Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm really looking forward to the Frank exhibit, that exhibit along with the others (mentioned below) makes for a busy photo-exhibit month. Harland Eliot Porter exhibit at the Natural History Kertesz exhibit at the National Gallery of Art (opens May 30th) Margaret Bourke-White at the Phillips (closes May 11) Eyes of History 2003 - WHNPA (opens May 30th) On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 01:13 PM, Peterson Arthur G NSSC wrote: > > Thanks much, Steve. That's great to know. > > Art Peterson > Alexandria, Virginia > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve LeHuray [mailto:steve@streetphoto.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:51 PM > To: SP; Leica > Subject: [Leica] Frank at The Corcoran > > I am back from a Press preview this morning of the new > Robert Frank Exhibit > "London/Wales." This is a side of Robert Frank that nobody > has seen before. > > From the Wall Text Intro Panel: > > "War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms > superiority, Paris, and > Flowers...but London was black, white and gray, the > elegance, the style, all > present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man > from Wales talking > about the Miners and I had to read 'How Green Was My > Valley.' This became my > only try to make a 'Story'." > > - Robert Frank > > These pictures taken between 1951 - 1953 show contrasting > opposing themes > such as money/work, rich/poor and city/country in London and > Wales. Most of > these pictures are unpublished and about 20 of the pictures > had never been > printed before. These pictures came to light while Frank and > Curator Peter > Brockman worked in Washington, DC (Frank's negatives are > housed in DC) to > organize the exhibit. > > I found these "London/Wales" pictures much more compelling > and with rich > content than 'The Americans.' What really comes through in > these pictures is > the bleakness of London and Wales during that period. I > found the London > portion to be much more interesting than the Wales set. > > These also convinced me of the value of Street Photography > for historical > reasons. > > The Exhibit will be at the Corcoran from May 10 to July 14 > and well worth a > visit. > > sl > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html