On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 00:31:44 +0000, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I received a notice today from the Visual Journalism group of the RPS > about a very interesting forthcoming event which may be of interest to > people within reach of London. > > Chris Boot, former director of Magnum, has a book coming out of > interviews of 61 Magnum photographers. It comes out next month - just > in time for Christmas, hint, hint - and is called 'Magnum Stories'. > > From the blurb on Amazon: "This book explores the 'photo story' > through 61 master classes by some of the world's greatest photographers, > all members of the international photographic agency Magnum. Henri > Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and their colleagues use the > photo story as a vehicle to explain their approach to taking and editing > photographs." > > On Dec 17th the VJ Group is holding a Q&A session with Chris Boot and up > to 9 (nine!) Magnum photographers. They say "the nature of > photojournalism makes it impossible to confirm who the photographers > will be, but they could include any or all of: Stuart Franklin, Martin > Parr, Chris Steele-Perkins, Thomas Hoepker, Thomas Dworak, Karl de > Keyzer, Patick Zachmann, Hiroji Kubota and Dennis Stock". > > Tickets are �5.00 and selling fast. It starts at 6.30pm, and is at the > Guardian Newsroom, 60, Farringdon Road, London. To book, contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I can't make it because I have a prior committment on that date, > annoyingly. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob >
And, I can't make it because I'll be in another hemisphere that evening. Damn! <vbg> Sounds pretty amazing, Bob, but all yer making me do is drool... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
