While we're on to exhibits, I took in a Robert Frank exhibit here in Toronto yesterday, at the Steven Bulger Gallery on Queen West (for any locals who are interested). The show was called Robert Frank in Canada.
It wasn't at all what I expected! He's been spending many months a year in Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada since the late 60's or early 70's. There were about 1/2 dozen works, all photo-collages, taken with a disposable camera called a Logo (I think) back in the early 70's. These cameras were the type that you bought with film already in them, then sent off to the manufacturer to get the film developed (I don't think local labs could do it), and you got your prints and a fully loaded camera by return mail. Anyway, the photo and print quality was what one would expect, but that didn't make any difference in this case. Really interesting stuff. As one commentator said, very filmic, and quite the opposite of "decisive moment". As I said, not what I expected, but well worth the while of anyone in the area to go see. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
