Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hola Nathan, About Catal?-Roca I agree, we have already talk in private about him, I want just to add about him as a person, he was a really lovely person a very human person! About the dogs, I like them all, my favorite would be the first one, it is a nice casual encounter well seen and used by you. Un abrazo Lluis > El 5 ag 2022, a les 21:53, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> va > escriure: > > My daughter has been visiting her brother in New Jersey for the past 2 > week. She came back this morning, and I had to pick her up in Madrid, > about 4 hours drive from Alicante. Since the PhotoEspa?a festival is on > right now, I went to Madrid yesterday morning and spent all day visiting > several photo exhibitions. I saw much great and inspiring work, but for my > daily pics I show you three dogs. > > I started my day with the most important exhibition, of photos by Catalan > photographer Francesc Catal?-Roca, at an exhibition centre of the Madrid > autonomous region. The exhibition was a total revelation that proved to me > conclusively that Catal?-Roca was one of the 2-3 greatest photographers of > the 20th century, far superior to some of our icons including > Cartier-Bresson, held back by being from what was than a cultural > backwater under a Fascist dictatorship and thus not on the radar screen of > the cognoscenti in New York, Paris, and other cultural capitals of the > world. I will write more about him later, but in the meantime here is the > lady at the front desk of the exhibition venue, with her assistant: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NsJgzvs/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NsJgzvs/A> > > I had parked my car at the hotel and used the excellent Madrid metro to > move around the city throughout the day. I have no idea about the rules > for bringing dogs on the metro, but this is Spain and we are pragmatic > here. I took several photos of this fellow passenger, with my Fuji camera, > with my phone, and with my Olympus film camera. Here is the Fuji shot: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MQzB73z/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-MQzB73z/A> > > I finished the day with dinner at a Japanese restaurant in the Chueca > neighbourhood, a part of Madrid full of gay bars, vegan shops and > otherwise great vibes. I went there to see an exhibition of work by a > Czech photographer. Afterwards, I had dinner and on my way back to the > metro, I photographed my third dog of the day: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qwNdSsq/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qwNdSsq/A> > > I had a great day in Madrid, despite the temperatures approaching 40C, > making it a bit challenging to walk around. Fortunately, cold beer is > widely available ;-) > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information