Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > 40?47'59.79"N > 73?57'32.37"W > > markrabiner.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >