[Leica] Blackmon exhibition

[Peter Dzwig]

Of course!

Peter

On 23/04/2020 00:23, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Photography to paraphrase Winston Churchill is a riddle, wrapped in a
> mystery, inside an enigma. For discussion, Peter, over something wet and
> alcoholic at some future Lug meeting perhaps.
> Douglas
> 
> On 20/04/2020 23:10, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>> Yes, and no...I agree that any photo is in some sense artificial.
>>
>> I just don't get these. When I look at many of them I feel either that I
>> am missing a key to understanding them or am looking at a collage which
>> again I don't get and of course a collage is pretty much the height of
>> artificiality.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> On 20/04/2020 16:06, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>> That's fair enough, Peter. A chacun son goût. They ARE artificial, but
>>> many great photographers have used artifice - think Philippe Halsman,
>>> Man Ray, Sally Mann, and myriads more. Anytime there is any direction in
>>> a portrait, that's artifice, even getting the subject to sit in a
>>> certain manner in a certain light...
>>>
>>> I happen to enjoy Blackmon's particular artifice in setting up these
>>> shots, and wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of them. However, I
>>> have a major hurdle living with me. My wife likes paintings and doesn't
>>> mind me buying those, but baulks at photographs :-)
>>>
>>> Keep safe!
>>>
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20/04/2020 15:14, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>>>> I have to say I don't get them at all! I just can't see the point. They
>>>> all look very artificial to my eye... Sorry.
>>>>
>>>> Petr
>>>>
>>>> On 20/04/2020 12:17, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>>>> In my mooching idleness, I was going through business cards from
>>>>> some of
>>>>> the exhibitors from a couple of Paris Photo exhibitions of some years
>>>>> ago. One was from the NY Robert Mann GaIlery, and I like this lady's
>>>>> stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.robertmann.com/works-julie-blackmon
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, I'd like to see the images in a bigger size. Still, some of
>>>>> you may also like them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Dr. Peter Dzwig