Hi Everyone: I'd like to share a few notable bits with the list.
1stly: Yesterday, Darrel & I saw *Avant-Garde Art in Everyday Life* at the
Art Institute. The exhibition includes work by John Heartfield, Gustav
Klutsis, El Lissitzky, Ladislav Sutnar, Karel Keige, Piet Zwart and will be
of interest to photographers, since photography was the chosen
revolutionizing and transformative medium for the period and these
individuals.
Photography was not allowed, and I usually follow the rules, but when I saw
48 issues (from 1929-1934) of *Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung* (Worker's
Illustrated Magazine) aka the famous AIZ magazine, I couldn't help myself.
As many of you know the AIZ format inspired LIFE magazine, which launched in
the states in 1936. It was pretty historic to see all of these issues in
such beautiful condition. So, pretty cool, right? Well the results of my
*covert belly shot* seem to me interesting as well.
Shooting TAV, this frame is at ISO, 20,000. The post-processing details are
underneath the frame.
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/avantgarde2/content/IMGP5319_large.html
Clearly you can see color artifacts, but note this frame using the aged
photo filter:
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/avantgarde2/content/IMGP5319_1_large.html
From the exposure details it's obvious I should have opened up the aperture,
but the truth is I was nervous sneaking the shot, and I just tilted the K-5
upwards and released the shutter. Clearly a hurried shot, but the museum
guard was a hawk--"No pictures. No pictures" was a constant refrain heard
while viewing the collection. Anyway, I'm using Lightroom 2.7. I suspect
version 3 would clean up this noise even more--so imagine the possibilities.
2ndly, This frame--taken at ISO 10,000--(post-processing details underneath
frame) shows a Czech 1st edition of Upton Sinclair's novel *The Jungle* with
a dust jacket!
http://www.caguila.com/caguila/avantgarde2/content/IMGP5318_large.html
Pretty cool! The American edition supposedly came out with a dust jacket,
but as far as I know, serious book dealers and collectors have never seen an
American 1st edition with a dust jacket.
3rdly--just a heads up on a really neat book I purchased at the museum
entitled *The Polaroid Book: Selections from The Polaroid Collections of
Photography* published by Taschen. Over 300 plates, nice pictorial history
of the Polaroid camera, artist index, fine introduction, and in hard back
for $14.99!
We had a great day, yesterday! Downtown was packed with a cheerful energy
in the air. Also, check out the movie *My Perestroika*--it's brilliant. We
saw this Monday night at The Music Box.
Well, that's all really. Carry on then.
Cheers, Christine
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