[Leica] IMG: a day in Madrid

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Never ever even heard of Orlan, but a couple of his works are quite
interesting. TFS

The Picasso sketches confirm what I have always felt - that he was the
greatest draughtsman of his era.

Quite frankly, I think David Douglas Duncan's most compelling works were
his photographs of the horrors of war, comparable in visceral effect on me
to Robert Graves' Goodbye To All That. These look like candy fluff being
marketed for effect and money, by comparison!

A visit to Spain is on my laundry list, if for nothing else, just to meet
Luis and yourself, and to spend time at the Prada. Let's see if it pans
out! 😊

Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 1:44 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I had to go to Madrid last Friday to renew my passport at the Polish
> consulate there, something that must be done in person. But thanks to the
> high-speed train that covers the 440 km in a bit over 2 hours, it is
> perfectly possible to have a full day in Madrid without spending the night
> there, and so I availed myself of the opportunity to spend the day visiting
> various photo exhibitions going on in the city as part of the huge annual
> PhotoEspaña festival. Despite the heat, I managed to visit 6 exhibitions.
> The highlights were the exhibitions of photographs of Picasso’s life by
> David Douglas Duncan and other photographers, and the French artist ORLAN
> (real name: Mireille Suzanne Francette Porte) at the Círculo de Bellas
> Artes (where I also had an excellent lunch). I have presented the images in
> chronological order, starting with my arrival at the Chamartín station in
> the morning and ending at the same place in the early evening, just before
> I boarded the train back to Alicante. The gallery is here:
>
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Another-day-in-Madrid/ <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Another-day-in-Madrid/>
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> WARNING: the works by ORLAN are highly NSFW.
>
> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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