jcrutcher
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Thank you John! Appreciate it.
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Thank you John! Appreciate it.
DwF
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Jim, I agree the tonality in the mural pic is very compelling but i also like the first one of the books! It's interesting that the books in center are in focus and also some closer to the foreground on the left, but other are not.....I am wondering if this is curvature of field?
David
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fabio_rf
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cz23
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Very nice, Fabio, in terms of design, navigation, and content. Nice to have your work assembled like that, isn't it?
A small thing: I like the spacing between the music photos and feel the other sets would benefit from similar breathing room.
John
A small thing: I like the spacing between the music photos and feel the other sets would benefit from similar breathing room.
John
fabio_rf
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Thank you so much, John. As long as it's not too slow to load on most devices, I'm happy with the design for now (I'll be looking at increasing the width of the space between photos without making the Music section looking too sparse - the reason why the Music shots look more separated is the white border I apply for that project). And yes, it's satisfying to show your work online in a more meaningful way.
I've also enjoyed exploring your site. There are a lot of excellent people photos. Looks like you have an interesting commute - and you make the most of it! Thanks for sharing.
I've also enjoyed exploring your site. There are a lot of excellent people photos. Looks like you have an interesting commute - and you make the most of it! Thanks for sharing.
airfrogusmc
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Fabio the site looks good and the work is really good.
sepiareverb
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Did you get supper out of the collision?
DwF
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Thanks for sharing these here Fabio. I saw and heard several of these musicians play back in the 70s in NYC. And I have followed a few sporadically since. You have a virtual visual catalog of the musical avant garde right here! Nicely done. Also interesting seeing Richard Teitlebaum and Morty Sobotnik in with this group because they represented very different approaches to the others.
David
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DwF
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Jim, I didn't think it was user error and now going back, I think I see what is at play here. The third full row of books where you focused (black spine) is clear but only the close-in half of those books and that black spine in row three are in focus. Plain of focus extends also to the second row where only further-out half of those books are in focus. Basically it is just very shallow DOF as one should expect from that lens wide open.
So continue to pour the wine and spend no more time pouring over this issue! Nice pic 🙂
Cheers,
David
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fabio_rf
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Thanks David - envy you for the 70s NYC experience. Did you photograph any of those performances?
Agree re: Subotnick, although I've photographed some contemporary artists that would regard him as a key inspiration but those shots didn't make the selection. Teitelbaum is here wearing his MEV hat - in that sense his improvisational approach isn't too dissimilar to the free improvisation and even free jazz worlds (Steve Lacy was a MEV member for a period, for example). Nice to have this conversation here, but sorry for the slight OT, everyone else.
DwF
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Thanks for getting back Fabio. You are correct that with the improvisational aspect of MEV and Teitlebaum, they should have been more apart of that world. I met Fred Rzewski who I heard performing the Boulez 2nd Piano Sonata in about '75 and he'd already been away from MEV. They really came from the European-Darmstadt school which really found a separate audience for the most part. There was little crossover at that time.
The Revolutionary Ensemble, Roscoe Mitchell and soon the Arista label people had their camp and the venues were different for the most part as well. Early days of the Kitchen, Studio Rivbee (Sam Rivers place), and the Peace Church in the east village were venues I recall. By the time I started going to these shows, MEV was out of the picture, maybe in Europe. Elliot Carter, Wourinen and the serialists ruled the roost for "New Music" in NY at that time with venues that were the various recital halls.
I wasn't doing photography until about '78, and never having my cell phone along 😉 sadly I missed it all!
The Revolutionary Ensemble, Roscoe Mitchell and soon the Arista label people had their camp and the venues were different for the most part as well. Early days of the Kitchen, Studio Rivbee (Sam Rivers place), and the Peace Church in the east village were venues I recall. By the time I started going to these shows, MEV was out of the picture, maybe in Europe. Elliot Carter, Wourinen and the serialists ruled the roost for "New Music" in NY at that time with venues that were the various recital halls.
I wasn't doing photography until about '78, and never having my cell phone along 😉 sadly I missed it all!
fabio_rf
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Fascinating. MEV were definitely an European experience, they formed and were based in Rome (Trastevere), that's how Lacy joined them, as he lived in Rome before moving to Paris. They are still active - I saw the founding trio of Curran, Rzewski, and Teitelbaum here in London relatively recently (the Teitelbaum photo was taken in that occasion) and they were superb.
The NYC scene you describe was very rich and in those same years within Manhattan there was so much creative music being made, from No Wave and Post Punk to Arthur Russell, for example. One of my all-time favourite artists, John Zorn, is an excellent link between the names you mentioned and the subjects of my Music photo project.
The NYC scene you describe was very rich and in those same years within Manhattan there was so much creative music being made, from No Wave and Post Punk to Arthur Russell, for example. One of my all-time favourite artists, John Zorn, is an excellent link between the names you mentioned and the subjects of my Music photo project.
DwF
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Those movements were really following the time I was there. I was pretty cut away from any 'pop" music and so it wasn't until late '77 that I learned of punk music, just as I moved out west.
Again Fabio, great body of work you have with this project and nicely executed too, congratulations!
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pechelman
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Been doing a bunch of travel lately, some for work, some personal.
Saw a bridge...
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and some big buildings.
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Had the best donut of my life.
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Saw a good friend get married.
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Saw some crazy lines on the ground...
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and others being skated.
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Back to the city to catch a plane.
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Nice smooth flight.
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With a view of home right before landing.
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All with the 50 asph lux, except for the donut man on the 28cron.
Saw a bridge...
M1001991 by pechelman
and some big buildings.
M1002152 by pechelman
Had the best donut of my life.
M1001990 by pechelman
Saw a good friend get married.
M1002128 by pechelman
Saw some crazy lines on the ground...
M1002210 by pechelman
and others being skated.
M1002189 by pechelman
Back to the city to catch a plane.
M1002251 by pechelman
Nice smooth flight.
M1002276 by pechelman
With a view of home right before landing.
M1002288 by pechelman
All with the 50 asph lux, except for the donut man on the 28cron.
jcrutcher
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icebear
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Nice way to present a narrative of this interesting trip in this set of shots, thanks for sharing.
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