent to them? to the world?

  5. Very,very nice collection of photos, essay, and classroom presentation. Your essay captures me the most when it gets inside the mind of the Corporal and the recruits.

  6. the emotional contact you captured in your photographs go hand in hand with your essay. The photos seem to describe the initial stages of the “the proud, the few, the marines,” and show the subtleties of recruiting.

    Great job, are you going to follow along on the recruits? a

  7. You did an excellent job penetrating this restricted community. The photos of the poolees in training and the portrait of Corporal Chow are very strong. There were a few photos of the recruits as plain young men before their military transformation begins. I would like to have seen more of these. What kind of young men are they? What kinds of homes and communities do they come from? With the Iraq war so prevalent in people’s minds and the strong negative reactions to it, how do these young men deal with that?

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