That's great Frank. You deserve some enjoyment of the moment. Regards, Bob S.
On 5/2/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got back from Kingston last night, and the show's up. Had to give it > a title (they wanted one of those silly "Artist's Statements" to go up > on the wall. I didn't want to argue with them that I'm not an > artist...), so I settled on "A Second of Spontaneity". Thirty photos > at maybe 1/30th of a second (or faster) each amounts to less than a > second of total elapsed time, hence the corny title. > > Anyway, the putting up was easy. My youngest daughter, Claire, was > with me helping. We then sat back had a coffee (she had hot apple > cider) and scones and were both amazed at the number of people who > took time to look at the photos. > > This cafe is packed on Sunday mornings, so there was lots of viewing > traffic. Many of the people who were attentively looking had come in > after we had finished installing, so didn't know that I was the > photographer; it was cool to hear them complimenting the work. > Claire especially got a real charge out of it! <vbg> > > I don't know how many I'll sell; I don't really have high > expectations, but I must say it's really a charge to see stuff up in a > public space, and see total strangers who seem to get something out of > just looking. > > cheers, > frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >
