| Newsletter for Collectors - Vol 5.4 | Oct 1, 2011 | | | Home • What‘s New • Photographers • Online Exhibitions
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Library • Contact us Greetings and welcome to another Luminous-Lint Newsletter and I hope you have had a refreshing summer.
It has been a while since the last newsletter, back in May 2011, as I have been concentrating on Visual Indexes and the inclusion of bibliographies for individual photographers. These are rudimentary but we‘ll improve them as we proceed.
The emphasis in this newsletter is on Fashion and Costume.
NEW ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
WARNING
Some of the online-exhibitions in this Newsletter contain images that may be considered disturbing and if you are of a sensitive disposition I would advise against viewing them. You have been warned. |
- The Strange Worlds of Paul Biddle
My inspiration and influences range from Renaissance art to Dadaism and Surrealism, from Picasso to the flotsam and jetsam that I pick up on my walks by the sea near my home.
Paul Biddle
- Photomontage - USSR in Construction
The listing of the issues has been provided by Jon Evans, Director, Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. We welcome further details on this important magazine so we can include a complete listing for research purposes.
- Wilson A. Bentley: Snowflakes
Seems appropriate as the weather in Canada moves towards winter - brrrrr....
- Fashion 1960s
The 1960s remains one of my favourite periods of Fashion Photography as I was living in London at the time - a bit young to be involved but I do remember in the early 1970s being almost run over when crossing an alley in Soho by a car in which Twiggy was a passenger. She was one of the faces of the 60s for the best of reasons - she was stunning and photographed well. This was the period when David Bailey, Brian Duffy and Terence Donovan demonstrated their talents in fashion photography.
- Fashion 1950s
Continuing on with online exhibitions of Fashion Photography here is the 1950s with Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Irving Penn, Fritz Henle, Norman Parkinson and others.
- Fashion 1940s
An online exhibition of the Fashion Photography of the 1940s including works by Norman Parkinson, Toni Frissell, Cecil Beaton, Horst and other photographers.
- Fashion 1930s
An online exhibition showing a selection of Fashion Photography from the 1930s including classics such as Martin Munkácsi "Lucille Brokaw" (1934) and Horst "The Mainbocher Corset, Paris" (1939).
- Fashion: 19th century - Dating - Ladies
These are as an aid to dating photographs based on fashion and costume.
- Fashion: 19th century - Dating - Gentlemen
- Fashion: 19th century - Dating - Children
- Fashion: 19th century - Dating - Mixed
- Van Leo: An Armenian Photographer in Cairo
An exhibition from the vaults.
Here is next batch of online exhibitions for Luminous-Lint that I would welcome scans for and advice on.
- William Henry Fox Talbot - The Ladder - ARE YOU A PHOTOMONTAGIST? Apologies on this and hopefully I will shortly be sending out a JPG of the photograph below to a group of photomontagists so they can incorporate it into a new artistic work for an online exhibition on Luminous-lint and possibly real world exhibitions. If you are interested in flexing your artistic muscles and participating get in touch. alan@luminous-lint.com
- Drawing and optical devices - We are pretty close to completing this online exhibition which will cover the camera obscura, camera lucida, silhouettes, physionotrace, optical boxes, pantograph and perspective devices. If there are collectors who would like to be involved or have expertise to share let me know. Illustrations and photographs of devices welcome along with the details of contemporary artists who use them.
- QR Codes - Is anybody investigating the use of QR codes within museum and galleries to bring up standardised bibliographic information and comparative photographic examples on mobile devices for visitors? If you are we should talk as I have some ideas.
The online exhibitions on Luminous-lint are never static so if you have better quality scans or a correction let me know.
Join in when you can - sharing makes the world a better place.
Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com
PHOTOPOLIS is a tri-annual festival of photography that showcases and celebrates the photographic arts scene in the Halifax Regional Municipality (Nova Scotia, Canada). Free to the public, this year‘s event will take place from October 1-31, 2011. PHOTOPOLIS, designed and planned by volunteers, is an opportunity to promote an open forum for the promotion and discussion of photography in HRM.
Photopolis - The Halifax Festival of Photography (Oct 1-31, 2011)
Photopolis - Inside Photography - Issues, Practices and Perspectives Symposium (Fri Oct 21 Reception, Sat Oct 22 Symposium)
Photopolis 2011 - Media Release
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If you will be attending Photopolis 2011 let me know as I live in Halifax.
My own page on Facebook
If you go to my Facebook page - Alan Griffiths
or search for Luminous-Lint you‘ll join a community of over 4,200 fellow enthusiasts. I‘m finding it useful for keeping everybody updated about what is happening on Luminous-Lint and in the wider world of photography
generally. To everybody who is participating thanks for all your friendship, knowledge and support.
ADDRESS
Want your invitations, catalogs, books and prints to arrive at my place? Well check your address book:
Alan Griffiths
Luminous-Lint
Box 33055
Quinpool RPO
Halifax NS B3L 4T6
CANADA
IMPORTANT: Couriers, such as Fedex and UPS, require a street address and telephone number so send me an email (alan@luminous-lint.com) to obtain further instructions if that is the way you ship.
To get a wider perspective on the topics covered on Luminous-Lint the following links will help. |
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What‘s New on Luminous-Lint |
William Albert Allard (1937, 30 September - ) was born - US. National Geographic Magazine Photography for over 25 years. His early work included photo-essays on the Amish (1964) and Hutterite religious communities (1969) and he is a master of the skilled use of color.
Al Chang (1922 - 2007, 30 September) died - US, HI, Honolulu. U.S. Army combat photographer active during the Korean War.
Yale Joel (1919, 21 February - 2006, 30 September) died - US, NY, Manhattan. Joel was a LIFE photographer, 1947-1972. Both his sons, David of Chicago and Seth of Los Angeles, are also photographers.
Peter Pitseolak (1902, November - 1973, 30 September) died - Canada, Northwest Territories, Cape Dorset. Canadian Inuit photographer and artist. |
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