Irving Penn, 16.6.1917-07.10.2009, Single of the Day,
Centennial… images for 100 years.
Thank you for your charming way to give us this world Mr. Penn,
At the Met until July 30th.
Archivi categoria: Alla periferia dell’Io / The peripherical “I”
Platt Lynes beyond himself
George Platt Lynes, 15.4.1907-6.12.1955, Single of the Day,
Looking at personalities beyond personalities, with a camera.
On the road with William Klein
William Klein, 19.4.1928, Single of the day
Quando la classe è per strada, Buon Compleanno Mr. Klein!
When road is classy, Happy Birthday Mr. Klein!
Diane Arbus, odd as normality
Diane Arbus, 14.3.1923 – 26.7.1971, Single of the Day
Thank you Ms. Arbus for teaching us that odd is us, too. Happy Birthday!
Duane Michals, the prose portrait author
Duane Michals, 18.2.1932, Single of the Day.
“I have a new concept. I call it the “prose portrait.” A prose portrait doesn’t necessarily show you what someone looks like; it’s not a line-for-line reproduction of a face. A prose portrait tells you what the nature of the person is about. When I photographed Magritte, the portrait was made in the nature of Magritte. When I photographed Warhol, the portrait was in the character, the mystery—if there is one—of Warhol. You can’t capture someone, per se. How could you? The subject probably doesn’t even know who he (or she) is. So, for me, a prose portrait is about a person, rather than of a person.”
Peter Beard, magic is endless
Peter Beard, 22.1.1938, Single of the Day
Nature is as magic as a Beard’s shot.
And the end of the game is unlimited…Happy Birthday Mister Beard!
to know more: http://peterbeard.com/
Singh, dall’India per amore
Dayanita Singh, New Delhi -1961 -, Single of the Day
“Photography is not about reality, photography is all fiction. Let’s play with the fiction”.
“That’s what’s so great about photography, the way it can be disseminate in so many different ways”.
Museum of chance
Helmut Newton, scatto matto alla donna
Helmut Newton, 31.10.1920 – 23.1.2004, Single of the Day
“Una fotografia è un segreto che parla di un segreto. Più essa racconta, meno è possibile conoscere”
14 Sep 2016 – 22 Jan 2017 – Palazzo Ducale, Genova
Harry Callahan, il perfezionismo dello scatto
Harry Callahan, 22.10.1912 – 15.3.1999, Single of the Day
Instacabile lavoratore: ogni mattina in giro a fotografare, ogni pomeriggio a stampare.
Eppure solo sei foto all’anno, non di più, avevano il suo benestare.
Da vedere:
Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, Usa, fino a gennaio 2017,
San Diego Museum of Art, Usa, fino a marzo 2017
Mike Disfarmer, la depressione come una poesia
Mike Disfarmer, 1884-1859, Single of the Day
La storia “borderline” di un fotografo eccezionale.
The eccentric photographer known as Disfarmer (1884-1959) seemed to be a man determined to shroud himself in mystery. Born Mike Meyers, the sixth of seven children in a German immigrant family, Disfarmer rejected the Arkansas farming world and the family in which he was raised. He even claimed at one point in his life that a tornado had lifted him up from places unknown and deposited him into the Meyers family.
In time Mike expressed his discontent with his family and farming by changing his name to Disfarmer. In modern German “meier” means dairy farmer, and since he thought of himself as neither a “Meyer” nor a “farmer,” Mike Meyer became “dis”- farmer.
Per info: http://www.disfarmer.com/
