[Leica] A Barcelona's exhibition of Cuban photographers

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

It is not the repurposing, but the state of genteel decay that I commented
on.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 10:46 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> Looks like an interesting place indeed.
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> The Netherlands is another country where it is common to re-purpose old
> buildings, for example churches in an increasingly secular society (the
> World Press Photo exhibition is usually held in the Oude Kerk (?old
> church?) in Amsterdam. There is also a great bookstore in Maastricht,
> located in what used to be a church.
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> In France lots of public buildings used to be churches or monasteries, for
> example the prefecture in Le Mans which I visited last week. It was a
> monastery which was dissolved by the state after the French Revolution, as
> were all religious orders. The building then became property of the state
> and has been the prefecture of the Sarthe region since 1806.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> > On 18 Jul 2021, at 14:26, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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> > Hi Jayanand,
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> > Thanks for locking!
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> > Here in Spain, or at least in Catalonia and France, it is very common to
> use old factory buildings, churches, convents or similar for art
> exhibitions, not only photography. I understand that it is a new way to
> give life to a disappeared culture and I believe that it is difficult,
> impossible or useless to restore.
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> > Cheers
> > Lluis
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> >> El 17 jul 2021, a les 4:34, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
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> >> Is the gallery supposed to convey the derelict decay of Cuba, for a
> >> realistic atmosphere? The setting is not to my taste, I am afraid, too
> >> pretentious for words!
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> >> Cheers
> >> Jayanand
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> >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 4:33 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> >> wrote:
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> >>> I?ve posted it on my Blog:
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> https://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/2021/07/16/a-barcelonas-exhibtion-of-cuban-photographers/
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> D-76 1:1
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> >>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome
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> >>> Saludos cordiales
> >>> Lluis
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