Paul Hart Posted May 27, 2008 Share #1 Posted May 27, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just a note to say that the exhibition of photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson entitled 'Scrapbook' is still on at the National Museum of Film and Photography (or whatever it's now called) in Bradford, UK. I went with my rangefinder-toting chum today and had a browse - some of the pages of the original scrapbook are on display, along with all the photos. Well worth a trip if you can. No photography allowed in the exhibition, but grabbed this one in another room (M8+50 Nokton): Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 27, 2008 Posted May 27, 2008 Hi Paul Hart, Take a look here HC-B Exhibition in Bradford, UK. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
kenneth Posted May 28, 2008 Share #2 Posted May 28, 2008 I am looking forward to going on Thursday. I don't visit the museum as much as I should especially as I only live 100 yards from the Bradford boundary. Also worth a visit if you are in the area is Salts Mill in Saltaire. The old mill houses the largest collection of David Hockney's work anywhere. It includes many of his multiple shot photographs which build up into collages. He is a brilliant artist and superb draghtsman. Salts Mill like like the Photographic Museum does not charge entry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted May 28, 2008 Share #3 Posted May 28, 2008 I am looking forward to going on Thursday. I don't visit the museum as much as I should especially as I only live 100 yards from the Bradford boundary. Also worth a visit if you are in the area is Salts Mill in Saltaire. The old mill houses the largest collection of David Hockney's work anywhere. It includes many of his multiple shot photographs which build up into collages. He is a brilliant artist and superb draghtsman. Salts Mill like like the Photographic Museum does not charge entry Kenneth I second Saltaire and the Hockney Collection. I may well be at Bradford tomorrow - the HCB exhibition closes at the end of May, and I haven't been yet! If you see a short bloke with an R9 (maybe in the ground floor eatery at lunchtime?) it probably will be me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTD Posted May 28, 2008 Share #4 Posted May 28, 2008 Went with Rolo to a seminar there and saw the HCB exhibition. What I found interesting was the chance to see some of the frames taken just before and after some of his most iconic photographs. I think it might make you rethink some of the HCB mystique about there being 'one' decisive moment etc. You can see him developing ideas across a number of frames. It was a change to see small, modest prints that didn't show any great technical quality but seemed very fresh in the way subjects were photographed. After seeing interviews with him, I get the idea he was a very modest bloke, who didn't let all the hype bother him too much. Well worth seeing IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted May 28, 2008 Share #5 Posted May 28, 2008 Kenneth I second Saltaire and the Hockney Collection. I may well be at Bradford tomorrow - the HCB exhibition closes at the end of May, and I haven't been yet! If you see a short bloke with an R9 (maybe in the ground floor eatery at lunchtime?) it probably will be me. Hello John My M6 arrived today from The Classic Camera London (great old school customer service rare to find today). The forecast for Thursday looks quite good so I might just head off to the dales. Otherwise, I will look out for you. I am 60, bald with a beard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 1, 2008 Share #6 Posted June 1, 2008 The photographs are excellent, but it's the most poorly curated exhibition I've been to. The pictures are all small - no problem there - but they've been hung at such a low height that you have to bend down to see them, and the lighting is so badly arranged that it then causes shadows to be cast on the photographs. Absolutely terrible IMHO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted June 1, 2008 Share #7 Posted June 1, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I couldn't agree more, except that some of his photographs give hope for us all. (I have made comments to this effect on another thread...) http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/55003-where-did-you-take-your-leica.html#post573180 I am just glad that they didn't charge an entrance fee, although a 180 mile round trip specially does seem to be 180 miles too far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted June 1, 2008 Share #8 Posted June 1, 2008 Technically a lot of the HCB photographs are terrible, but there's more to an image than it just being sharp. I expect he found a camera/lens combination that worked for him and never obsessed about bokeh or micro-contrast or asked his dealer how a lens 'draws'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_murray Posted June 1, 2008 Share #9 Posted June 1, 2008 And I thought he'd drawn some decisive moments with his 'crons and lux's. Evidently he did'nt hit the everyone's sweet spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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