Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, of course, it seems you are trolling for comments from me to show a picture from a museum called Louisiana. That second is a wonderful shot to let you feel the environment. I will cetainly put it on my list foe when I travel there again. The first is (how you say it in Danish?) Zaftig, I think is the German . . . wonderful statue. great catch. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: [Leica] PAW 8 (Nathan): art in Copenhagen > The main shopping street in Copenhagen is called Strøget. It is the main > artery of a network of pedestrian streets in the center of the city. > Just recently, some very interesting statues have been put up on the > street, and people cannot help staring at them. Some hate them, others > like them, but nobody seems to be neutral: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_8.jpg > > North of Copenhagen is a place called Louisiana. It is one of those rare > art museums that is supported entirely by private funds, and it is one > of the foremost show places for modern visual art in Scandinavia. I > always find something interesting there when I go, and in the past I > have seen the (in)famous Mapplethorpe exhibit, Cartier-Bresson's "The > Europeans", the big Magnum show and many other major exhibits there. > This time I went to see a Georgia O'Keefe retrospective, but this > particular room is part of the permanent collection: > > http://www.wajsman.com/2002_8alt1.jpg > > The museum is in a beautiful park near the beach north of the city and > is highly recommended for a day trip when visiting Copenhagen. > > Both pictures taken with the M3 and 50mm (main) / 35mm (alternate) > Summiluxes, on Ilford SFX accidentally overexposed by two stops--I tried > to tone down the resulting grain in the scanning process, but with only > limited success. Nevertheless, I obviously like the shots, otherwise I > would not have posted them... > > The main PAW index is at: > > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > > and comments and critique are welcome and appreciated as always. > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html