[Leica] Santa Fe show

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Phil - just got back as well and very much enjoyed the Monroe Gallery  
as well. Also made the obligatory pilgrimage to Photo-Eye gallery and  
bookstore on Garcia St.

ernie
On Apr 14, 2007, at 10:54 PM, Phil Swango wrote:

> I just got back from a day in Santa Fe with friends.  For those  
> planning to
> attend the LHSA meeting and/or LUG dinner later this month, there's a
> wonderful show of classic photojournalism at the Monroe Gallery (*  
> http://*
> www.monroegallery.com), just a few blocks from the meeting hotel (La
> Posada).  It centers on the many women who were doing PJ during the  
> middle
> decades of the 20th century, including Margaret Bourke-White,  
> Esther Bubley,
> Ruth Orkin, Eve Arnold, Berenice Abbott, Lisa Larsen, and others.   
> It's
> quite a strong show, with both vintage and non-vintage prints of  
> some truly
> iconic work.  Tina, too bad you aren't going to be there.
>
> Also, as I have already mentioned to some offlist, I will be  
> bringing a
> friend to the LUG dinner.  Kris Mills is a working artist  
> (sculptor) and
> university art faculty member.  She also works as studio assistant to
> photographer Joel-Peter Witkin.  She did most of the background  
> painting for
> the Witkin fashion shoot that appeared in the NYT Magazine last  
> year, and
> for which my daughter Juliet modeled.
> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/11/24/magazine/ 
> 20061126_STYLE_SLIDESHOW_1.html
>
> Looking forward to meeting a lot of you there.
>
> -- 
> Phil Swango
> 307 Aliso Dr SE
> Albuquerque, NM 87108
> 505-262-4085
>
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