Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Sonny, I have no idea where the name came from, but that is what it is called. To my knowledge, the founder of the museum (who had made his money in some decidedly humdrum industry, I forgot which one) had no particular connection to your state. It is definitely a place to visit, the town in which it is located is called Humlebæk and is reachable by the local commuter train from the center of Copenhagen in 20 minutes or so. The woman depicted on the statue is what we would call "frodig" in Danish, but "saftig" which literally means "juicy" could also be applied... Thanks for looking and commenting. Nathan Sonny Carter wrote: > 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 - -- 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