Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just followed my own advice, being a sucker for facsimile editions. Opinion on arrival next week. cheaper on Amazon. Ric On Feb 11, 2007, at 11:32 AM, Ric Carter wrote: > A facsimile edition of The Scrapbook -- now THAT is a must have! > > <http://shopping.icp.org/store/product.html?product_id=26088> > > Ric Carter > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ > > > > > On Feb 11, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> The International Center of Photography in New York is hosting an >> exhibit of Henri Carter-Bresson's scrapbook through April 29th. >> Why HCB's scrapbook? It seems that after WW2, HCB arrived in the >> US with a single scrapbook which summed up what he considered his >> best work, sort of a photographic autobiography. The images in the >> scrapbook became the focus of a MoMA show which burnished his >> reputation as the premier Leica photographer of his generation. >> The scrapbook, itself, was never seen in public. Now the >> International Center of Photography has restored it. >> >> HCB has been described as "an artistic journalist who never allows >> the immediacy of the event to get the better of his eye." But the >> scrapbook reveals that he wasn't much of a technician. His photos >> would probably be thoroughly criticized on the LUG. The scrapbook >> shows that many of his tiny pictures were blurry and hard to make >> out. The HCB legend owed much to the capabilities of lab >> technicians who managed to tease out memorable images from his >> photos. >> >> HCB claimed never to crop his photographs, contending that he >> framed the image as he wanted before ever pressing the shutter >> button. Apparently the scrapbook proves otherwise. Some of his >> most famous pictures are shown in uncropped form and are quite >> different from those released to the public. Does this ring a bell >> with recent posts on the LUG? Still, critics regard peering into >> HCB's scrapbook as similar to visiting a famous painter in his >> studio and seeing the preliminary sketches as well as the finished >> works. If you are in New York during the coming couple of months, >> don't miss the exhibit. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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