Thanks for the review and recommendation Christine. I'll be passing by Chicago twice between now and 10/3/2010, will see if I can work out the logistical details for a sidetrip to the museum.
stan On Jul 30, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Well, I've seen 300 HCB photographs, and I purchased the paperback edition of > the exhibition catalogue. Wow, what an experience. If you're in the Midwest > area, I'd definitely recommend flying in or driving in to see it. > Overwhelming majority of the prints were 7ish by 11ish in size, and grouped > thematically--early work, photo essays in LIFE magazine (China & Russia), > beauty, portraits, and later work--just an amazing collection of subject > material. > > What surprised me was the low contrast in a good many of the prints, and I > don't know if that is because of age of the print or intent. The photographs > in the exhibition catalogue have stronger contrast. I had this same surprise > when I saw Dorthea Lange prints (Migrant Mother etc) at the photo museum at > Columbia College. in Chicago. > > Because of the small print size, the photographs, to my eye, didn't *pop* off > the wall as I expected, though I think that's because some of the images loom > large in my mind's eye. Soft focus and grain very noticeable through out the > collection. > > All in all we had a nice time. No pictures of note, just a document of the > entrance way. Security was tight and no pictures allowed in exhibit area. > The show runs until 10/3/2010. > > Cheers, Christine > > > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/hcb/ > > http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/cartierbressonmodern > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
