zondag, januari 30, 2005
Magnum-foto's vallen op in straatbeeld New York
It's a lot to ask a New Yorker — to slow down, look up and thoughtfully observe. Especially around Times Square, the eyes are so aroused by so many fast-moving images that it's difficult to absorb any one of them. But this month a digital billboard at West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue has offered passersby a classy eyeful. And some have even stopped to look.
Images from the archive of Magnum Photos, the famed collective of photojournalists, have flashed 6 seconds at a time, across a 1,300-square-foot screen that wraps around the northeast corner of the Port Authority bus terminal.
We tried for anti-iconic for this series, where it might be light or a gesture or a detail that has captured the photographer to create an image that sings in a special way," said Susan Meiselas, a Magnum photographer who with colleague Alex Webb curated this part of the billboard exhibit. Finishing out the month is an exhibition focusing on war, depicting through images, and quotes from soldiers and civilians, the role that the U.S. has played in Iraq.
In addition to photos drawn from the agency's million-image archive, embedded Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak sent live reports via satellite from Baghdad and Mosul.
Lees meer in de LA Times, en bekijk de foto's zelf bij Magnum in Motion.
Images from the archive of Magnum Photos, the famed collective of photojournalists, have flashed 6 seconds at a time, across a 1,300-square-foot screen that wraps around the northeast corner of the Port Authority bus terminal.
We tried for anti-iconic for this series, where it might be light or a gesture or a detail that has captured the photographer to create an image that sings in a special way," said Susan Meiselas, a Magnum photographer who with colleague Alex Webb curated this part of the billboard exhibit. Finishing out the month is an exhibition focusing on war, depicting through images, and quotes from soldiers and civilians, the role that the U.S. has played in Iraq.
In addition to photos drawn from the agency's million-image archive, embedded Magnum photographer Thomas Dworzak sent live reports via satellite from Baghdad and Mosul.
Lees meer in de LA Times, en bekijk de foto's zelf bij Magnum in Motion.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 19:44
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