Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]btw - the book is here: http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/books/titles/s03/s03shfa.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of George > Lottermoser > Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 12:52 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Must see sights in Chicago. > > > > Museum > > of Contemporary Photography features exhibits and programs that > > highlight the > > many facets of photography and image making. Located on the 1st > floor of > > the > > Columbia College Chicago building at 600 S. Michigan Ave., > > And the exhibits while you're in Chi'town: > > Paul Shambroom: Evidence of Democracy > October 3 through December 5, 2003 > Paul Shambroom photographs local government and town hall > meetings throughout > the United States. Using mapping software and a database of over > 13,000 meeting > dates, he enters specifications such as "Indiana, 2nd Wednesday, > population > 2000" into his laptop computer, and charts his photographic > journey according to > the results. After obtaining permission to photograph, Shambroom > takes pictures > that encapsulate relationships among community leaders, > activists, and regular > townspeople. > The second half of the exhibition will consist of photographs > Shambroom took > between 1992 and 2001 that present the first comprehensive look > inside the US > nuclear arsenal. Shambroom was granted unprecedented access by > the government > and made over 30 visits to restricted military sites in 19 > states. These images > of warheads, bombers, submarines, missiles, and command centers > are at once > visually arresting and chillingly straightforward as they depict military > technology that has profoundly and permanently changed our world. > Together, > Shambroom's two series investigate uniquely American expressions > of power as > they illuminate these seemingly abstract elements of our > government structure. > > Midwest Photographers Project: Alec Soth, "Sleeping by the Mississippi" > October 3 through December 5, 2003 > > Fond regards, > > G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist > > <>Peace<> <>Harmony<> <>Stewardship<> > > Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways > since 1975 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > web <www.imagist.com> > eMail george@imagist.com > voice 262 241 9375 > fax 262 241 9398 > Lotter Moser & Associates > 10050 N Port Washington Rd - Mequon, WI 53092 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- > 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