Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oliver Bryk wrote: > > Yesterday I visited the large August Sander exhibit at SFMOMA. I found his > style fascinating, with the subjects firmly posed and looking directly into > the camera in the majority of portraits; totally different from the kind of > Leica portraiture characteristic of Eisenstaedt, as an example. The > subjects' clothing and environment accurately convey a sense of their > occupation (which equals social status in Sanders's plan of work). The > images span a period from roughly 1900 to 1960. Although the earlier prints, > i.e., to about 1930, have the limited scale of tonalities that is typical of > the papers of that time, this in no way detracts from the force of the > images, many of which would fit perfectly into W. G. Sebald's novels. > Oliver Bryk > HE is at the upper end of my top ten. I have a big photo book of his work. I don't have many of those. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA Photography Website: http://www.rabinergroup.com Email: mark@rabinergroup.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html