| Oct 29, 2008 | Barack Obama for President | | | |
I'm a British citizen and so not allowed to vote in US elections but there are times when a choice has to be made even on a website about the history of photography. I just received a Newsletter from Alex Novak and he makes the point very well and I'm including it below with his permission. As I've watched the news over the last months the attacks from McCain and Palin have been both misleading, disingenuous and at times outright lies. At a time of economic stress and when over the last eight years international respect for the USA has been considerably damaged leadership with intelligence, tact and integrity is required and so please VOTE FOR OBAMA and GET YOUR FRIENDS TO DO THE SAME if my 84 year old mother can man the phone lines you can certainly vote. Best wishes for a brighter future, Alan.
OUR FIRST (AND PROBABLY ONLY) POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT: BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT
By Alex Novak
I do not regard this newsletter in any way political and never thought I would use it for that purpose, so pardon me for this one instance (especially my many good Republican friends). But I have come to feel that the American Presidential election this time out particularly will be too crucial for any of us to pass up the opportunity to influence its outcome.
In the past I have felt that John McCain was a decent man. While I was never impressed with his astuteness, I did appreciate his forthrightness and courage in battling for issues that--at least in his mind--were the right things to do. And I genuinely hope he goes back to doing things that way in the future.
Unfortunately, I feel the way he has run for President has been disorganized, chaotic and frankly--at times--demagogic. Yes, there are always unfortunate distortions of each candidate's positions, but the Republican Party and the McCain campaign, if not the man himself, has stooped to new lows with its under-the-radar campaign of slurs made by robo-calls and email. These smears have created an atmosphere of hatred, bigotry and divisiveness that can only harm our country. His further choice of Sarah Palin, herself a dangerous, divisive demagogue and anti-intellectual, as a running mate clearly indicated the degree he would stoop to win at any cost. It is a sad commentary on a man who was defeated by similar tactics in 2000 in North Carolina.
On the other hand, I continue to be impressed with Barack Obama's intelligence, coolness under fire and organizational abilities. He has surrounded himself with strong but moderate advisors, and understands how to listen and make good, balanced decisions. Neither the U.S.A., nor the world needs another cowboy in the White House. If you want a beer with someone, go ask your neighbor, or even Sarah and Todd Palin. But what we need in the White House now is the leadership, intelligence and skill of Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden. I urge all of my readers to vote for them and to do all that is possible to help get them elected. Take nothing for granted this time. It is too important not to vote for balance, effectiveness, honesty and intelligence in these very troubling times.
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| | Oct 26, 2008 | Beggars | | | |
When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger.
Giovanni Guareschi (Italian journalist and author, 1908 - 1968)
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I'm planning an online exhibition on how beggars have been shown within photography and would welcome examples from around the world. Best, Alan alan@luminous-lint.com
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| | Oct 25, 2008 | Ghosts, apparitions, angels, spiritual visitations and views of the future | | | |
There can be few photography books as enjoyable as The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult by Clement Cheroux, Pierre Apraxine, Andreas Fischer, Denis Canguilhem and Sophie Schmit (Yale University Press, 2004). It takes us into the merging of the real and spiritual worlds with photographs of séances with automatic writing, table-tilting, and ectoplasm excreted by mediums as a physical manifestation of a haunting. It is a story of photography, science, legal proceedings and downright fraud.
This online exhibition of mostly nineteenth century material takes us into the ghostly world of grieving children in church yards, hair raising incidents, protective angels and unexpected apparitions on lonely roads.
Thanks to everybody for providing examples and particularly to Kevin Yee for nudging me along.
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Exhibition: Ghosts, apparitions, angels, spiritual visitations and views of the future
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| | Oct 24, 2008 | Museo d'Arte of Lugano: Photo20esimo - Masters of 20th Century Photography | | | |
At the Museo d'Arte of Lugano, Riva Caccia 5, CH - 6900 Lugano in Switzerland the exhibtion Maestri della fotografia del XX secolo [Masters of 20th Century Photography] is running from October 5, 2008 - January 11, 2009 and is based on a private collection of remarkable depth.
The exhibition is divided in a series of themes Abstraction, Portraiture, Art and Artists, Body, Landscape, Reportage, Still Life and Fashion and includes a selection of more than 300 works by masters such as Robert Capa, Robert Doisneau, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Mario Giacomelli, Nan Goldin, Mimmo Jodice, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Bettina Rheims, Alexander Rodchenko, Thomas Ruff, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston and many others.
I'd like to thank Marco Antonetto and the Museo d'Arte of Lugano for their assistance with this online exhibition.
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Exhibition: Museo d'Arte of Lugano: Photo20esimo - Masters of 20th Century Photography [Maestri della fotografia del XX secolo]
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| | Oct 19, 2008 | Whoops | | | | A couple of the links didn't work on the Luminous-Lint Newsletter 2.13 - Oct 13, 2008 I just sent out. Apologies and I've now fixed it. Best, Alan
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| | Oct 19, 2008 | Newsletter 2.13 - Oct 19, 2008 has been emailed | | | | Luminous-Lint Newsletter 2.13 - Oct 13, 2008 has been emailed to all those on our mailing list and you can subscribe to these free newsletters if you haven't already done so.
Past issues of the newsletter are in the library on the Luminous-Lint website. Thanks to everybody for your help with this group of exhibitions and apologies for the delay in getting this newsletter out. Best, Alan
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| | Oct 15, 2008 | Erwin Olaf: Royal Blood | | | |
The Erwin Olaf portfolio Royal Blood was released in 2000 in an edition of 15 copies and 3 artists proofs. The edition was sold out and on April 8, 2008 at Sotheby's New York a copy was sold for $27,400. The photographs are a provocative examination of royals, or almost royals, who died or were a party to gore soaked events. Princess Di with a Mercedes metal logo embedded in her arm, a blood splattered Jackie O and Julius Ceasar with a dagger in the back make up this typology of tragedy.
A single copy is available for sale for $25,000 until the end of October 2008 and if you are interested let me know and I'll put you in touch with the vendor.
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Exhibition: Erwin Olaf: Royal Blood
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| | Oct 14, 2008 | Be-Hold (Auction #52: Oct 30, 2008) | | | |
Larry Gottheim (Be-Hold) has another auction coming up on Oct 30th, 2008 with many surprises in store so check out the full catalog at:
BE-HOLD #52 (Oct 30, 2008) - COMPLETE AUCTION CATALOG
The 52nd Be-hold catalog/internet auction of photographs will take place on Thursday, October 30th, starting at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern.)
Appropriate to this dark time there is a large series of photographs dealing with 20th Century wars. Some of the material is very disturbing, yet these are powerful and revealing photographs that show how art and documentation are closely entwined. A major group of offerings deals with Vietnam, These are grouped almost year by year, from the end of the French involvement up to the aftermath in Cambodia. They are mostly period press photographs, with the original “slugs” attached that provide important contexts for the images. The photographers are often credited. Photographs by some of the major photographers such as Sean Flynn, Kyoichi Sawada, Philip Jones Griffith and Don McCullin are offered individually. The WWII photographs include a series of late war reconnaissance photographs used for bombing raids over targets in Japan, Groups of original German press photographs deal with ventures in Africa. They also show Germany’s connections with her future ally Japan. The group includes interesting aviation-related photographs, and scenes from the Russian front. A fascinating photo album is offered that was made from a wing section of a downed German fighter lane by a U.S. bomber squadron. There are also photographs from the Spanish Civil War, and grotesque images of Chinese beheadings, as well as unique photographs showing atrocities from the Japanese war in China before and during WWII.
From an earlier historical period there are a number of photographs dealing with American Indian culture during the period of Western expansion, with some fine portraits of prominent chiefs from the late 19th century. These include a beautiful hand-colored portrait of Geronimo by Erwin, several by F. A. Rinehart, and a fine tissue gravure by E. S. Curtis. Late 19th century and early 20th century American photographs include interesting Adirondack scenes by S. R. Stoddard, and lovely large albumen photographs of scenes in Saratoga. There is a Yosemite scene on boudoir mount by Carleton Watkins published by Taber, as well as a very rare important albumen print on a boudoir mount by Taber showing Chinese coolies embarking from a ship at San Francisco. A good selection of Northwest logging scenes by Darius Kinsey is also offered.
Early 19th century photography includes a select group of daguerreotypes and other early images, including a rare “ivorytype” by Germon of Philadelphia. An important group of cartes de visite is of Count Olympe Aguado and his family. Agaudo was the amateur photographer who first made small format photographs to be used as calling cards. The portraits are by Disderi, who commercially exploited that format. There are early salted paper prints by James Robertson and Robert MacPherson.On a lighter side, there are nude and fashion photographs by Germaine Krull, P. H. Oelman, Horst (and a related self-portrait by Dr. Agha), a touching portrait of Marilyn by Halsman (more personal than those more commonly offered.) Recent nude and fashion photographs are by Irina Ionesco, Jock Sturges and a striking “one of kind” Fresson print by Shiela Metzner. One of the principle offerings is a portfolio by Albert Watson, 12 nude photographs of fashion models made in 1977 in an edition of 12 for Watson’s favored clients.
Be-hold continues to present interesting photographs by major photographers, with works by Atget, Leonard Misonne, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Kertesz, Doisneau and others. There are portraits by Jesse Tarbox Beals, James Van Der Zee, Barbara Morgan, and a series of 1969- 1970 portraits of California photographers including Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, Wynn Bullock and Imogen Cunningham by Joan Murray.
The catalog and web absentee auction will take place on Thursday October 30th at 2:00 (Eastern.) Subscription forms for the catalog, color scans and further information can be found on the be-hold.com web site or by calling 914.423.5806.
All those interested are invited to look over the material in NYC on Friday, October 24th, from 2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., on Saturday October 25th, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., and Sunday October 26th, 9:00 a.m. – noon. The NYC preview will take place at the Affinia 50 Hotel, 50th
Street at 3d Avenue, with a reception on Friday and Saturday evenings.
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| | Oct 14, 2008 | Carte-de-visite | | | |
For those that are intrigued by Carte-de-visite (CDVs) there is a Yahoo discussion group available at
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cartes_de_visite/
This group is frequented by notable photo-historians and collectors of CDVs and if you have any questions it is a good place to follow up your research. I thought that it might be useful to show here some of the online exhibitions on Luminous-Lint that include CDVs.
With thanks to all of those that have shared their knowledge so willingly over the last few years.
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Exhibition: Carte de visite
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| | Oct 12, 2008 | William Claxton (1927-2008) | | | | On October 11, 2008 William Claxton died after a short illness in his hometown Los Angeles. He was one of the great photographers of the world of American jazz, fashion and celebrities.
The portrait here is by René De Carufel taken in March 2005 for his series The Photographer's Eye.
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