Audio Slideshowwww -Omar J Longoria

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html#/michel_kramermetraux

This is a great audio slideshow which is just one of many in a great series on New Yorkers of all kinds and occupations, a way to take a look into the lives of 'average' people in what is generally viewed as a not-so-average town. This slideshow in particular might be a bit monotonous in the fact that it is mostly just the sound of the voice of the subject in question, Michel Kramer-Metraux, a wedding wardrober, speaking on his own history and on the methods and various seemingly random details of his life and occupation, it is interesting in that it follows the storyline of Michel himself, just sort of rambling on about who he is and what he does and whatever he personally feels is conducive to an understanding of the subject, himself, and his relation to it. The images themselves, while at time a bit staid, have a good variety, showing the subject at work, with other people he is involved with, and using different angles, lighting, mise-en-scene, and distance, with detail shots and such thrown in for variety and, well, more detail. Overall I think this is quite the cute little audio slideshow and a great series of audio slideshows, so the Grey Lady scores again.

-Omar J. Longoria

P.s. I don't feel like clicking on the link up there but if it doesn't go straight to it (Flash and all), just Google 'One in 8 Million' NY Times, and the one I used should be the very last one in the little, list thing, with the subject's name and occupation in the title and all.