Thanks, Tim, for your kind remarks. Much appreciated.
As to your comments about exhibition picks: one thing to remember is SPACE
when doing an exhibit; exhibits are limited by space. Remember, our exhibit
had 44 photographs, which is HUGE. PDML is lucky to have been invited by a
gallery that could physically accommodate a large collection of photographs.
Also, it's my view Sue had interest in selecting a wide range of genres,
which reflects the spirit of PDML. PDML is not a one genre photographic
community, and I think she did a good job of trying to reflect our
diversity. If PDML has another opportunity to do an exhibit somewhere else
in the world, the curator of the gallery may not be interested in doing what
Sue did.
Cheers, Christine
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From: "Tim Bray" <tb...@textuality.com>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:17 PM
Subject: Augenblick: Some shots and a controversial opinion
The very small gallery is here: http://www.tbray.org/pdml/PDML-Augenblick/
The shots are mostly a little blurry (I had the K20 accidentally
locked at ISO 200, so the Sigma 1.4 was running wide) and nothing much
in themselves; notable are the paired white K-X's in the first, and
Larry's dramatic silhouette menacing AnnSan as he photographs her in
the last. BTW, Larry showed me how you can use a plastic
film-canister lid to replace the irritating little screw-in cap on the
DA 40mm limited.
Of the pictures on display, I liked Christine's wonderful Brown-line
composition the best.
OK, here's the controversial opinion. Well, perhaps not, because it's
a matter of personal taste. But, anyhow... I quite strongly disagreed
with the selection from the book for the show. Yes, they were very
good - a tribute to some combination of the PDML talent pool and
Mark's outstanding curatorship and printsmanship. But as I picked up
my book for the first time and leafed through it after having orbited
the gallery a couple of times, time after time I found myself shaking
my head thinking "Why the #%$~! is this wonderful piece not on these
walls?"
Here are a few that I particularly regret not having seen lovingly
rendered on those walls:
"Help" - AnnSan - intensity and grace
"Surf Club" - P.J. Alling - the exposition of space is pure poetry
"Holy Water" - Pasvorn Boonmark - a totally astounding picture; I keep
going back to look again
"Rowboats, Padstow" - Cotty - an uncluttered hymn to curvature
"Tree in Field" - Steven Sharpe - it's a haiku
"Piano Player" - Dario Bonazza - almost too intense to look at,
illustration by subtraction
"Ratlines and Rigging" - Paul Sorenson - infinite detail at perfect rest
"Deputy" - John Andrew Celio - what a face
The lady who did the selection used criteria that were not, in my
opinion, essentially photographic.
But hey, as I said, it's just an opinion; worth what you paid for
t. -Tim
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