[Leica] Nathan's PAD 4/8/2022: three Madrid dogs

[Nathan Wajsman]

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 PhotoEspaña 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 Català-Roca, at an exhibition centre of the Madrid autonomous region. The exhibition was a total revelation that proved to me conclusively that Català-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:
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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:
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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:
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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
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YNWA