Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Personally, Weston bores me to tears. However, that is not the point. A man with few peers has passed. May he remembered for the great work he accomplished, not as a comparison to others. For his fans there is another week left to see the "Rio de Luz" exhibition at Southwest Texas State University. There are at least two Alvarez works included. One of my favorites, "Ensueno", being one of them. http://www.library.swt.edu/swwc/wg/exhibits/default.html May he rest in peace... Clif Wright E --- S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> wrote: > I've had the opportunity to see MAB's work over the > past 30 odd years, > and I always marvelled at the art world's fawning > over him. While there > is a level of competency inherent in his images, > they are nowhere near > the level of Weston, and some of the others from > that era. > Recently, the Central Library in Los Angeles had > both the work of MAB > and EW showing side by side. It did nothing to > dispel my perception of > the marked qualitative difference between the two. > EW is decidedly a > master photographer, while MAB's work looked like > that of a student's, > with sparse moments of brilliance. > HCB's appellation of "artist" being given to a > photographer is in itself > laughable, especially when one considers his own > agonizing over the > definition of his commercial work. > With all due respect to the memory of MAB, his > greatest accomplishment > to me is that of his longevity and not in the > quality of his work. > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > from a website: > > The respect which he engendered was encapsulated > in Cartier-Bresson's > > remark when someone likened Álvarez Bravo's > imagery to Weston's: "Don't > > compare them, Manuel is the real artist." > > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > Dave Myers wrote: > > > > > > My wife Kathy and I saw a small exhibit of some > of his photos at the Chicago > > > Institute of Art a few months ago. It was in > celebration of his 100th > > > birthday. I have always admired his work. > Seeing them in person was very > > > impressive. Particularly the one showing the > murdered, striking worker -- > > > one of his most famous pieces. Very powerful. > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > When I think of him i think not of his work but > the tight headshot of > > him by Edward Weston. The only shot on an entire > wall of Westons > > bungalow which he designed himself although also > probably with Charis. > > It is one of my very favorte shots by Weston. > There is much on Bravo in > > the Weston Mexico Daybook > > > > Mark Rabiner > > Portland, Oregon USA > > http://www.markrabiner.com > > -- > > 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 ===== "The eye is for looking, not for thinking." Marc Riboud __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html