Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a delightful shock to see the posts on Louis Faurer and what a downer to learn of his death. Twenty-five years ago a friend named Tennyson Schad owned and ran Light Gallery on Fifth Avenue at 57th Street in New York. He had acquired several suites of original prints of Faurer's work and of Aaron Siskind's Harlem Document. I bought two of the Faurer suites and three of the Siskind. A few years later, having served on the Board of Trustees of my college, Wesleyan University, I gave one of each to the Wesleyan Davison Art Center. Not too long after, the Davison curated and mounted a Faurer exhibition and Ann and I went up to the vernissage. The show was reviewed - very favorably - in the New York Times and shortly thereafter, I had a note in the mail from Faurer asking how I had discovered his work and where I had got the prints. A brief correspondence followed but I never met him although I told him that I'd love to meet him for coffee or a drink or whatever to discuss photography in general and his work in particular. I got the impression that his life was not going well and that he was something of a recluse. Remarkable eye, remarkable man. I'm sad. Seth LaK 9 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] okay all you supposed street photographers.... > Thanks for the pointers to the work of Faurer, who I had never heard of. > I really enjoyed the exploration. He is proof yet again that there is > much more to street photography than photography on the streets. > > Gerry > www.gwpics.com > > matteo wrote: > > > ah, Faurer... > > > > I'm too a fellow fan of his early work, which I find > > amazing, for the poetry > > and the mistery in his images, sometimes close > > to his friend Robert Frank's work. > > > > also, remember that he also shot with Leicas, III series > > and later M series. the old street photo Kodachromes > > were shot at about 40 ASA, at night. even with Times Square's > > harsh lights, it was no small victory to get printable > > shots, let alone work of such high quality > > > > about Faurer and Philly: a son of Russian Jew immigrants, > > he lived in Philadelphia for many years > > > > thanks for the post, Kyle Cassidy > > > > > > some of my fave Faurer links: > > > > http://www.andover.edu/addison/exhibition/2002-spring/faurer.htm > > > > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/o/faurer_docu_01.htm > > > > his gallery: > > http://www.peterfetterman.com/artists/faurer/faurer_sm.html > > > > > > I look almost weekly at his excellent book > > ( > > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1858941652/qid=1055688824/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-5646877-8568701?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > > > >Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:12:38 -0400 > > >From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> > > >Subject: [Leica] okay all you supposed street photographers.... > > >Message-ID: > > <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA2580208F0C3@asc02.asc.upenn.edu> > > >References: > > > > > >i went to the opening of the Louis Faurer show at the philadelphia > > museum of > > >art yesterday and was duely impressed. > > >i was pleased to see some of the philadelphia art mafia at the > > opening, and > > >celeberties like philly's own David Graham. but NO LUGGERS! what's with > > >that?! > > > > > >kyle > > >- -- > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Free E-mail for life. http://www.jmail.co.jp > > Multi-lingual web hosting. http://www.servance.jp > > Get your own domain. http://www.domaintorou.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 23 8046 3076 > > -- > 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