Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]==On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: Went to the PAM briefly yesterday. It's a huge building with multiple > exhibit areas and it took me a bit of time to find the Gene Smith exhibit. > This is the first time I have seen Smith's prints in person. Gene is my > hero and as usual in this sort of thing, seeing "live" prints is another > experience all together vs. seeing prints from books or magazine. It would > appear that Gene made his prints quite a bit darker than the ones > reproduced by the Life magazine. > > The exhibit has a selection from 4 of his photo essays: the Country Doctor, > the Nurse Midwife, the Man of Mercy and Minamata, plus a few images from > his earliest work on the Pacific war. > > Definitely worth a trip to see the exhibit if you are around the area. > > Is it worth a pilgrimage? Isn't that where the Garry Winogrand archive is? --Bob