[Leica] IMG: Julian Joseph images - Peter Dzwig

[Gerry Walden]

Peter

thanks for your comments, and you are 100% right that I get great access and I am often stood within inches of e.g. a bass player. the turner Sims is a 400 seat auditorium with no stage so there is no possibility of hiding below the stage line and creeping to a new position as happens in so many venues (not easy when you weigh 19 stone and are six feet tall!).

As for 1971, I am afraid your memory fails you unless Keith was playing in a damned great hole as excavations started in July 71 and the first concert was in 1974. It is a great venue unknown virtually by even the citizens of Southampton, and is a firm favourite amongst performers. The manager really knows his job, and has been Concert Venue of the Year winner a couple of times. last year he came second to Birmingham Symphony Hall, which is no mean feat. I am so lucky to have unfettered freedom there, and have had a number of exhibitions of my work in the foyer.

Kind regards

Gerry

> On 26 Apr 2016, at 09:33, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote:
> 
> Gerry,
> 
> they are great images. As for rehearsal...at least you can get close without
> getting in people's way, which would quite possibly be the case at the TSCH.
> 
> Peter
> 
> PS I seem to recall seeing Keith Jarrett there in'71
> 
> On 26/04/2016 08:28, Gerry Walden wrote:
>> Thanks for commenting Douglas. To defend myself   ;>)  I would say that I get into positions, and get images, which are just not possible during concerts but the downside is that I get empty seats. The piano is large (this one is a 9.5ft Steinway Concert Grand) and if I get it in shots I lose the face amongst the piano and my aim are jazz portraits. People who know jazz know who the subjects are - if you were to photograph e.g. Sinatra you would not expect to see his voice in the image but you would see his face.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
>>> On 26 Apr 2016, at 00:59, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Gerry,
>>> I like no. 2 best as he looks most involved with his playing, and you can see the piano. Pity that the empty seats are visible, but at a rehearsal what can one expect?
>>> 
>>> Some of the others don't show the piano so he could be doing anything, and, in two of them, he looks like he's just spotted a wasp.
>>> 
>>> Now you'll have to forgive me as I'm not a piano player, so am probably a lousy judge of these things.
>>> 
>>> Douglas
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Walden" <gerry.walden at icloud.com>
>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 4:26 PM
>>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Julian Joseph images
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Just thought some of you might like to peruse these images of the great English jazz pianist Julian Joseph during sound checks at the Turner Sims Concert Hall:
>>>> 
>>>> http://archive.gwpics.com/#!/index/G0000DWOxmfbyMos <http://archive.gwpics.com/#!/index/G0000DWOxmfbyMos>
>>>> 
>>>> All images taken with the Leica M9 and Zeiss 50mm Sonnar f1.5 at 1250iso.
>>>> 
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
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