There is a really interesting exercise going on over on the Magnum blog at the moment, where people are choosing Magnum photos which evoke a well-known work of art. The shortlist is up on the blog at the moment, and makes fascinating viewing, not least because it shows an awful lot of photos that I have never seen before. http://blog.magnumphotos.com/2008/11/surfing_the_archive_competition_entries.htm l
Why "At last!"? Remember a few months ago I posted some pictures from the source of the Thames? I said that one of my photos reminded me of a well-known painting, which I thought was a Rembrandt. Several people tried to help me find the right one, to no avail. Well, the painting I'm thinking of is entry number 65 on the blog, and is by Thomas Sidney Cooper and Frederick Richard Lee. It's paired with a photo by one of my favourite Magnum photographers, Raymond Depardon. Here's my humble imitation: http://www.web-options.com/TP2008/content/_8308296_large.html And the original - Evening In The Meadows: http://tinyurl.com/6xwclc http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=8511&searchid= 12069&tabview=image Enjoy! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
