Thanks - very interesting to see those covers. On a sorta related note, the Royal Academy here is about to put on its first photography show, which looks extremely interesting: <http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/hungarian-photography/>
I have a very good book, in fact a catalogue, from a similar exhibition from years ago about the Hungarian influence on photojournalism. Well worth a visit - if anyone wants to join me at some time, please shout. Or, as they say in Hungary, plisz sszyűt. Bobasz > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Christine Aguila > Sent: 29 June 2011 20:19 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Exhibition, Book, and Movie suggestion for the list > > 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.htm > l > > 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 > > > -- > 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.
