Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]good lord, i have enough trouble shooting when a friend is around chatting me up, much less my entire family. the "americans" series is still one of my all time favorites. there are some proof sheets from this set published in a book. its great to see how he gets an idea and develops it over a few frames. doug On 5/25/04 7:01 PM, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > > For some reason I keep dropping the 'm' at the end. > > That's what I recall also, just wasn't sure. I did some checking, and it > seems that Frank took his family along on this road trip. > > http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/cruelandtender/frank.htm > > S. Dimitrov > > > >> From: doug kim <yup@pacbell.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 15:03:36 -0700 >> To: "Leica Users' Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Beholder of the Eye - Frank >> >> >> the story on the kerouac intro is that frank showed jack the book of photos >> at a party in nyc and kerouac said "sure, i can write about these." >> >> doug >> >> On 5/25/04 2:45 PM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>> That I'm not sure of...But I do know that Kerouac wrote the intro to the >>> book... >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >>> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >>> Slobodan Dimitrov >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 5:32 PM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Beholder of the Eye - Frank >>> >>> >>> Wasn't he travelling with Jack Kerouac when he shot most of the images? >>> S. Dimitrov >>> >>>> From: Tim Atherton <timatherton@theedge.ca> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:50:33 -0600 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Beholder of the Eye - Frank >>>> >>>> >>>>> Then Robert Frank has what sort of eye? >>>> >>>> Has (after 40 years here) or had? (perhaps it's more Euro/Canadian >>>> now...) >>>> >>>> The Americans is absolutely a European eye looking at the US in that >>>> particular time. In fact it is highly unlikely an "American" >>>> photographer could have come up with anything approaching that view. >>>> The closest would be, perhaps, Winogrand's Guggenheim cris-crossing >>>> the US in 1964 - and he does indeed come to it all with a rather >>>> different "eye" from Frank. >>>> >>>> The Americans could, I think, only have been done by an outsider - >>>> this outsider happening to be a European. >>>> >>>> tim >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> -- >> doug kim >> http://www.ricecracker.net/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- doug kim http://www.ricecracker.net/