Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a quick look at an online gallery of Francesc Catal?-Roca, but he is not to my taste. Too many bum shots on the streets, which I seldom like - it shows a distaste in engaging with a subject, in an age when it was not difficult to do. IMHO, HCB is far superior, both in composition and timing. YMMV, of course! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 1:24 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > My daughter has been visiting her brother in New Jersey for the past 2 > week. She came back this morning, and I had to pick her up in Madrid, about > 4 hours drive from Alicante. Since the PhotoEspa?a festival is on right > now, I went to Madrid yesterday morning and spent all day visiting several > photo exhibitions. I saw much great and inspiring work, but for my daily > pics I show you three dogs. > > I started my day with the most important exhibition, of photos by Catalan > photographer Francesc Catal?-Roca, at an exhibition centre of the Madrid > autonomous region. The exhibition was a total revelation that proved to me > conclusively that Catal?-Roca was one of the 2-3 greatest photographers of > the 20th century, far superior to some of our icons including > Cartier-Bresson, held back by being from what was than a cultural backwater > under a Fascist dictatorship and thus not on the radar screen of the > cognoscenti in New York, Paris, and other cultural capitals of the world. I > will write more about him later, but in the meantime here is the lady at > the front desk of the exhibition venue, with her assistant: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NsJgzvs/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NsJgzvs/A> > > I had parked my car at the hotel and used the excellent Madrid metro to > move around the city throughout the day. I have no idea about the rules for > bringing dogs on the metro, but this is Spain and we are pragmatic here. I > took several photos of this fellow passenger, with my Fuji camera, with my > phone, and with my Olympus film camera. Here is the Fuji shot: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MQzB73z/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MQzB73z/A> > > I finished the day with dinner at a Japanese restaurant in the Chueca > neighbourhood, a part of Madrid full of gay bars, vegan shops and otherwise > great vibes. I went there to see an exhibition of work by a Czech > photographer. Afterwards, I had dinner and on my way back to the metro, I > photographed my third dog of the day: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qwNdSsq/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qwNdSsq/A> > > I had a great day in Madrid, despite the temperatures approaching 40C, > making it a bit challenging to walk around. Fortunately, cold beer is > widely available ;-) > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information