zaterdag, oktober 20, 2007
"The Genius of Photography" op tv
Vanaf aanstaande donderdag zendt de Britse tv-zender BBC FOUR een serie van zes documentaires uit over fotografie, onder de titel The Genius of Photography. De geschiedenis van de fotografie wordt uitvoerig behandeld, en grote namen als Philip Jones Griffiths en Martin Parr komen aan het woord.
Veel Magnum dus, en dat het geen oergezellig clubje is blijkt maar weer uit de volgende passage:
Parr, a British photographer, shoots deadpan, and often vulgarly comic social critiques. Magnum photographers travelled the world; Parr took pictures in the local supermarket. When he applied to join, Cartier Bresson reportedly said: “I don’t know who you are. You are from another planet.”
Sadly, Cartier Bresson is no longer alive, but Jones Griffiths steps in to describe Parr’s work as “meaningless”. “Anyone who was described as Margaret Thatcher’s favourite photographer certainly didn’t belong in Magnum.” At the final ballot Parr scraped in by one vote. The irony is that Parr, a brilliant and eccentric loner of a very British sort, is the least clubbable person I know.
Lees meer in The Times in het artikel The Bigger Picture.
Veel Magnum dus, en dat het geen oergezellig clubje is blijkt maar weer uit de volgende passage:
Parr, a British photographer, shoots deadpan, and often vulgarly comic social critiques. Magnum photographers travelled the world; Parr took pictures in the local supermarket. When he applied to join, Cartier Bresson reportedly said: “I don’t know who you are. You are from another planet.”
Sadly, Cartier Bresson is no longer alive, but Jones Griffiths steps in to describe Parr’s work as “meaningless”. “Anyone who was described as Margaret Thatcher’s favourite photographer certainly didn’t belong in Magnum.” At the final ballot Parr scraped in by one vote. The irony is that Parr, a brilliant and eccentric loner of a very British sort, is the least clubbable person I know.
Lees meer in The Times in het artikel The Bigger Picture.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 10:10
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