Hi,
so ok, New York's not Chicago, and walking isn't the same as going on
the bus, but so what?
Yesterday I went to the exhibition of Robert Frank's photos at Tate
Modern - http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/frank/about.shtm
I didn't get chance to see as much as I'd hoped because my companions
(aged 9, 11 and 42) and the large crowds didn't really give me enough
time, but I was particularly struck by the series he shot in New York,
1958 during bus rides:
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/frank/nybus.shtm
I was not really familiar with them before. They have a real
spontaneity and looseness about them, but they catch some small
moments really well.
The exhibition includes a number of his contact prints. I always enjoy
the contact prints as much as the final shot because they provide a
good insight into the way a photographer works*. The whole show is an
excellent way of following his development from the 1950s through to
the present day. It's quite a trip. I intend to go back on my own,
when it's quietened down a bit.
Thought for the day: "Bob, why can't you have a big exhibition like this?
You take lots of photographs".
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Cheers,
Bob
*I expect this to be one of the things we lose as digital takes over
the world. It will be like losing artists' sketchbooks and writers'
notebooks.
