Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Unsworth wrote: > > Yesterday I went to the Salgado 'Migration' exhibition in Walsall here in > the UK. > > All I can say to anyone who is able to go is, don't think twice, go! > Magnificent photographs. The exhibition was larger than I expected, maybe > 200 photographs. > > What really surprised me were the pictures of children that he took just to > keep them quiet. They are all placed together along two walls in one of the > rooms. I told myself that I shouldn't like them, that they were just closely > cropped portraits that showed very little of the context in which they were > taken. But I was won over, they were incredibly moving photographs. > > The exhibition is on until early June - I don't know if it's touring after > that - admission is free. > > Steve Hi, Steve - As a Salgado "fan," and one who thinks the Migration work is, on the whole, stunning - I've only seen the book thus far - I have to say I was really disappointed by the Children book. I suspect that if you didn't know what the photos were - part of the Migrations project - you might not find them nearly as moving. To me any, because they so lack context, they are simply technically excellent photos of children. Best, B. D.