[rollei_list] Re: rollei Central Park "Gates" Photographs
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 12:24:35 -0800
GK,
Hand coloring would be like chrome plating a turd!
Jerry
TrueBadger@xxxxxxx wrote:
> In a message dated 2/25/2005 3:29:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, Robert Marvin
> <marvbej@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >I think that the Gates, as a work of art, are somewhat over-rated, as
> >are most of Christo's projects IMO, but the overall effect was
> >nevertheless quite beautiful. Even more important was the really
> >festive atmosphere throughout the park--people were REALLY happy.
> >
> >I agonized about photographing this event. I normally hate the thought
> >of taking photographs that are just like everyone else's, but decided
> >to go ahead anyway. I've seldom seen so many cameras in one place but I
> >doubt that more than 10,000 or so people have been perverse enough to
> >photograph these saffron orange objects in B&W, although that still
> >isn't much of a claim to originality. Nevertheless, I had the chutzpah
> >to post an album on the my camera club's website :-)
> >
> >http://brooklyncameraclub.org/v-web/gallery/Cristo-Gates
> >
> >All photographs were taken with a Rolleiflex 2.8E (Xenotar) with an
> >orange filter on Ilford HP5.
> >
> >Bob Marvin
> >
> >
> Bob:
>
> I rather liked numbers 9 and 11, and to a slightly lesser degree, #10.
>
> Maybe you should take the chutzpah to a higher level though, and hand color
> these using colors of your own choosing instead of the orange.
>
> G. King
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