Well, that's not a bad thing either. On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> What about her influence now? Many younger street shooters will see >> her work because it's popular now and emulate he work. > > I'd think it's more likely to lead them to the work of the other Chicago > photographers > > B > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com> >> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net >> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:01:24 >> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'<pdml@pdml.net> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: RE: V. Maier exhibition in London >> >> > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf >> Of >> > Christine Aguila >> >> > To all our British PDMLers: Check this out: Vivian Maier is by you >> > guys! >> > >> > http://londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/diary/vivian-maier-a-life- >> > uncovered >> > >> > P.S. How about a report for the list from one of you guys!?! >> >> Chris couldn't make it yesterday, so I went to the exhibition today >> because >> I had something else to do in that area. >> >> The exhibition space is really good. It's some sort of Victorian >> railway >> building that's been converted as part of the enormous regeneration >> taking >> place around Kings Cross St. Pancras. There is an architect's model of >> the >> whole site on the ground floor of the exhibition building. >> >> The exhibition itself is quite small and I thought the pictures were >> rather >> variable, from superb to meh. Many of them are top class, whatever the >> back >> story, but I made an effort to evaluate them without the back story >> influencing me, trying to think "If I saw this without knowing who took >> it, >> what would be my reaction?". Meh, in a few cases. >> >> The good ones, however, are great and I look forward to seeing many >> more as >> the backlog is whittled away. It's a great shame though that Maier was >> not >> in contact with other street photographers of the time. If her pictures >> had >> been known in the 1950s she would stand alongside some of the top names >> from >> that school, but now she can only be a footnote and a curiosity. The >> influence of that school of photography has already been made, and I >> don't >> think she will go on to influence anyone significant, expect perhaps to >> learn more about the Chicago influence on street photography. >> >> The exhibition is part of London Street Photography week. After it I >> went to >> London's former "Little Italy", which is centred round the church of >> San >> Pietro. Today is when they have their annual procession, which I'd >> never >> heard of until a few weeks ago, so I went along to photograph it. Lots >> of >> street photographers had obviously had the same idea because I saw many >> of >> the same faces I'd seen earlier at the Maier show. I'll post some >> photos of >> the procession later. >> >> B >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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