Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Miller (photographer)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:02, 23 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Miller (photographer)[edit]

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seems like advertised page about the person, no sign of notability. unable to satisfy WP:PEOPLE Mr RD 16:38, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of South Africa-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:21, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. "No sign of notability"? None whatever? Hmm, he's one of just eight photographers whose work was part of Then and Now (Duke University show, published book), the others being David Goldblatt, George Hallett, Cedric Nunn, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams, and Gisèle Wulfsohn. That's pretty good company, for a start. He's in Panos; can many of your camera-toting friends say the same? Yes, the fate of the poor man's photos of "supergrannies" depended on the whims of Kickstarter customers; but then recourse to crowdfunding is common these days (as the traditional institutional buyers are less interested in real issues than in celebs and their non-issues). -- Hoary (talk) 04:54, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
keep per hoary Pass a Method talk 17:50, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article demonstrates, and its sources back up, the fact he took part in 2 exhibitions, both of which toured various noteworthy venues (1 of which he took part in equal measure as other photographers whose notability is beyond doubt, and that University of South Africa consider "A highly acclaimed photographic exhibition"); he has contributed extensively to various printed books; Duke University considers his "a highly personal form of expression". -Lopifalko (talk)
Additional comment. Miller's photos appear on pp 102, 103, 105 of the notable book Omar Badsha et al, eds, Beyond the barricades: Popular resistance in South Africa (n.p.: Aperture, 1989; 0-89381-375-3). That on p. 103 reappears (titled "Siege of COSATU House, headquarters of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 1987") on pp 438-439 of a catalogue of an itinerant exhibition, Okwui Enwezor and Rory Bester, eds, "Rise and fall of apartheid: Photography and the bureaucracy of everyday life" (New York: International Center of Photography, 2013; ISBN 978-3-7913-5280-0). (The latter book may for all I know have additional photos by Miller: though excellent in other respects, it lacks an index.) -- Hoary (talk) 10:37, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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