Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well a lot of opinion out there on the web think it is his first Leica! "In this enigmatic photograph, Kert?sz used a?Leica?camera to capture what is at first glance a simple street scene. The Leica appeared in the 1920s with Kert?sz bearing one from 1928, three years before Henri Cartier-Bresson. The camera was light and easy to handle and soon favoured by photo-journalists. However, closer inspection reveals a snapshot of considerable compositional complexity.?Meudon?creates a sense of movement and speed moving in different directions: through the steam-train at the top of the frame, and the man carrying a package - possibly the German painter Will Baumeister (carrying a canvas) - at the bottom." https://www.theartstory.org/artist/kertesz-andre/artworks/ and who are these guys? https://www.theartstory.org/about-us-our-team.htm Seem reputable enough. And this one is all about the Meudon photograph and Baumeister http://www.all-art.org/history658_photography13-17.html Douglas On 04/05/2021 16:47, Philippe via LUG wrote: > From the format, I am unsure a Leica was involved in this one. > Unless someone cropped the enlarged version of the neg. > > But I left my measuring tape and ruler in the shed when the welcome rain > started to pour me poor own self drenched ? > Good for the grass ( some call it lawn) and the two sheep we have been > putting up for a month now :-) > > Amities > > Philippe > > > >> Le 4 mai 2021 ? 17:38, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >> >> >> Yes, it is the very planned decisive moment with probably Willi >> Baumeister (or his twin) carrying a painting. You wonder were any of the >> other people in the picture prompted to place themselves exactly where >> they are? It's expanding art with artifice. No one can tell us now as the >> little girl walking uphill past the bar with her mother must be tipping >> 100 years old now - if she has survived. My mother would have been four >> at the time and is now in a nursing home. >> >> Anyway, without his new Leica, the influence of Atget on a very >> collaborative art scene in Paris, this photo would not have happened. >> >> Douglas >> >> On 04/05/2021 14:10, Douglas Barry wrote: >>> Philippe, >>> Of course, you are right! >>> It is Rue de Dr. Vuillieme at Meudon in Paris, looking at the now >>> widened SNCF bridge. >>> and here is the original photograph >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Meudon+1928+Andre+Kertesz+taken+on+Rue+du+Dr+Vuillieme+Meudon+Paris.jpg.html >>> >>> This is a link to the place on streetview >>> https://tinyurl.com/3p38cdx7 >>> Maybe we should have a LUG encounter in Paris and do a modern restaging >>> of this iconic image when CoVid and its variants have been put to the >>> sword? >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> >>> On 04/05/2021 11:46, Philippe via LUG wrote: >>>> KERTESZ Andr?, MEUDON (Fr), 1928 >>>> >>>> The guy in the top hat featured on the photo (not yours, he?s long >>>> gone) could be a German painter by the name of Baumeister. >>>> >>>> Correct? >>>> >>>> Amities >>>> >>>> Philippe >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Le 3 mai 2021 ? 20:30, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> a ?crit : >>>>> >>>>> Here is the a modified image from Dr. G's street view of a location of >>>>> a well known photograph taken by a famous Leica user with a Leica. >>>>> >>>>> Who took the famous image there and what was it called? >>>>> >>>>> There is no prize other than universal acclaim. >>>>> >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information