Thanks for the info and link
--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry Towell is the only Canadian ever admitted to > Magnum. As part of > Contact, Toronto, Canada's month long photography > festival which runs > throughout May, Stephen Bulger Gallery is showing > "No Man's Land", a > series of photographs from Gaza and the West Bank. > > As today was the opening of the show, Mr. Towell was > there to meet & > greet and sign books (which I sadly didn't have the > money to buy). I > do know one of the people who work at the gallery, > and she rather > insisted on dragging me over to meet him, and shake > his hand. > > It was pretty cool. > > Didn't talk much (he was quite inundated with > well-wishers and paying > book-buyers, so I didn't want to take much of his > time), but I > overheard him mention to someone else that he shot > this collection on > a Hasselblad PanX. Some of the photos are pano (at > least in aspect), > and some are more traditional 36x24 (or whatever > "35mm" is). > > He won the inaugural HCB award in 2003, which > allowed him to finance > this particular project. > > Here's a bit about him from the Magnum site, and you > can click on "No > Man's Land" to see what the book's about: > > http://tinyurl.com/bwnt9 > > Please note, this is the first time I've attempted > to use a tiny url, > so I hope it works. > > Hard to pick one photo that moved me more than > others, but this one > (exhibited at about 3 by 5 feet) certainly stands > out: > > http://tinyurl.com/8vdwk > > Anyway, it was an interesting afternoon. The > gallery was quite > crowded, so while I enjoyed perusing the powerful > photos, I hope to > get back there another day when it's less crowded, > so I can take my > time and soak it all in. > > For any Torontonians, or anyone who might be in the > area in the near > future, the show continues until June 25. I highly > recommend it. > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > Albano Garcia Photography & Graphic Design http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar http://www.flaneur.albanogarcia.com.ar __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail
