Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Bob - I follow TOP on a daily basis - it's on my web menu - between it and AmericansuburbX you can't go wrong for a daily dose of photography commentary ernie On Apr 17, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Robert D. Baron wrote: > You might also find this interesting: > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/04/henri-cartierbresson-at-moma-and-elsewhere.html > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/y2pqbak > > --Bob > > ==-On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Charcot <charcot at comcast.net> > wrote: > >> bob - should be fun. Both the NY Times article and the New yorker draw >> robert Frank into the mix. Interesting. I haven't followed Frank's >> stuff at all since The Americans which I consider one of the greatest >> photography tomes ever. >> >> ernie >> On Apr 17, 2010, at 10:11 AM, Robert D. Baron wrote: >> >>> I read the review earlier this morning, before seeing your post. >>> >>> The quote you have in quotation marks is I believe from Robert Frank, >>> while the reviewer's conclusion is as stated in your post. >>> >>> I'll be interested in your opinions after you've seen the exhibit. >>> >>> I've seen a lot of HCB's work and while I disagree for the most part >>> with this reviewer's opinion of it I think I can see how he gets to >>> it. >>> >>> --Bob >>> >>> ===On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Charcot <charcot at comcast.net> >>> wrote: >>>> ?He traveled all over the goddamned world, and you never felt that he >>>> was moved by something that was happening other than the beauty of it, >>>> or just the composition.? The problem of Cartier-Bresson?s art is the >>>> conjunction of aesthetic classicism and journalistic protocol: timeless >>>> truth and breaking news. He rendered a world that, set forth at MOMA by >>>> the museum?s chief curator of photography, Peter Galassi, richly >>>> satisfies the eye and the mind, while numbing the heart. >>>> >>>> Read more: >>>> http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2010/04/19/100419craw_artworld_schjeldahl#ixzz0lN2EKWEc >>>> >>>> Sorry folks I don't get it - how does the reviewer draw all this from >>>> HCB . I for one am planning on spending $ to go to one of the hosting >>>> cities! >>>> >>>> ernie >>>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information