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since we’re talking about profiles, and if they should be considered failures if the subject likes them.... this was my first, and Gottlieb did not care for it. https://www.theawl.com/2013/07/the-letter/
I think this was the next one. Ben did like it, and in fact we became friends. But I wonder if that’s the difference between a subject cooperating and a writearound. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/ben-harper-reluctant-protest-singer/475173/
Anyway, it’s a worthwhile discussion. I don’t think the lines are so clear. https://twitter.com/e_alexjung/status/1301273668811620363
This was an obit that was spiritually a profile. It’s quite critical, I think, but im told the subject would’ve liked it. https://www.insidehook.com/article/art/peter-beard-photographer-the-king-of-old-montauk
I think all we can really do is tell the truth as we understand it, and that’s about it.
