Re: [UC] Smashed Cars

2007-04-29 Thread Frank
He was amazing. I saw the exhibit of rarely seen Weegee's at the ICP in NYC last year, some with his notes still written on them. Also a newspaper he began because he thought the mainstream media wasn't up to the job. It was very cool. There was also an exhibit of wonderful photos by a Sout

Re: [UC] Smashed Cars

2007-04-29 Thread Ross Bender
Never having heard of the great photographer Weegee I educated myself a bit on Google. He has one really ghastly picture of horse-faced women at the opera at: http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/ Kyle, I think you have a challenge here -- go around to the UCD/FOCP Party for t

Re: [UC] Smashed Cars

2007-04-29 Thread B Andersen
How can I claim the title of the Squeegee of Cedar Park? On 4/28/07, Kyle Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robin sed: >As a local artist with a conscience, I AM SCARED! Get with the program! People are tired of seeing landscapes. Start painting burning buildings and muggings or the art wor

RE: [UC] Smashed Cars

2007-04-28 Thread Kyle Cassidy
Robin sed: >As a local artist with a conscience, I AM SCARED! Get with the program! People are tired of seeing landscapes. Start painting burning buildings and muggings or the art world is just gonna roll right over you. The Weegee of West Philly, kc

[UC] Smashed Cars

2007-04-28 Thread Robin Gresham-Chin
There are people who set up photos for shock value. I am thinking of Mathew B Brady for one. He used to arrange bodies for heightened drama. Now that Kyle is getting paid for UC documentation what can we expect? I think all you guys who are dishing out big bucks for images should really