The point about curation is well taken, Ann. Interestingly, with respect to the music biz, Johnny Lovine, Beats owner, talks about the lack of curation in the digital music business--here's the video.
http://www.thatericalper.com/2014/05/10/watch-beats-electronics-jimmy-iovine-talk-about-the-future-of-music-for-40-minutes/ All the Arts still need good human curation despite this digital age. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad > On May 15, 2014, at 5:26 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > When you said you were not aware of Frank's position I thought of OUR Frank - > who certainly is a fan of HCB as am I. I didn't know about Robert Frank's > opinion either. > > I saw the exhibit at MOMA - my final opinion was that it was too inclusive - > that is - there was too much of the work that he did > strictly for pay, not his personal work and that somehow watered down > the impression someone might have who was unfamiliar with him. > > when I was there, I ran into an old friend who happened upon some of that > work before seeing the iconic images and was leaning toward not > being very impressed - so I took him to the good stuff :-) and he thanked > me. This is a friend whose background is steeped in art and > who has a good eye doing his own mostly travel photography for the memories. > His father is a reknowned art collector (fairly recently deceased) - my point > being just that he isn't a casual observer. > > anyway, I love HCB and thought that the exhibit was poorly curated > and did him a disservice. > > ann > >> On 5/15/2014 17:32, Christine Aguila wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> In the foreword to the 2013 edition of The Best American Travel Writing, >> Jason Wilson includes some curious quotes from reviews of the HCB >> retrospective exhibition at MOMA several years ago: >> >> "The show was deemed 'almost unenduringly majestic' > by The New Yorker's Peter Schjeldshl, who gave this stern assessment > of what he called [HCB's] 'platitudinous' work: > 'richly satisfies the eye and the mind, while numbing the heart.' > This was seconded by the [NYT] Holland Cotter, who claimed that [HCB] > 'ideas and emotions are diffuse' and that 'surprisingly little tension builds' > in the exhibition. > Both critics trotted out tired old comparisons to the work of Robert Frank, a > detractor of [HCB] who once unjustly said of the older photographer, 'He > traveled all over the world, and you never felt he was moved by something > that was happening other than the beauty of it, or just the composition.'" >> >> I have to say I was surprised by these views, and I wasn't aware of Frank's >> position. > > Any thoughts from the list? >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> P.S. I wouldn't recommend this edition of BA Travel writing. To much of >> the work was down right dull. >> >> Sent from my iPad > > -- > 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.
