RE: [Leica] Frank at The Corcoran

[Peterson Arthur G NSSC <PetersonAG@NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL>]

		Thanks much, Steve.  That's great to know.

		Art Peterson
		Alexandria, Virginia


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		From:	Steve LeHuray [mailto:steve@streetphoto.net]
		Sent:	Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:51 PM
		To:	SP; Leica
		Subject:	[Leica] Frank at The Corcoran

		I am back from a Press preview this morning of the new
Robert Frank Exhibit
		"London/Wales." This is a side of Robert Frank that nobody
has seen before.

		From the Wall Text Intro Panel:

		"War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms
superiority, Paris, and
		Flowers...but London was black, white and gray, the
elegance, the style, all
		present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man
from Wales talking
		about the Miners and I had to read 'How Green Was My
Valley.' This became my
		only try to make a 'Story'."

		- Robert Frank

		These pictures taken between 1951 - 1953 show contrasting
opposing themes
		such as money/work, rich/poor and city/country in London and
Wales. Most of
		these pictures are unpublished and about 20 of the pictures
had never been
		printed before. These pictures came to light while Frank and
Curator Peter
		Brockman worked in Washington, DC (Frank's negatives are
housed in DC) to
		organize the exhibit.

		I found these "London/Wales" pictures much more compelling
and with rich
		content than 'The Americans.' What really comes through in
these pictures is
		the bleakness of London and Wales during that period. I
found the London
		portion to be much more interesting than the Wales set.

		These also convinced me of the value of Street Photography
for historical
		reasons.

		The Exhibit will be at the Corcoran from May 10 to July 14
and well worth a
		visit.

		sl
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