Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would make a good anti-war statement with the Goya paintings in Prado. The Prado is very high up on my list of museums to see.. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 2:54 AM, Lluis Ripoll Querol <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote: > Yes larry, the story you relate is exact. > > You can believe me, I was really emoved seeing it, I think I was 10 or 15 > minutes looking at it. The Picassos's dream was that this picture was on > the > Museo del Prado. The democratic gouvernement in Spain after some > negotiations with the Picasso's familly and the kind support of the MOMA > has > finally exhibited it in Spain dedicating a new museum for it and other > great > painters, now it is also a room dedicated to it. Really impressive and with > a great signification not only for us, the Spanish people, I think for all > the World! > > Thanks again for your comments > Lluis > > > El 03/01/2010, a las 22:11, Lawrence Zeitlin escribi?: > >> A grab bag of comments about recent LUG posts. >> >> Mark, >> It would be tough to use the Graflex for photographing carrier >> landings if it was anything like the one I used in the early '50s. >> Disregarding the fact that you had to reverse your concept of left and >> right, it took about half a second for the mirror to flip up and the >> shutter to move across the film opening when taking a picture. And if >> you didn't have a lens with an auto diaphragm, it took longer. In that >> time the plane would have traveled almost 200 feet. The few sports >> photographers who used Graflex cameras to film baseball complained >> that they had to release the shutter before the pitcher threw the ball >> to get a shot of the batter swinging (or not). >> >> Lluis, >> Picasso's "Guernica" was on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art >> for a number of years. It occupied a solo room near the wall sized >> mural of Monet's "Water Lillies." You could go from wartime chaos to >> tranquility in a few steps. Picasso refused to have Guernica ?hung in >> Fascist Spain during WW2. I believe it was returned after his death. >> >> Tina, >> I think my blood would boil at 13,000 feet. About ten years ago my >> wife and I contemplated a hut to hut X-C ski trip on the 10th Mountain >> Division trail in Colorado. Her brother was a member of that division >> and she always considered herself a better skier. We chickened out >> when we discovered that all the huts were above 11,000 feet and you >> had to ski the trail carrying 50 pounds of supplies. Although we might >> have tried if you were standing beside the trail handing out little >> bags of candies. >> >> A belated Happy New Year to everyone. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >