Monthly Archives: February 2008

About a kiss and a bullet (authenticity & social relations)

the kiss doisneau_hotelkiss_498.jpg How does it feel to know that one of the most romantic images ever made was staged? The famous ‘Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville’ by Robert Doisneau, captured in Paris in 1950, was no other but a … Continue reading

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At twelve

Sally_Man_attwelve_p38_500.jpg “In the early fall, I drank coffee with several generations of the Conner family, the close air of their kitchen settling across my shoulders like a shawl. I explained what I was doing and, as so often happened, their … Continue reading

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Henri Cartier-Bresson’s scrapbook

A major photographic exhibition is coming to the North. Representing the first half of Henri Cartier-Bresson’s career (which spans from 1932 to 1946), a photographic material which was carefully selected, printed and mounted to a scrapbook by himself after the … Continue reading

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deconstructed

deconstructed_p01_x1bwret_600christos_stavrou.jpg Leeds under construction. The city deconstructed. Photograph by Christos Stavrou © 2007. All rights reserved

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Robert Frank’s spectators

I opened a classic book tonight, The Americans by Robert Frank (1958). A friend left it here with couple other books before Christmas. I went downstairs to search for it. I was left with Robert Frank’s spectators. robert_frank_americans_p37_500p In page … Continue reading

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