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Lartigue Photos…In Color!

“For me, life and color are inseparable”
– Jacques Henri Lartigue

Image: Florette dan la Morgan, Provence, Mai 1954
© Jacques Henri Lartigue

I have always thought of Jacques Henri Lartigue as a black-and-white photographer. The story of his picking up the camera at age seven, and proceeding to make images of his family and friends as they lived, played, and traveled together is charming – and his images seduce you with their exuberant, loving, artful beauty. Lartigue images always make me happy.

Today there is an article in the New Yorker magazine, announcing a new book to be released in February 2016, “Lartigue Photographs: In Color.” Color! A surprise to me. See the images – still beautiful, still uplifting – lovely pieces of art and soul.

Unknown to me, there was a full exhibition in Paris this past summer of 2015 of Lartigue’s color work. A May 31, 2015 article in Architectural Digest contains more about this exhibit, the photographer, and shares more of his wonderful images.

Wishing you the joyfulness of Lartigue photography
and the passion of a life in color.

March 2, 2015

“Impermanence Through Graffiti”

“Turning a Subway Car Into a Gallery, Until the Last Stop” – NY Times – 3/1/2015

Love how this artist demonstrates impermanence, creativity, and passion all in one train ride.

And you can experience it all by just going to New York City and riding the subway…Although which line will Nic 707 and his collaborators choose today?

The artist dropped his art practice, and then returned over 20 years later – an interesting story of how he circled back to his original inspiration.

There are many ways to find your Path.

Image from InstaFame Phantom Art
Artist: Nic 707, © 2013 Miteff Enterprises

March 30, 2014

“Couples/Duos” Exhibit – PAAM

Love, love, loved the current exhibit, “Couples/Duos” I saw for the first time yesterday at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM).

A wonderful concept, and so well curated. Photographers with painters, painters with sculptors, painters with painters – Some are friends, some are couples, some have never met.

So inspiring to see the match and contrasts of sensibilities and expression, and the dialogues between them.

So sorry to have missed the events that accompanied this earlier in the year – PAAM has such wonderful programs and community –

Will go back soon…to absorb and be fed by this again and again…and invite a pairing of my own!

Image:Pat de Groot, October Moon Rising, 2004-05; Nanno de Groot, Red Sail, 1963

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March 15, 2014

Bill Cunningham: ‘Facades’ Exhibition at the New York Historical Society

Image by Bill Cunningham, “Editta Sherman at the Guggenheim.”
Copyright Bill Cunningham, New York Historical Society.

I love Bill Cunningham – his spirit as well as his photography work.

Based on his book “Facades” of 1978, the current exhibit at the New York Historical Society reflects his collaboration with the artist Editta Sherman, “The Duchess of Carnegie Hall,” where they drew from costume, architecture, and history to create a collection of images that are both playful and deep.

As Glenn O’Brien says in his New York Times Article (which includes 14 images from the exhibition):

“Bill Cunningham is not an innocent, but he is a rare purist, and this body of work is a testament to his undiminished idealism.

By presenting fashions in the context of New York City architecture, Mr. Cunningham traces the evolution of aesthetics from colonial times to the rise of Modernism. On the surface, “Facades” seems to be a lark. There’s something very light, even madcap, in this historical dress up, but behind it, there looms serious intention.”

A “must see” for me!

“Bill Cunningham: Facades,” through June 15, New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street; 212-873-3400.

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