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Subject: [Leica] Re: HCB exhibit
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sun Feb 11 12:14:35 2007
References: <C1F4DEB1.44626%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Beautiful endocryptic story.
And thanks for Munkacsi.
Philippe



Op 11-feb-07, om 20:54 heeft Mark Rabiner het volgende geschreven:

> 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
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>
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