Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/30

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Subject: [Leica] I found art photos that I like
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 23:45:06 +0100

While this is not strictly Leica related, as the person responsible for
the infamous Eggleston thread, I felt compelled to share a positive art
photography experience with the LUG. Today I saw an exhibition called
"Concerning the photo booth" at the Photo Art Museum (Museet for
Fotokunst) in Odense, Denmark. As the name implies, all the images were
produced using the photo booths found at train stations, airports etc.
The photographers were Liz Rideal (UK), Herman Costa (US), Jan Wenzel
(Germany) and Luc Delahaye & Cendrillon Bélanger (France). The images
were either huge blowups of photobooth pictures or huge collages made of
hundreds of regular size snaps. Especially those by Wenzel were quite
amazing. This is not your typical Leica photography but it is nice to
get one's horizons expanded a bit. Highly recommended. The exhibit in
Denmark ends on January 7 and will then presumably travel to other
European countries.

Nathan

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Nathan Wajsman
Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator
Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman