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

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I had a quick look at an online gallery of Francesc Català-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 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:
> 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
>
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