> > From: Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/10 Wed AM 10:53:02 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT Bob Carlos-Clarke eulogy > > mike wilson wrote: > >> From: Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Date: 2006/05/10 Wed AM 08:45:36 GMT > >> To: Pentax Discuss <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: OT Bob Carlos-Clarke eulogy > >> > >> Sorry Mike, > >> > >> I completely missed your post, and found this in the archives. Thanks > >> for the link. He was one of my fave erophotogs. > >> > >> D > >> > > > > It's always sad when someone takes this sort of unilateral action. I've > > known of his work since the early 1970's, when he was still a student. For > > me, Thoreau's "quiet desperation" never seemed to apply to him but I was > > obviously wrong. It appears that the trait may run in his family - I hope > > his daughter manages to resist. > > > > BTW, his filing system was to burn his negatives. > > > > > By coincidence, I picked up a copy of Aria the other day. 10 directors > directing 10 short scenes with famous opera arias as the soundtrack. I > remember seeing this back in my uni days very well. Watching the credits > just now, I was amazed that each seg had their own special stills > photographer. Annie Leibovitz, David Bailey, Greg Gorman, Lord Snowden, > John Swannell, Angus McBean and, ahem, Koo Stark are all in there. And > even more amazed to see the stills photog for my favorite one, the Bruce > Beresford effort (with a very young Elizabeth Hurley), was BCC. >
The session he did with her afterwards, with her in an, er, unclothed situation, are probably his most famous burned negatives.... > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000069HZA/qid=1147257359/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8438863-2441428?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130 > > Yes, it is indeed sad what he did. Truly a moving eulogy. > > /?A photograph is the only physical proof that we really existed, that > we were once strong and young and maybe beautiful"/ I think I can only manage one out of three. 8-)) > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
