todd hido/allen berliner

I was more impressed with Todd Hido's neighborhood/house scapes than I was his portraits. I've never seen images of houses and neighborhoods where I've questioned it's builder or it's inhabitant. His natural landscapes and his portraits are by no means bad images but they don't seem to set themselves apart from what has been seen already. They look to be more common and less thought out than his house/apartment/and neighborhood projects.

Speaking with fellow classmates about Berliner, many of us came to the same conclusion. His film is more interesting than his person. The film was very interesting. It's hard to imagine an audience giving a rats ass about his father but the way in which he is so persistent with his father- and who his father is in general, what his personality is causes so much tension and interest. I wonder if this film would work on the same level if his father was a different character. It probably wouldnt. I understand the time constraints Berliner had during his lecture- but I would be more interested in seeing some of his newer work.