Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Was just there as well! Robert Frank's "borders" was interesting. Looked like he flashed the paper to make the edges of the paper his matte and used a black marker to make bordered around the image. Also the National Portrait Gallery has an exhibit on Matthew Brady's Civil War Generals portraits. Chris Williams www.zoeicaimages.net www.rebirthworkshops.com 504-231-6261 New Orleans, LA zoeica at mac.com On May 16, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Phil Swango wrote: > Last night I returned from Washington DC, where I had a chance to > see "I > Spy," the current exhibit of street photography at the National > Gallery. I > was pretty impressed, both with the curation and the photographs. The > concept was to have a retrospective review of surreptitious street > photography in the US, featuring 5 photographers who are noted for the > genre: Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Harry Callahan, Philip-Lorca > diCorcia > and the Swiss artist Beat Streuli. The time frame was 1938-2009 and > the > intent was to show the evolution of the form, from Evans' discreet NYC > subway portraits in the 30s to the recent series from the 2000s > using fixed > hidden cameras triggered remotely (diCorcia and Streuli) including > color > stills and videos. The exhibition directly addressed the ethical > question > of surreptitious photography and noted that Evans called himself the > "apologetic voyeur." Here's a link to the Gallery's interactive PDF: > http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2012/ispy/ispy.pdf > > Well worth a visit if you're in the area. There's also an > *outstanding* > large retrospective of Joan Miro in the East Wing. My first chance > to see > a lot of his work face to face and I was really blown over. Wish I > could > go back for more. > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information