[pure-silver] Re: NYT Photography Articles

Thanks! these were really great, especially the one about point lobos and weston. Those photographs made a huge impression on me when I first saw them. In fact one of them--a stick on a rock--is still my favorite photograph. Weston got dissed a lot by my teachers when I was in school in the late nineties and early auties. They hated modernism, but I think those photographs will always look good, whereas some of the contemporary stuff I see is just a flash in the pan.

--shannon (an old-fashioned modernist)


On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:04 AM, Adrienne Moumin wrote:

<x-tad-bigger> Some interesting articles from today's NY Times:</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger> Helen Levitt, Who Froze New York Street Life on Film, Is Dead at 95:</x-tad-bigger>

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<x-tad-bigger> In Point Lobos, Where Edward Weston Saw the World Anew:</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>http://tinyurl.com/cxdmc3</x-tad-bigger>


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<x-tad-bigger> Mythic West of Dreams and Nightmares:</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>http://tinyurl.com/c6h68d</x-tad-bigger>


<x-tad-bigger>Enjoy!</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger> Adrienne Moumin</x-tad-bigger>

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<x-tad-bigger>more work @ Saatchi Gallery: </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>www.tinyurl.com/hw6r3</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger> </x-tad-bigger>

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