Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2/11/07 1:22 PM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> typed: > Ordered it right away. > Thanks for pointing out, > Philippe > > I saw the exhibit a few weekends ago. One can see HCB's zero tolerance for darkroom work being nurtured early on. 4x5 prints actually made by HCB himself and most not fit to be called "Proofs". I think he exposed them all at once and developed then all at once in a large tray. Using candles for safelights. In a tent. Washed then in a tiny river down the trial. I think taking apart someone's scrapbook is a crying dirty shame. Should have been left intact. Just played a video of someone paging though it (with nice manicure) and shown it on a flat screen on the wall. Every show I see has a flat screen on the wall with something more interesting than the prints going on. Like the Louise Brooks and the Munkacsi on the other sides of the walls. Louise Brooks needs to move. She was not a still artist. She was a motion picture artist. Munkacsi talks a mean ballgame. So much for the visual arts. Its always what you don't think. HCB; Avedon: It all started with Munkacsi. 4x5's have a lot more class than 4x6's. Mark Rabiner New York, NY 40?47'59.79"N 73?57'32.37"W markrabiner.com