Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have seen her speak twice and would recommend that any one who is able to attend do so. Leo On Jul 20, 2004, at 4:07 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > Opening Reception: Mary Ellen Mark: Twins and Falkland Road > Thursday, July 22, 5-7 pm > Museum of Contemporary Photography > > Please join us for the opening reception in celebrating the work of > Mary > Ellen Mark. This exhibition will present her recent project Twins and > her > 1978 series Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay. During August of 2001 > and 2002, Mark set up an elaborate portable studio tent on a volley > ball > court during the annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio and > employed a Polaroid 20 x 24 view camera to capture in extraordinary > detail the minute similarities and differences between sets of twins. > In > 1978 after ten years of attempting to photograph in Falkland Road Mark > began to slowly gain acceptance and won the trust over a select group > of > women and made a personal series that captures the daily life of these > prostitutes. > > The Museum of Contemporary Photography http://www.mocp.org > 600 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 -- 312-344-7104 > > Fond regards, > > G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist? > > <?>Peace<?> <?>Harmony<?> <?>Stewardship<?> > > Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways > since 1975 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > web <www.imagist.com> > eMail george@imagist.com > voice 262 241 9375 > fax 262 241 9398 > Lotter Moser & Associates > 10050 N Port Washington Rd - Mequon, WI 53092 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >