Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just hope that this all gets to the UK, or at least Europe sometime. Maloof or someone did say that there were discussions with Tate Modern underway. It is just brilliant. Great job that they raised two-and-a-half times the funding that they were seeking through Kickstarter. Peter On 08/01/2011 04:58, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Just a short note. It's late at night and I fly back tomorrow. > > The easiest way to summarize Vivian Maier is: Winnogrand and Arbus, > make room. You've got company. > > You could get the impression she was mimicking Arbus here and there, > until you see the dates. She was a decade or two before. At the same > time, she had a good sense for composition, not just point and shoot. > > The prints were inkjet, but well done. Her hats and cameras > (Rolleiflex T, Leica IIIc and Exakta) were there. Her square stuff is > top notch (all b/w). The 35mm stuff was not of the same class. The > vast majority was Rolleiflex. > > We'll be hearing more about her and others will have more intelligent > things to say. > > http://vivianmaier.blogspot.com/ > > Daniel > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> > wrote: >> Daniel, >> >> Please keep us posted. >> >> Peter >> >> On 05/01/2011 21:18, Daniel Ridings wrote: >>> Strange, >>> >>> I posted the same link a few days ago and was surprized that no one >>> reacted. Maybe it didn't make it out to the list. >>> >>> I am going to the opening exhibit on Friday evening at the Chicago >>> Cultural Center. Lucky timing for me. I fly back home on Saturday and >>> the exhibit opens the day before. I look forward to it. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:30 AM, Bill Clough <bill_clough at yahoo.com> >>> wrote: >>>> USA >>>> TEXAS >>>> VICTORIA >>>> 04 December 2010 >>>> >>>> Hi there-- >>>> >>>> A friend forwarded this. Well worth watching. >>>> >>>> http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,80&pid=A1hO97qcWo7ViDL_rWniVH2LakYxNa7J >>>> >>>> --Bill >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> -- >> >> =========================================================== >> Dr Peter Dzwig >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig