At the Robert Frank show at the Met Museum here there was a display of
the contact sheets in the
center of one room with the selections Frank had made along the walls -
all from "The Americans"
I never did see the book "the Contact Sheet" - but saw excerpts from it
- I think run over several months in
one of the major photo mags here back in the 80's
That might be a fun thing to do for us... scan a contact sheet from old
where only one or two photos
were selected from it and show both...
What say you?
ann
paul stenquist wrote:
I remember thumbing through that book. Quite a while ago I believe, but I could
be wrong. It was fascinating. And it demonstrates that great shots are usually
one of many.
Great pic of Marilyn! Thanks for posting it.
Paul
On Feb 4, 2010, at 9:00 PM, frank theriault wrote:
I had a few minutes between calls this afternoon so I popped into a
chain bookstore and wandered up to the photographic book section. I
pulled out a book called The Contact Sheet by Steve Crist.
It was awesome!
It took a look at some well-known photos (and some that I wasn't
familiar with) by some very well-known photographers. The
photographers talked about the individual photo and the shoot in
general. Accompanying each photo was the entire contact sheet from
that roll.
Fascinating!
I only had the chance to look through about 1/4 of the book, but of
that portion the highlight was Elliott Erwitt (one of my all-time
heroes) with his photo of Marilyn Monroe reading:
http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_425142478_554036_elliott-erwitt.jpg
cheers,
frank
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