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". -- 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.
