My favourite gallery here in Toronto, the Stephen Bulger Gallery, is currently showing an Andre Kertesz exhibit. Apparently it includes several contact sheets, along with many photos. I hope to get into see it on Saturday (full report to follow).
In preparation of this exciting event, I had a few minutes to kill today, so I entered a bookstore to see if I could look through one or two photo collections of his, and I was successful. Of course, this only whetted my appetite to see his works in a proper setting even more. But, during my perusals today, I came across the following quote of his. If it starts a discussion here, I think that would be great: "I am an amateur, and I intend to remain an amateur for the rest of my life. The photograph gets its beauty from the very truth with which it is stamped. This is why I guard myself against any kind of professional trickery or virtuosity..." Beautiful, eh? cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
