Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting collection, Nathan. She had a good eye for the impressive image. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:01 AM Subject: [Leica] Photographic treasures from Hispanic Society of America > Went to a photo exhibition yesterday that really impressed me. It was from > a collection of photos of Spain commissioned by the Hispanic Society of > America during the first 2-3 decades of the 20th century. I had never > heard of the Society (founded by Archer Milton Huntington in New York in > 1908, a rich guy with an interest in the country) nor of most of the > photographers. The one whose work particularly impressed me was Ruth > Matilda Anderson (1893-1983), whose photographs of people in 1920s Spain > in my view is AT LEAST on par with the best work by Dorothea Lange and the > other FSA photographers. A small taste is here (sorry, in Spanish only): > > http://www.uclm.es/ceclm/fotografia_hispanic/fotografos/matilda_anderson.htm > > For me anyway, her photos were a revelation. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >