Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Steve, will there be a catalog (can't imagine there will not). I saw a > single Frank print from London while on my way in to see last fall's Avedon > Show at the Met in NYC, and it was startling: I'd been unaware of work he > did before the Americans. > bh Bill -- yes there is a catalog and somebody just posted info on how to get it. sl > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve LeHuray" <steve@streetphoto.net> > To: "SP" <streetphoto@topica.com>; "Leica" > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:51 PM > Subject: [Leica] Frank at The Corcoran > > >> >> I am back from a Press preview this morning of the new Robert Frank > Exhibit >> "London/Wales." This is a side of Robert Frank that nobody has seen > before. >> >> From the Wall Text Intro Panel: >> >> "War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms superiority, Paris, > and >> Flowers...but London was black, white and gray, the elegance, the style, > all >> present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man from Wales > talking >> about the Miners and I had to read 'How Green Was My Valley.' This became > my >> only try to make a 'Story'." >> >> - Robert Frank >> >> These pictures taken between 1951 - 1953 show contrasting opposing themes >> such as money/work, rich/poor and city/country in London and Wales. Most > of >> these pictures are unpublished and about 20 of the pictures had never been >> printed before. These pictures came to light while Frank and Curator Peter >> Brockman worked in Washington, DC (Frank's negatives are housed in DC) to >> organize the exhibit. >> >> I found these "London/Wales" pictures much more compelling and with rich >> content than 'The Americans.' What really comes through in these pictures > is >> the bleakness of London and Wales during that period. I found the London >> portion to be much more interesting than the Wales set. >> >> These also convinced me of the value of Street Photography for historical >> reasons. >> >> The Exhibit will be at the Corcoran from May 10 to July 14 and well worth > a >> visit. >> >> sl >> -- >> 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html