Hello, [Finally online, from Paris]
It was great to meet Bob the other day. As he said, the Robert Frank exhibit was excellent, and it was another great PDML meetup overall. Anyway--not much to add, except the obligatory Pentax-sporting shot, this time with Bob with the ist D and Pentax "H" Limited: http://www.jbuhler.com/blog/archives/00000155.html Cheers, j On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:04:52 +0000, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Juan Buhler and his partner Patricia have been in London for the last > few days, and today I had the pleasure of meeting them and spending a > few hours with them. > > We met at Tate Modern and had a look around the Robert Frank > exhibition. This was my 2nd visit to the show, but I didn't have much > chance for a good look the first time, so I'm glad to have been able > to see it with 2 such perceptive people. The general opinion was that > the later work is rather difficult and perhaps too personal to Robert > Frank to resonate with others in the same way as the photos of the > 'The Americans' period. > > After lunch we walked along the South Bank to Westminster Bridge, then > up Whitehall to Trafalgar Square. Juan seemed to like the crowds more > than I do, and his *istD seemed to get a fair workout. It's interesting > to watch the approach that other photographers take. Juan described his > experience on Oxford St. yesterday as 'navigating with the camera permanently > to his eye'. I saw something of that today and it will be interesting to > see his shots when he posts them. I don't have any to post yet - I was > shooting film, and only shot about 15 frames all day. The *istD seems > to be very good as a street photography camera. It's small and light > and appears to be very responsive and easy to use. Even the black tape > looks good! And I took the chance to shoot a couple of frames with the > famous adapted Optical lens! > > Well, I have to say that I'm no longer surprised at how interesting > and friendly the PDMLers and their partners are that I have met - I've > almost come to expect it. Juan remarked today that the PDML is the > least pretentious of the photo lists, and he and Patricia are great > examples of this. I hope everybody gets a chance to meet them > sometime. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
