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Subject: [Leica] London: Shows and photos
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:20:32 +0530
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I agree with you 100% - semi-pornographic bondage is not my scene - but it
seems to burned into the national artistic ethos of Japan, for some strange
reason (have you seen their comic books?). Any idea why it is so?
Cheers
Jayanand


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:04 PM, John Beeching <johnbeeching at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I had a brief meeting in London on Friday after which I went to Salgado's
> Genesis exhibition at the NHM:
>
> http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/salgado-genesis/
> and the the Araki show at the Michael Hoppen Gallery:
>
> http://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/exhibition,current,3,0,0,2324,169,0,0,0,michael_hoppen_contemporary.html
> Quite a contrast to say the least!  I was impressed by the Salgado, who I
> have admired for some time.  Though some were good, Araki left an
> unpleasant taste in my mouth; I don't like exploitation, however
> artistically it is done.
>
> I had some time to take some pictures before my train home with my GRD -
> senoritas and senoritos:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/51854712 at N03/sets/72157634071378946/
>
> John
>
> --
> John Beeching
> http://johnbeeching.com/
> eye see:    *http://www.blurb.com/b/3133577-eye-see*
> Three Frome Artists:
> http://www.blurb.com/b/1395201-three-frome-artists<
> http://www.blurb.com/books/1395201>
>
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