Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/17

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Subject: [Leica] HCB exhibit and the New Yorker Review
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:42:35 -0700
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One thing that folks forget, is that in French one can write in Belle-lettre 
style, or with a rudimentary grammatical syntax.
HCB's artistic style belies that capability.
S.d.

On Apr 17, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Charcot wrote:

> ?He traveled all over the goddamned world, and you never felt that he was 
> moved by something that was happening other than the beauty of it, or just 
> the composition.? The problem of Cartier-Bresson?s art is the conjunction 
> of aesthetic classicism and journalistic protocol: timeless truth and 
> breaking news. He rendered a world that, set forth at MOMA by the museum?s 
> chief curator of photography, Peter Galassi, richly satisfies the eye and 
> the mind, while numbing the heart.
> 
> Read more: 
> http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2010/04/19/100419craw_artworld_schjeldahl#ixzz0lN2EKWEc
> 
> Sorry folks I don't get it - how does the reviewer draw all this from HCB 
> .  I for one am planning on spending $ to go to one of the hosting cities!
> 
> ernie
> 
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