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Laurence
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 Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:09 am Post subject: Brassai - In Montmartre |
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Laurence wrote:
Brassai's In Montmartre is simply fantastic.
I picked up a library book titled The Monograph, which is a bio with images from Brassai.
Every once in a while you pick up a treasure that simply knocks the ball out of the park! 
Interesting, in that I heard only vague references before in my life. I am priveleged to see his outstanding imagery.
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=85097&apnum=377560&LinkTypeID=1&PosterTypeID=1&DestType=7&Referrer%20=
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/brassai.html[/i]
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Orio wrote:
He is one of my favourite photographers.
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Laurence
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
| Orio wrote: |
| He is one of my favourite photographers. |
You know, when I put up this post, I had already thought to myself,
"I'll bet anything, that Orio knows about this artist and photographer,
and knows his work very well." 
Hey Orio! Since I know that your life was filled with artists
(you lucky dog!), could you refer me to any other
photographers and/or artists whom you have come to
greatly admire?
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Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
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Orio
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| Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
| Laurence wrote: |
| Orio wrote: |
| He is one of my favourite photographers. |
You know, when I put up this post, I had already thought to myself,
"I'll bet anything, that Orio knows about this artist and photographer,
and knows his work very well."
Hey Orio! Since I know that your life was filled with artists
(you lucky dog!), could you refer me to any other
photographers and/or artists whom you have come to
greatly admire? |
As for photographers, I can name some, many of them have been active in the first half of the XX century, for whatever reason:
- Eugène Atget
- Brassai
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Henry Cartier-Bresson
- Izis
- Wim Wenders
and I am surely forgetting some.
I have also been influenced by the cinematographers of motion pictures.
The black and white photography of many Ingmar Bergman films is something I adore. Same for Murnau films. Same for Welles films.
As for other artists, the list would be too long I think. Some names in casual order: Raffaello, Tiziano, Caravaggio, of course Leonardo and in general most of the Italian painters that range from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and in recent times, Modigliani; amongst the Dutch and Flemish Rembrandt, Vermeer, the landscapists of the XVII century such as Ruysdael; amongst the French, Lorraine, Degas, Gauguin, Redon, Cézanne; amongst the German Franz Marc and Otto Mueller. Amongst the Spanish (or should I say Catalan in this case) the architect Gaudì. Plus various others.
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Laurence
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Laurence wrote:
SPLENDID! Thank you VERY much, Orio!
This will give me much fodder for perusing a no-doubt magnificent group of artists. I plan to "google" each one of them!
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CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
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