I saw this photo, week beggining Sun., Dec. 30, 2007

nksyoon said:
If you do a search of the Magnum archive, almost all the pics of Sicily are from him. When in Siracusa I saw a book shot by him for a vineyard - beautiful work.
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nksyoon said:
And now for something completely different...I was in Milan last week and saw the wonderful retrospective exhibition of David LaChapelle at the Palazzo Reale - definitely worth seeing if you like his stuff.

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/barone/barone3-28-07.asp

http://www.davidlachapelle.it/gallery/gallery.htm
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Hi Nick,
yes Scianna did a great job on Sicily, and I'd like to know it better.
Thanks for the links to LaChapelle galleries, I never went through his work ... I do not know if I like it or not .... really...
ciao
 
nico said:
I'd suggest some wine for Giacomelli and Martini for LaChapelle! Enjoy it!
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I'm waiting for the mail man tomorrow at about 08.30.

I don't drink much, I just hang out in bars. But it's not like Britain where you have to have a drink; here you can just sit quietly for some time and read a newspaper or watch the television and pay nothing.

Martini Rosso has just been rebranded as Martini Ruiva. Since 'Ruiva' means redhead it causes chuckles every time somebody asks for a redhead and the witty barman says they've only got blondes.

Similarly a popular coffee is the garoto which also means young boy. Try asking for a garoto and expect all sorts of leg-pulling.

Finally tomatoes are 'tomates' and the same word as balls. So I no longer go to the market and tell somebody that I want to buy his tomates as this causes twenty sorts of laughter from all the stall holders.

[Aside: My Zundapp and Ape album is up and running.]
 
Jon -- Thanks for that link to Guardian photos. Numbers 2 and 13 I find chilling; number 19 is a wonderful shot.

And thanks to Steamer for the link to magnum photographers. I've now bookmarked it.

Happy New Year!
 
nico said:
Thanks for the links to LaChapelle galleries, I never went through his work ... I do not know if I like it or not .... really...
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Lol :D Well I'll be less subtle: that's the kind of picture I know I don't want to take.

But thanks for the link Nick, it's interesting and technically it's impressive.
 
ClaremontPhoto said:
Finally tomatoes are 'tomates' and the same word as balls. So I no longer go to the market and tell somebody that I want to buy his tomates as this causes twenty sorts of laughter from all the stall holders.
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So what do you say now when you go to the market?
 
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